METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LABELING GOODS
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, via a vision system, a container image including container content characteristic information;
analyzing, via a vision system, the container content characteristic information;
determining container content identity information based on the container characteristic information;
transmitting the container content identity information for printing a bar code relating to the container content identity information;
generating a bar code based on the container content identity information; and
printing a label including the bar code relating to at least the container content identity information.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method includes receiving a container image including container content characteristic information. The illustrative method further includes analyzing the container content characteristic information and determining the identity of the container contents based on the container characteristic information. Also, the method includes transmitting container content identity information for printing a bar code relating to the container content identity information. The method additionally includes generating a bar code based on the container content identity information. The illustrative method also includes printing a label including the bar code relating to at least the container content identity information.
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16 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, via a vision system, a container image including container content characteristic information;
analyzing, via a vision system, the container content characteristic information;
determining container content identity information based on the container characteristic information;transmitting the container content identity information for printing a bar code relating to the container content identity information; generating a bar code based on the container content identity information; and printing a label including the bar code relating to at least the container content identity information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- receiving, via a vision system, a container image including container content characteristic information;
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9. An apparatus comprising:
- a camera, operable to obtain an image of at least a portion of a container in motion along a belt and to determine information relating to contents of the container from the image;
a printer, operable to print at least a bar code label, and in direct communication with the camera;
wherein, the camera is further operable to relay the determined information relating to the contents of the container to the printer and wherein the printer is further operable to process the information relayed from the camera to generate a bar code relating to the contents of the container, and wherein the printer is operable to print the generated bar code relating to the contents of the container. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
- a camera, operable to obtain an image of at least a portion of a container in motion along a belt and to determine information relating to contents of the container from the image;
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13. A processing system comprising:
- a field packaging vehicle, operable to receive boxes on a conveyor system included therewith, and convey the boxes along the belt;
a vision system camera, operable to view at least a marked portion of the boxes as the boxes are conveyed along the belt; and
a printer, operable to print bar code labels and in communication with the camera;
wherein the conveyor system is operable to convey received boxes past a viewing lens of the vision system camera, and wherein the vision system camera is operable to determine information relating to the contents of the boxes from the marked portion and to convey the information directly to the printer, and wherein, the printer is operable to encode information relating to the contents of the box into a label printable by the printer for application to the box. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
- a field packaging vehicle, operable to receive boxes on a conveyor system included therewith, and convey the boxes along the belt;
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