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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Sick Ag, Waldkirch, DE;
Inventors:
Roland Gehring, Waldkirch, DE;
Jurgen Reichenbach, Waldkirch, DE;
Assignee:
SICK AG, Waldkirch, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 43/08 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 43/08 (2013.01); G06F 17/30 (2013.01); G06K 7/10722 (2013.01); G06K 7/10792 (2013.01); G06K 7/10861 (2013.01);
Abstract
A detection system () is provided for installation at a conveyor belt () having at least one detection sensor () for detecting object properties of objects () conveyed on the conveyor belt () and having an evaluation unit () for outputting object information derived from the object properties at a definable output point () of the conveyor belt (). In this respect, the evaluation unit () is configured to divide the objects () into at least two object classes based on the object properties and an output point () can be defined for each object class at the conveyor belt ().