Patent ID: 11873169
Assignee: MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A method of associating data with an item being transported by a conveying system, the method comprising:
receiving the item at a first zone of the conveying system, wherein the item comprises an associated data tag, wherein the first zone comprises a first local controller;
receiving, by the first local controller, data associated with the item, wherein the data comprises an expected value for a property of the item;
sensing a value for the property of the item;
comparing, by the first local controller, the expected value for the property with the sensed value for the property;
in response to the comparing satisfying a threshold condition:
transporting the item to a second zone of the conveying system, wherein the second zone comprises a second local controller, and
transferring the data from the second local controller to the third local controller; and

in response to the comparing not satisfying the threshold condition, transporting the item to a third zone of the conveying system.