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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2012
Data Detection Technologies Ltd., Jerusalem, IL;
Ari Tidhar, Ganey Tikva, IL;
Israel Shneiderman, Jerusalem, IL;
Nachshon Kahana, Jerusalem, IL;
Amichai Adam, Betar-Illit, IL;
Aryeh Teitelbaum, Jerusalem, IL;
Oded Davidovitch, Tel Aviv, IL;
Yossi Shomer, Kochav Yaakov, IL;
Yuval Lichi, Ramat Rachel, IL;
Zvi Weinberger, Jerusalem, IL;
Igor Faib, Jerusalem, IL;
Data Detection Technologies Ltd., Jerusalem, IL;
Abstract
A method for rapidly and accurately dispensing a predetermined number of discrete items, the method comprising: operating a conveyor to transport multiple items towards an imaging device, wherein the items are arranged in a single layer and at least some of the items are transported in parallel; operating the imaging device to continuously capture images of an area immediately below an end of the conveyor, so that items falling off the conveyor are recorded in the images while in trajectory; processing the images in real time, to continuously determine the number of falling items; stopping the conveyor before the number of falling items has reached the predetermined number, while continuing to determine the number of falling items until items cease to fall off the conveyor innertially; and automatically dispensing an additional amount of items, to complete the predetermined number of items.