Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor arrangement for selecting among plural sources or... – With selection responsive to means containing or introducing...
Reexamination Certificate
2006-06-22
2010-02-02
Crawford, Gene (Department: 3651)
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor arrangement for selecting among plural sources or...
With selection responsive to means containing or introducing...
C198S349100, C209S556000, C209S539000, C209S540000, C209S542000, C209S546000, C209S580000, C209S583000, C209S600000, C414S757000, C414S768000, C414S770000, C414S789100, C414S791100, C414S791200, C414S794000, C414S794200
Reexamination Certificate
active
07654380
ABSTRACT:
A handling system able to efficiently process information relating to a plurality of conveyed articles, the handling system provided with a conveyer for conveying workpieces, a visual sensor for detecting positions of workpieces by acquiring images of a plurality of tracking ranges obtained by dividing a belt into sections, an encoder for detecting an amount of movement of the belt, a tracking manager for monitoring amounts of movement of the plurality of tracking ranges based on the amount of movement detected by the encoder and specifying the tracking range passing through a workpiece detection area, a workpiece manager for selecting the article in the tracking range specified by the tracking manager, and a controller for controlling operations of robots so as to hold the workpiece selected by the workpiece manager.
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Office Action issued in German Application No. DE 10 2006 031 178.7-15, mailed Sep. 12, 2007.
English translation of German Office Action issued in counterpart German Application No. DE 10 2006 031 178.7-15, mailed Sep. 12, 2007.
Nakane Toshihiko
Nishihara Yasunori
Crawford Gene
DLA Piper (LLP) US
Singh Kavel P
Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
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