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US 2025/0050438 A1Published application
System and method for opening containers
AssigneeWalmart Apollo, LLC
InventorsJames Benjamin Edwards, Paul E. Durkee
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Abstract
Features are applied to a mathematical model to produce a cutting pattern for opening a container. The cutting pattern specifies which of one or more cutting tools is to be used and the location of where cuts are to be made on the container. The cutting pattern is sent to a container opening machine. The container opening machine is operated and the container cut and opened by the container opening machine according to the cutting pattern.
Claims20
A system for opening a container, the system comprising:
- a mathematical model;
- a container opening machine including at least one cutting tool;
- a control circuit configured to:
- receive sensed information from the one or more sensing devices;
- analyze the sensed information wherein features of the contents of the container are obtained;
- apply the features to the mathematical model wherein a cutting pattern is produced;
- send the cutting pattern to the container opening machine;
- wherein the container opening machine is operated and the container cut and opened by the container opening machine according to the cutting pattern.
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A method for opening a container, the method comprising:
- a mathematical model;
- a container opening machine including at least one cutting tool;
- a control circuit configured to:
- at a control circuit, receiving sensed information from the one or more sensing devices;
- at a control circuit, analyzing the sensed information wherein features of the contents of the container are obtained;
- at a control circuit, applying the features to the mathematical model wherein a cutting pattern is produced;
- at a control circuit, sending the cutting pattern to the container opening machine;
- wherein the container opening machine is operated and the container cut and opened by the container opening machine according to the cutting pattern.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.