Device for identifying objects
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsWolfgang Weber, Manfred Bachhuber
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Abstract
In a device for identifying objects resting on a carrier that are being moved along a conveyor line by a conveyor system and which undergo various processing steps along the conveyor line, with a marking carrier connected to the object and with a fixed reading device for the marking carrier, the marking carrier is attached to the carrier and the reading device is located below the conveyor line.
Claims22
A device for identifying an object undergoing machining processes, the device comprising:
- a conveyor line;
- a carrier mechanically linked to and moved along the conveyor line, said object undergoing machining processes being located on the carrier;
- a marking carrier mounted on the carrier such that it is associated with the object;
- an optical imaging device located below said conveyor line;
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- a transparent plate arranged between the optical imaging device and the marking carrier, the optical imaging device being directed upwardly at the marking carrier mounted on the carrier to form a visual link through the transparent plate.
An object identification device for a vehicle manufacturing system, the device comprising:
- a conveyor system;
- a carrier upon which an object to be identified rests, said carrier being mechanically linked to and moved on the conveyor system;
- a marking carrier mounted on said carrier and being associated with a vehicle body resting on said carrier;
- an optical imaging device arranged in a position below the conveyor system;
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- a transparent plate arranged between the optical imaging device and the marking carrier, the optical imaging device being directed upwardly at the marking carrier mounted on the carrier to form a visual link through the transparent plate.
A motor vehicle manufacturing device, comprising:
- a conveyor system;
- a carrier mechanically linked to and movable on the conveying system, said carrier supporting a vehicle body which undergoes machining processes along the conveyor system;
- a marking carrier rigidly mounted on the carrier and being associated with the vehicle body supported on the carrier;
- a camera arranged in a position below the conveyor system;
- a glass plate arranged between the camera and the marking carrier, the camera being directed upwardly at the marking carrier through the glass plate to form a visual link for reading the marking carrier;
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- wherein the rigid mounting of the marking carrier on the carrier permits a correct visual orientation between the marking carrier and the camera.
A motor vehicle manufacturing plant, comprising a conveying system for vehicle manufacture and vehicle bodies moved along the conveying system, the plant further comprising:
- at least one carrier mechanically linked to the conveying system for moving along a movement path of the conveying system, said carrier supporting at least one of the vehicle bodies to be processed along the conveying system;
- a marking carrier rigidly mounted to the at least one carrier and being associated with the at least one vehicle body resting on the carrier;
- a camera arranged in a position below the conveying system;
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- a glass plate arranged between the camera and the marking carrier, the camera being directed upwardly at the marking carrier through the glass plate to form a visual link, said camera reading the marking carrier in order to identify the vehicle body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.