Patent ID: 11912457
Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 14:
15. A robotic labeling system for labeling a package having an identification tag, the robotic labeling system comprising:
a package locating system having at least one conveyor for moving the package to a package identification station and a label application station of the robotic labeling system;
the package identification station including a frame forming a scan tunnel configured to receive the package from the at least one conveyor, the package identification station including a first camera mounted to the frame and a second camera mounted to the frame remote from the first camera, the first camera imaging a first area of the scan tunnel to image the package from a first angle, the second camera imaging a second area of the scan tunnel different from the first area to image the package from a second angle, the package identification station including and a scanning device mounted to the frame having a tag reader movable in three-dimensional space within the scan tunnel to scan the identification tag of the package based on the images from the first and second cameras; and
the label application station including a label printer and a label applicator, the label printer configured to print a package label, the label applicator operating with the label printer to apply the package label to the package, wherein the printing of the package label by the label printer is based on the scan of the identification tag by the tag reader and wherein the application of the package label by the label applicator is based on the scan of the identification tag by the tag reader.