Apparatus for automatic pattern recognition and registration of empty bottles
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Abstract
An apparatus for automatic recognition and registration of bottles includes detectors positioned to detect a light pattern from bottles passing a sensing stage. The outputs of the sensors are detected and converted to unique output signals for application to a computer and registration circuit. The computer circuit is pre-programmed to provide an output corresponding to the value of a given bottle passing through the sensing stage. The output of the computer is applied to a printing system for enabling a printer output corresponding to the value assigned to a series of bottles registered by the apparatus.
Claims20
In an apparatus for the automatic pattern recognition of empty bottles by the use of shadow images of the bottles to detect the respective characteristic dimensions of each type of bottle, of the type having an optical device including a light source positioned to direct light to a photo-electric sensing unit, and transport means for transporting bottles across the path of said light;
- the improvement wherein said sensing unit comprises a plurality of photo-electric sensing devices positioned to detect the occurrence of determined characteristics of a bottle passing across said path of light, said apparatus further comprising a registration device, said registration device comprising programming means for assigning different values to data corresponding to different bottle characteristics, means applying the output of said sensing unit to said registration device for registering therein the number of each type of bottles that pass through said path of light, said means applying the output of said sensing unit to said registration device comprising logic circuit means for passing data corresponding to pre-determined characteristics of bottles, printing means, and control unit means responsive to data registered in said registration device and connected to operate said printing means for printing said data.
In an apparatus for the automatic pattern recognition and registration of empty bottles of the type having an optical device including a light source positioned to direct light to a plurality of photo-electric sensing units, and a transport means for transporting bottles through the path of said light;
- the improvement comprising a computer and registration unit, means applying the outputs of said sensing units to said computer and registration unit, a programming unit, said computer and registration unit comprising means responsive to the application of signals thereto for producing first signals corresponding to different values of said empty bottles, means for applying said first signals to said programming unit, said programming unit comprising comparing means connected to compare the outputs of said sensing units with said first sigals for providing a second signal corresponding to a comparison of the outputs of said sensing units with first signals corresponding to the respective values assigned to empty bottles, means responsive to said second signal for stopping operation of said computer and registration unit, said computer and registration unit comprising storage means responsive to said second signal for storing a value corresponding to the first signal which, when compared with the outputs of said sensing units, resulted in the occurrence of said second signal, printing means and means for controlling said printing means in response to the output of said storage means.
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