Label reading system
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsDaiji Sone, Katsuhiko Nagasawa, Keizo Fukushima
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Abstract
A label reading system that reads labels attached to packages placed on a conveyor vehicle while the conveyor vehicle passes through a label reading area includes a guide device that guides the conveyor vehicle toward the label reading area, by indicating a traveling speed and a traveling position set in advance so as to enable reading of the labels, and an information reading device that takes images of the labels in the label reading area, and reads information on the labels.
Claims13
A label reading system that reads a label attached to a surface of at least one package placed on a conveyor vehicle driven by an operator while the conveyor vehicle passes through a label reading area, the surface of the at least one package extending in a direction parallel to a traveling direction of the conveyor vehicle, the label reading system comprising:
- a guide device located ahead of the conveyor vehicle in the traveling direction and configured to guide the conveyor vehicle toward the label reading area, by indicating a traveling speed of the conveyor vehicle, and a traveling position of the conveyor vehicle in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the traveling direction, the traveling speed and the traveling position being set in advance so as to enable reading of the label;
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- an information reading device configured to take an image of the label in a direction perpendicular to the traveling direction of the conveyor vehicle in the label reading area, and read information on the label.
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