CONVEYOR SPEED CONTROL
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1. A method for operating a material handling system including a conveyor system, comprising:
- determining whether a material handling system state input meets a speed change requirement for the conveyor system;
determining a new speed for the conveyor system in response to determining the material handling system state input meets the speed change requirement for the conveyor system; and
operating the conveyor system at the new speed.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, devices, and non-transitory processor readable media of the various embodiments enable intelligent speed control of conveyors (e.g., singulator conveyors, sortation conveyors, etc.) in a material handling system.
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1. A method for operating a material handling system including a conveyor system, comprising:
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determining whether a material handling system state input meets a speed change requirement for the conveyor system; determining a new speed for the conveyor system in response to determining the material handling system state input meets the speed change requirement for the conveyor system; and operating the conveyor system at the new speed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A controller, comprising;
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an interface in communication with a conveyor system; and a processor coupled to the interface, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising; determining whether a material handling system state input meets a speed change requirement for the conveyor system; determining a new speed for the conveyor system in response to determining the material handling system state input meets the speed change requirement for the conveyor system; and operating the conveyor system at the new speed. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A non-transitory processor readable medium having stored thereon processor-executable instructions configured to cause a processor to perform operations comprising:
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determining whether a material handling system state input meets a speed change requirement for a conveyor system; determining a new speed for the conveyor system in response to determining the material handling system state input meets the speed change requirement for the conveyor system; and operating the conveyor system at the new speed. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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