Device and method for separating piece goods
AssigneeBecton Dickinson Rowa Germany GmbH
InventorAndreas KLAPPERICH
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Abstract
Devices for separating piece goods are provided. The devices include a first recording device, a second recording device, a conveyor comprising a gripper and a control device coupled to the conveyor and configured to cause the gripper to pick one of a plurality of piece goods based on one or more images from the first recording device, the second recording device to take a first image of the picked piece good, the gripper to rotate the picked piece good by a predetermined angle about an axis and the second recording device to take a second image of the picked piece good. Methods of separating piece goods are also provided.
Claims20
A device for separating piece goods, comprising:
- a first recording device;
- a second recording device;
- a conveyor comprising a gripper;
- and
- a control device coupled to the conveyor and configured to cause:
- the gripper to pick one of a plurality of piece goods based on one or more images from the first recording device;
- the second recording device to take a first image of the picked piece good;
- the gripper to rotate the picked piece good by a predetermined angle about an axis;
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- the second recording device to take a second image of the picked piece good.
A method for separating piece goods, the method comprising:
- picking, by a gripper, a piece good based on a first image of a plurality of piece goods from a first recording device;
- determining, by a control device, an intended storage surface of the picked piece good based on dimensions from a second image of the picked piece good from a second recording device;
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- situating, by the gripper, the intended storage surface of the picked piece good on a deposit surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.