# US 12,600,572 B2 · Motor-driven conveyor-roller controller, system comprising such a controller and method for operating a motor roller

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- Number: US 12,600,572 B2
- Document ID: US12600572B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/449,418
- Filed: 2023-08-14
- Published: 2023-12-07
- Granted: 2026-04-14
- Earliest claimed: 2021-02-24
- Assignees: Kyowa Europe GmbH; Industrial Software
- Applicants: Dimitar Ivanov Petrov; Nikola Aleksandrov Yankov; Dimitar Hristov Suvandzhiev; Ivan Dimitrov Petrov; Kazuya Ichieda; Randy Combs; Georg Malina
- Inventors: Dimitar Ivanov Petrov; Nikola Aleksandrov Yankov; Dimitar Hristov Suvandzhiev; Ivan Dimitrov Petrov; Kazuya Ichieda; Randy Combs; Georg Malina
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12600572B2

## CPC

- B65G 43/00: Control devices, e.g. for safety, warning or fault-correcting
- H04W 4/35: for the management of goods or merchandise
- B65G 13/06: Roller driving means
- B65G 13/07: having endless driving elements
- B65G 2203/0291: Speed of the load carrier
- B65G 2811/095: Speed variation control means
- H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
- B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D)
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

A motor-driven conveyor-roller controller for conveyor installations for conveying containers. The controller incudes a power inlet, a wired I/O port, and a wired motor roller port. The controller is configured to output motor roller control signals for a motor roller at the motor roller port. The controller is configured to receive motor roller status signals from the motor roller at the motor roller port and to receive motor roller control signals for the motor roller at the I/O port. The wired I/O port is configured to exchange control information with a central control center. The controller includes a wireless configuration port that is configured to wirelessly receive, from a mobile device, at least configuration signals for the motor roller and/or send status signals representing motor roller status information.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A motor-driven conveyor-roller controller for conveyor installations for conveying containers comprising,
a power inlet,
a wired I/O port, and
a wired motor roller port, wherein:
the controller is configured to
output motor roller control signals for a motor roller at the motor roller port
receive motor roller status signals from the motor roller at the motor roller port and
receive motor roller control signals for the motor roller at the I/O port,
wherein:
the wired I/O port is configured to exchange control information with a central control center;
the controller further comprises a wireless configuration port that is configured to wirelessly receive, from a mobile device, at least configuration signals for the motor roller and/or send status signals representing motor roller status information.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The controller according to claim 1,
wherein:
the controller further comprises a memory configured to log data including data representing motor roller status information, and
the wireless configuration port is further configured to wirelessly send the log data.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The controller according to claim 1,
wherein:
the wireless configuration port has a unique communication identification.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The controller according to claim 3,
wherein:
on a casing of the controller a code representing the unique communication identification is printed, in particular that the code is a barcode or a 2D code.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The controller according to claim 3,
wherein:
the wireless configuration port is configured to be paired with a mobile device using the unique communication identification.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

The controller according to claim 3,
wherein:
the wireless configuration port is configured to be polled, such that upon polling the wireless configuration port wirelessly sends the unique communication identification.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The controller according to claim 1,
wherein:
the wireless configuration port is a radio communication port or the wireless configuration port is an optical communication port.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The controller according to claim 1,
wherein:
the wired motor roller port is configured for connection with one single motor roller only.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

A system comprising the controller according to claim 1, and a mobile device, wherein the mobile device is configured to be paired with the controller and further configured to wirelessly send at least configuration signals for the motor roller to the wireless configuration port and/or receive status signals representing motor roller status information from the wireless configuration port.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The system according to claim 9,
wherein:
the mobile device is further configured to receive log data from the wireless configuration port.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The system according to claim 9,
wherein:
the mobile device is configured to be paired with the controller using the unique communication identification.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The system according to claim 9,
wherein:
the mobile device is configured to send the log data and/or the status information to a remote control center.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

A method for operating a motor roller wherein
the controller according to claim 1,
provides power to the motor roller and control the operation of the motor roller via the wired motor roller port,
receives motor roller control information via the I/O port from a central control center and sends motor roller status information via the I/O port to the central control center and
operates the motor roller according to the motor roller control information via the motor roller port
wherein:
the wireless configuration port wirelessly receives, from a mobile device, at least configuration signals for the motor roller and/or sends status signals representing motor roller status information.

### Claim 14

A conveyor system for conveying containers, comprising:
a central control center;
a mobile device; and
a motor-driven conveyor-roller controller including
a power inlet,
a wired I/O port,
a wireless configuration port, and
a wired motor roller port, and
wherein the controller is configured to
output motor roller control signals for a motor roller at the motor roller port,
receive motor roller status signals from the motor roller at the motor roller port, and
receive motor roller control signals for the motor roller at the wired I/O port, and
wherein the wired I/O port is configured to exchange control information with the central control center, and
wherein the wireless configuration port is configured to wirelessly receive, from the mobile device, at least configuration signals for the motor roller and/or send status signals representing motor roller status information.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The conveyor system according to claim 14,
wherein:
the controller further comprises a memory configured to log data including data representing motor roller status information, and
the wireless configuration port is further configured to wirelessly send the log data.

### Claim 16 (depends on 14)

The conveyor system according to claim 14,
wherein:
the wireless configuration port has a unique communication identification.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The conveyor system according to claim 16,
wherein:
on a casing of the controller a code representing the unique communication identification is printed, in particular that the code is a barcode or a 2D code.

### Claim 18 (depends on 16)

The conveyor system according to claim 16,
wherein:
the wireless configuration port is configured to be paired with the mobile device using the unique communication identification.

### Claim 19 (depends on 16)

The conveyor system according to claim 16,
wherein:
the wireless configuration port is configured to be polled, such that upon polling the wireless configuration port wirelessly sends the unique communication identification.

### Claim 20 (depends on 14)

The conveyor system according to claim 14,
wherein:
the wireless configuration port is a radio communication port or the wireless configuration port is an optical communication port.