Conveyor belt assembly for identifying an asset sort location and methods of utilizing the same

A computer implemented method for associating an asset travelling along a conveying mechanism with a sort location, the method comprising the steps of:

• continuously operating a conveyor belt assembly comprising:
• a conveyor mechanism having a primary axis oriented in a direction of travel of the conveyor mechanism and defining a path of movement of one or more assets placed upon the conveyor mechanism;
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• an acquisition device located within an acquisition zone located along the path of movement;
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• wherein the conveyor mechanism comprises a plurality of stripes defining a visible surface of the conveyor mechanism and providing thereon a non-repeating pattern, the plurality of stripes comprising a plurality of unique sets of stripes further defining the non-repeating pattern;
• capturing, via the acquisition device, image data of an asset travelling along the path of movement, the image data captured comprising asset identifier data and conveyor mechanism data, the conveyor mechanism data including one of the plurality of unique sets of stripes defining the non-repeating pattern of stripes defining the visible surface of the conveyor mechanism, the asset identifier data and the conveyor mechanism data being associated relative to one another and the associated asset;
• capturing, via a user device configured to be worn by a user and when the user device is adjacent the conveyor mechanism, conveyor mechanism data including one of the plurality of unique sets of stripes defining the non-repeating pattern of stripes defining the visible surface of the conveyor mechanism;
• remotely receiving, at the user device, asset identifier data associated with the user device captured conveyor mechanism data;
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• generating and displaying to the user and on the user device, relative to the asset, at least one visual indicator of one or more sort instructions for the asset based upon the remotely received asset identifier data.

A computer program product for associating an asset travelling along a conveying mechanism with a sort location, the computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising one or more executable portions configured for:

• capturing, via an acquisition device within an acquisition zone, image data of an asset travelling along a path of movement on a conveyor mechanism, the image data captured comprising asset identifier data and conveyor mechanism data, the conveyor mechanism data including one of a plurality of unique sets of stripes defining a non-repeating pattern of stripes defining a visible surface of the conveyor mechanism, the asset identifier data and the conveyor mechanism data being associated relative to one another and the associated asset;
• capturing, via a user device configured to be worn by a user and when the user device is adjacent the conveyor mechanism, conveyor mechanism data including one of the plurality of unique sets of stripes defining the non-repeating pattern of stripes defining the visible surface of the conveyor mechanism;
• remotely receiving, at the user device, asset identifier data associated with the user device captured conveyor mechanism data;
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• generating and displaying to the user and on the user device, relative to the asset, at least one visual indicator of one or more sort instructions for the asset based upon the remotely received asset identifier data.