Automated container fill line with expert system
AssigneeSwimc LLC
InventorsJeremy J. Kiffer, Michael W. Bigach, Sergio Cordeiro, Flavio Augusto Gomes Lacerda
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Abstract
An automated container fill line system comprises a container fill line configured to transport a plurality of containers at a fill line speed, and a filler configured to dispense a material into each of the containers individually and sequentially. An Expert System is configured to control the container fill line speed using a set of hierarchical rules and one or more machine learning models associated with equipment of the container fill line.
Claims29
A method implemented by an automated container fill line system, comprising:
- transporting a plurality of containers along a container fill line at a container fill line speed, wherein the container fill line includes equipment comprising a filler, upstream equipment situated upstream of the filler, and downstream equipment situated downstream of the filler;
- dispensing, by the filler, a material into each of the containers individually and sequentially;
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- controlling the container fill line speed by an Expert System using a set of hierarchical rules and one or more machine learning models, wherein the one or more machine learning models are associated with the upstream equipment and the downstream equipment.
An automated container fill line system, comprising:
- a container fill line configured to transport a plurality of containers at a container fill line speed, wherein the container fill line includes equipment comprising a filler, upstream equipment situated upstream of the filler, and downstream equipment situated downstream of the filler;
- a filler configured to dispense a material into each of the containers individually and sequentially;
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- an Expert System configured to control the container fill line speed using a set of hierarchical rules and one or more machine learning models, wherein the one or more machine learning models are associated with the upstream equipment and the downstream equipment.
A non-transient computer readable medium containing program instructions for causing a computer-implemented Expert System to:
- control transporting of a plurality of containers along a container fill line at a container fill line speed, wherein the container fill line includes equipment comprising a filler, upstream equipment situated upstream of the filler, and downstream equipment situated downstream of the filler;
- control dispensing of a material, by the filler, into each of the containers individually and sequentially;
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- control the container fill line speed using a set of hierarchical rules and one or more machine learning models, wherein the one or more machine learning models are associated with the upstream equipment and the downstream equipment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.