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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2008
Applicants:
Michael D. Carpenter, Arlington, TX (US);
Michael O. Norris, Colleyville, TX (US);
Inventors:
Michael D. Carpenter, Arlington, TX (US);
Michael O. Norris, Colleyville, TX (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Industry, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/16 (2006.01); B07C 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 1/10 (2013.01); B07C 5/165 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system is described for determining the physical weights of flat articles being sorted without actually weighing the articles. Such a method includes the steps of; receiving volume information for individual flat articles from sensors, comparing that resultant data to classifiers stored in computer memory, and assigning a weight value associated to the physical flat article.