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Method of distributing packages or the like

  • US 5,311,999 A
  • Filed: 09/24/1993
  • Issued: 05/17/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of distributing multisurface packages by a separating and conveying device according to an address applied to a package surface, comprising the following steps:

  • (a) individually conveying the packages in a transporting direction along a conveying path;

    (b) optically scanning each surface of each package, including an optical scanning of an underside of each package through a gap in said conveying path;

    said scanning step including rough-scanning at least some of the package surfaces;

    (c) based on step (b), obtaining, at least approximately simultaneously, an image of all package surfaces of each package on a single monitor having six partial image regions;

    (d) selecting, for each package, a package surface based on all surface images obtained in step (c);

    (e) fine-scanning the package surface selected in step (d);

    (f) based on step (e), obtaining an at least partial image of the selected surface; and

    (g) assigning to the image of the selected package surface a sorting information for distributing the package corresponding to the image.

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