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US 11,794,370 B2Granted
System and method for adjusting the opening of containers to avoid damage to contents
AssigneeWalmart Apollo, LLC
InventorsJames Benjamin Edwards, Paul E. Durkee
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Abstract
First scanned images of the first container are received from a scanning device that show the contents of the interior of the first container before the first container is cut and opened. Second scanned images that are of the contents of the first container after the first container is cut and opened are also received. The images are analyzed and, based upon the analysis, selective modifications to the operating parameters of the container opening machine are determined and made.
Claims20
A system for opening a container, the system comprising:
- an automated cutting tool configured to be applied to each of a plurality of containers arriving on a surface, wherein the automated cutting tool is operated and the plurality of containers are cut or opened by the automated cutting tool according to one or more operating parameters;
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- a control circuit coupled to the automated cutting tool, wherein the control circuit is configured to:
- receive first sensed information regarding contents of a first container before the first container is opened or cut by the automated cutting tool and second sensed information regarding the contents of the first container after the first container is opened or cut by the automated cutting tool;
- analyze the first sensed information and the second sensed information and, based upon the analyzing, determine a modification to the one or more operating parameters of the automated cutting tool;
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- apply the modified one or more parameters to the automated cutting tool, wherein the automated cutting tool opens or cuts a second container using the modified one or more operating parameters.
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A method for opening a container, the method comprising:
- providing an automated cutting tool that is configured to be applied to each of a plurality of containers arriving on a surface, wherein the automated cutting tool is operated and the plurality of containers are cut or opened by the automated cutting tool according to one or more operating parameters;
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- at a control circuit:
- receiving first sensed information regarding contents of a first container before the first container is opened or cut by the automated cutting tool and second sensed information regarding the contents of the first container after the first container is opened or cut by the automated cutting tool;
- analyzing the first sensed information and the second sensed information and, based upon the analyzing, determining a modification to the one or more operating parameters of the automated cutting tool;
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- applying the modified one or more parameters to the automated cutting tool, wherein the automated cutting tool opens or cuts a second container using the modified one or more operating parameters.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.