公开(公告)号：US20220371834A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-24

申请号：US17748479

申请日：2022-05-19

Applicant: Material Handling Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Carl David Graston ,  Thomas Anthony Hillerich, JR. ,  Paul Receveur

IPC: B65G47/96 ,  B65G43/08 ,  B65G47/78 ,  B07C5/36

Abstract: A trapdoor rejection subsystem includes one or more trapdoor rejection mechanisms. Each trapdoor rejection mechanism is configured to be selectively transitioned between a closed position to support parcels and an open position to allow parcels identified as unconveyable to pass through the trapdoor rejection mechanism. Each trapdoor rejection mechanism includes a first door, a second door, and one or more actuators which can be selectively actuated to rotate the first door and the second door and transition the trapdoor rejection mechanism between the closed position and the open position. The trapdoor rejection subsystem can be utilized in a conveyor system in combination with one or more robot singulators, an upstream conveyor, a place conveyor, and a vision and control subsystem. Detection of unconveyable parcels and the transition of each trapdoor rejection mechanism of the trapdoor rejection subsystem is controlled by the vision and control subsystem.

公开(公告)号：US10994309B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-04

申请号：US16828113

申请日：2020-03-24

Applicant: Material Handling Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Thomas Anthony Hillerich, Jr. ,  Michael Alan McCue ,  Gregory Robert Sturm ,  David W. Caldwell, II ,  Derek Robert Sturm

IPC: B07C5/342 ,  B07C5/36 ,  B07C3/02

Abstract: A system for identifying and transferring parcels includes a robot singulator configured to engage and transfer individual parcels in a bulk flow of multiple parcels on a first conveyor to a singulated stream of parcels on a second conveyor. The system further includes a vision and control subsystem, with a first camera for acquiring image data of the bulk flow of multiple parcels, and a computer that receives and processes the image data to identify and segment individual parcels, and then communicates instructions to the robot singulator to engage and transfer each of the individual parcels to the second conveyor. The system may further include a second camera for acquiring image data of the individual parcels to confirm placement on the second conveyor. The system may further include first and second indexing conveyors controlled by the vision and control subsystem for delivering parcels to the robot singulator.