Patent ID: 11904490
Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 11:
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:
providing an in-feed conveyor arrangement that provides the package to the cutting device, the in-feed conveyor arrangement comprising a skew conveyor, the skew conveyor including one or more skewing elements;
adjusting a position of the package laterally using the skew conveyor of the in-feed conveyor arrangement;
detecting height data related to a vertical dimension of the package using a height dimensioner;
detecting the data related to the position or a horizontal dimension of the package using one or more photodetectors;
upon determining that the vertical dimension of the package exceeds a threshold value, activating a diverter to divert the package away from the cutting device.