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US 10,882,701 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for detecting faults during object transport
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsMartin Muehlberger, Josef Paukert
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AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsMartin Muehlberger, Josef Paukert
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Provided is a method for detecting faults in the context of transport of objects, wherein by a transport device, a plurality of objects are transported in a predetermined alignment of these objects along a predetermined transport path, wherein the objects are transported while at least partially in contact with each other, and wherein the objects are located on a movable surface of the transport device, wherein, by at least one image capturing device, at least one first region is captured in which a plurality of these containers is located and at least one sub-region of this region is identified in which no object is located in the predetermined orientation, wherein furthermore a distinction is then made as to whether an object with an alignment deviating from the predetermined alignment or an empty space is located in this region.
A method for detecting faults in the context of transport of objects, wherein by a transport device a plurality of objects are transported in a predetermined alignment of these objects along a predetermined transport path, wherein the objects are transported while at least partially in contact with each other, and wherein the objects are located on a movable surface of the transport device, wherein by means of at least one image capturing device at least one first region is captured in which a plurality of these objects is located and at least one sub-region of this region is identified in which no object is located in the predetermined orientation, wherein furthermore a distinction is made as to whether an object with an alignment deviating from the predetermined alignment or an empty space is located in this sub-region, wherein at least one image capturing device is used which facilitates a three-dimensional image evaluation.
An apparatus for detecting faults in the context of transport of objects, with a circulating transport device which has a transport surface on which the objects to be transported can be transported in a predetermined alignment rectilinearly in a predetermined transport direction, wherein the transport device has a width such that the objects can be transported at least partially in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction and at least partially in contact with one another and alongside one another as a stream of objects, wherein the apparatus has at least one first image capturing device by which at least one image of a first region of this stream of objects can be captured in which a plurality of these objects is located, and at least one identification device by which at least one sub-region of this region can be identified in which no object is located in the predetermined alignment, wherein at least one image evaluation device is provided which is suitable and intended for then distinguishing whether an object with an alignment deviating from the predetermined alignment or an empty space is located in this sub-region, wherein at least one image capturing device is used which facilitates a three-dimensional image evaluation.
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