公开(公告)号：US20050180844A1

公开(公告)日：2005-08-18

申请号：US10916626

申请日：2004-08-12

申请人： Kenneth Uekert ,  Samer Kabbani ,  Larry Stuckey

发明人： Kenneth Uekert ,  Samer Kabbani ,  Larry Stuckey

IPC分类号： G01R31/01 ,  G01R31/28 ,  B65B35/50

CPC分类号： G01R31/01 ,  G01R31/2886

摘要： An apparatus and method for handling devices adapted to be assigned to one of a plurality of categories are disclosed. The apparatus includes an elevator adapted to move a stack of trays along a vertical path, a locking mechanism adapted to selectively engage a tray in the stack of trays and to support the engaged tray and additional trays positioned above the engaged tray, and a tray load arm positioned at a fixed vertical position and having a support mechanism for supporting one or more trays, the tray load arm being adapted to move horizontally into and out of the vertical path.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于处理适于分配给多个类别之一的设备和方法。 所述设备包括适于沿着垂直路径移动托盘堆叠的电梯，适于选择性地接合托盘堆叠中的托盘并且支撑接合的托盘和定位在接合的托盘上方的附加托盘的托架负载 臂定位在固定的垂直位置并且具有用于支撑一个或多个托盘的支撑机构，托盘装载臂适于水平地移入和移出垂直路径。

公开(公告)号：US20070007946A1

公开(公告)日：2007-01-11

申请号：US11392952

申请日：2006-03-30

申请人： Kenneth Uekert ,  Samer Kabbani ,  Larry Stuckey

发明人： Kenneth Uekert ,  Samer Kabbani ,  Larry Stuckey

IPC分类号： G01R31/28

CPC分类号： B07C5/344 ,  G01R31/2893 ,  H01L21/67271 ,  H01L21/67276 ,  H01L21/673

摘要： A method for sorting devices in automated handling equipment, including placing a plurality of input trays containing a plurality of devices and a plurality of empty trays into a handler; sorting the plurality of devices in the plurality of input trays into the plurality of empty trays according to a category of each of the plurality of devices, dynamically assigning categories to each of the plurality of empty trays for each category of the plurality of devices, dynamically assigning categories to the plurality of input trays and placing the sorted plurality of devices into the plurality of input trays, removing the empty trays housing the plurality of sorted devices from the handler and determining whether the sorting is completed.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在自动处理设备中对设备进行分类的方法，包括将包含多个设备的多个输入托盘和多个空托盘放置在处理器中; 根据多个设备中的每一个的类别将多个输入托盘中的多个设备分类成多个空托盘，动态地为多个设备中的每个类别的多个空托盘中的每一个动态分配类别 向多个输入托盘分配类别并将分类的多个设备放置在多个输入托盘中，从处理器中移除容纳多个分类设备的空托盘，并确定排序是否完成。

公开(公告)号：US20060232436A1

公开(公告)日：2006-10-19

申请号：US11392955

申请日：2006-03-30

申请人： Kexiang Ding ,  Brian Avery ,  Kenneth Uekert ,  Samer Kabbani ,  Torsak Sethanant

发明人： Kexiang Ding ,  Brian Avery ,  Kenneth Uekert ,  Samer Kabbani ,  Torsak Sethanant

IPC分类号： G06K7/10

CPC分类号： G06K7/10732 ,  G06K7/10722

摘要： A LED lighting system for reading multiple data matrix codes on device populated transport media with a line scan camera, includes a light housing, a plurality of LED circuit bars, having a plurality of LEDs, mounted to an inner surface of the light housing arranged to provide high angle lighting and low angle lighting and a light controller operatively connected to the light housing to selectively control the light intensity, the light distribution and the angle of the LEDs on each of the plurality of LED array bars, whereby the LED lighting system can reduce texture noise and detect contrast in color or contrast in texture on the device populated transport media. The LED lighting system includes a device cooling system having an air compressor for cooling the LEDs such that they can operate at an optimal level.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在具有线扫描照相机的设备填充的传输介质上读取多个数据矩阵码的LED照明系统，包括：灯壳体，多个LED电路条，其具有多个LED，安装到所述灯壳的内表面， 提供高角度照明和低角度照明以及可操作地连接到灯壳体的光控制器，以选择性地控制多个LED阵列条中的每一个上的LED的光强度，光分布和角度，由此LED照明系统可以 减少纹理噪音，并检测装置上的传输介质上的纹理颜色或对比度的对比度。 LED照明系统包括具有用于冷却LED的空气压缩机使得它们能够以最佳水平运行的装置冷却系统。

公开(公告)号：US20060231778A1

公开(公告)日：2006-10-19

申请号：US11392997

申请日：2006-03-30

申请人： Sudha Kumar ,  Kexiang Ding ,  Brian Avery ,  Kenneth Uekert ,  Samer Kabbani

发明人： Sudha Kumar ,  Kexiang Ding ,  Brian Avery ,  Kenneth Uekert ,  Samer Kabbani

IPC分类号： G01N21/86 ,  G01V8/00

CPC分类号： B07C5/3422 ,  B07C5/3412 ,  B07C5/344 ,  H01L21/67271 ,  H01L21/67294

摘要： A machine vision based scanner system for an offline binning handler including a line scan camera capable of scanning a full tray-width image of a media tray, a camera controller operatively connected to the line scan camera, a tray transport mechanism positioned below the line scan camera, a tray transport mechanism controller operatively connected to the tray transport mechanism and the camera controller and processing software for using the images captured by the line scan camera to identify and sort a plurality of devices.

摘要翻译： 一种用于离线分选处理器的基于机器视觉的扫描器系统，包括能够扫描介质托盘的完整托盘宽度图像的行扫描相机，可操作地连接到线扫描相机的相机控制器，位于线扫描下方的托盘传送机构 相机，托盘传送机构控制器，其可操作地连接到托盘传送机构和相机控制器以及用于使用由行扫描相机拍摄的图像来识别和分类多个设备的处理软件。