Product identification system and method
AssigneeIntelligrated Headquarters, LLC
InventorsKent FULLER, Brian D. HYSELL
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Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for identifying and tracking products in a material handling system and/or for identifying and handling product defects in a material handling system are provided. An example method may include receiving one or more articles in the material handling system; capturing one or more images of the one or more articles; identifying at least one visual defect indicator on at least one article of the one or more articles; and determining an indication corresponding to at least one of a defect of the at least one article or a portion of the material handling system causing the defect.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A method, comprising:
- receiving at least one article on an induction portion of the material handling system;
- capturing, by a vision system of the material handling system, one or more images of the at least one article;
- identifying, by a central controller communicably coupled to the vision system, at least one unique characteristic of the at least one article from the one or more images captured by the vision system;
- and
- associating, by the central controller, the at least one unique characteristic of the at least one article with a unique product identifier for the at least one article.
An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one non-transitory memory comprising program code, wherein the at least one non-transitory memory and the program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least:
- cause an induction portion of a material handling system to receive an article;
- cause to be captured, by an imaging system of the material handling system, an image of the article;
- determine, by a central controller communicably coupled to the image system, a unique characteristic of the article from the image captured by the image system;
- and
- associating, by the central controller, the unique characteristic of the article with a unique product identifier for an article type associated with the article.
A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising an executable portion configured to:
- cause an induction portion of a material handling system to receive an article;
- cause to be captured, by an imaging system of the material handling system, an image of the article;
- determine, by a central controller communicably coupled to the image system, a unique characteristic of the article from the image captured by the image system;
- and
- associating, by the central controller, the unique characteristic of the article with a unique product identifier for an article type associated with the article.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.