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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING ITEMS

  • US 20150175287A1
  • Filed: 01/22/2015
  • Published: 06/25/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for rapidly and accurately dispensing a predetermined number of discrete items, the method comprising:

  • operating a conveyor to transport multiple items towards an imaging device;

    operating the imaging device to continuously capture images of the items falling off the conveyor, wherein the items are recorded while in trajectory;

    processing the images in real time, to continuously determine the number of falling items;

    stopping the conveyor before the number of falling items has reached the predetermined number; and

    operating a supplementary item dispenser to automatically and discretely dispense, one by one, the exact number of items needed to complete the predetermined number of items.

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