US 2015/0148938 A1Published application

Computing device and method of pairing accessories

AssigneesFu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

InventorsCHIH-KUANG CHANG, XIN-YUAN WU, LU YANG

Life of this patent

Estimating the term…

Loading patent…

Abstract

Method of pairing accessories includes obtaining coordinates of outline points of first accessories and second accessories of a product. The outline points of the first accessories and the second accessories are assigned numbers. Each of the first accessories and each of the second accessories are transported to a corresponding location according to the assigned numbers. A second accessory is determined to pair with each of the first accessories according to the coordinates of the outline points of the first accessories and the second accessories. Paired first and second accessories are transported from corresponding locations into a first box for assembly, and unpaired first and second accessories are transported into a second box by a the transport system.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A computing device comprising:

at least one processor;
and
a storage device storing one or more computer-readable programs comprising instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
obtain coordinates of outline points of first accessories and second accessories of a product;
assign numbers to the outline points of the first accessories and the second accessories;
control a transport system to transport each of the first accessories and each of the second accessories to a corresponding location according to the numbers of the outline points of the first accessories and the second accessories;
determine a second accessory to pair with each of the first accessories according to the coordinates of the outline points of the first accessories and the second accessories;
generate a first list to record paired first and second accessories according to the numbers of the outline points of the paired first and second accessories;
generate a second list to record unpaired first and second accessories;
transport the paired first and second accessories from corresponding locations into a first box for assembly and transport the unpaired first and second accessories into a second box by controlling the transport system;
and
display a report on a display device of the computing device, according to the first list and the second list.

9 more elements

A method for pairing accessories using a computing device, the method comprising:

obtaining coordinates of outline points of first accessories and second accessories of a product;
assigning numbers to the outline points of the first accessories and the second accessories;
control a transport system to transport each of the first accessories and each of the second accessories to a corresponding location according to the numbers of the outline points of the first accessories and the second accessories;
determining a second accessory to pair with each of the first accessories according to the coordinates of the outline points of the first accessories and the second accessories;
generate a first list to record paired first and second accessories according to the numbers of the outline points of the paired first and second accessories;
generate a second list to record unpaired first and second accessories;
transporting the paired first and second accessories from corresponding locations into a first box for assembly and transport the unpaired first and second accessories into a second box by controlling the transport system;
and
displaying a report on a display device of the computing device, according to the first list and the second list.

6 more elements

A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the least one processor to execute instructions of a method for pairing accessories, the method comprising:

obtaining coordinates of outline points of first accessories and second accessories of a product;
assigning numbers to the outline points of the first accessories and the second accessories;
control a transport system to transport each of the first accessories and each of the second accessories to a corresponding location according to the numbers of the outline points of the first accessories and the second accessories;
determining a second accessory to pair with each of the first accessories according to the coordinates of the outline points of the first accessories and the second accessories;
generate a first list to record paired first and second accessories according to the numbers of the outline points of the paired first and second accessories;
generate a second list to record unpaired first and second accessories;
transporting the paired first and second accessories from corresponding locations into a first box for assembly and transport the unpaired first and second accessories into a second box by controlling the transport system;
and
displaying a report on a display device of the computing device, according to the first list and the second list.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/519,993Filed 21 Oct 2014
Priority: CN 201310607973.726 Nov 2013
Published: 28 May 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

B65G 43/00
Control devices
B65G 1/1373
With arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed: for fulfilling orders in warehouses
G05B 15/02
Systems controlled by a computer: electric
G05B 19/41875
Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible…:…

Family

US 9,238,554 B2Related patent
US 2015/0148938 A1This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

Timeline

Citations

Open elsewhere

Building an agent or pulling many patents? Use the API or MCP server instead of scraping pages. Get an API key