Patent ID: 11891207
Assignee: KRONES AG
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 6:
7. A method for aligning a container in a container receptacle of a container treatment machine, wherein the container is aligned into a target attitude before a treatment step is performed on the container by means of a treatment unit of the container treatment machine, wherein the container is rotated about an axis from a current position to the target attitude in a container receptacle, wherein the container treatment machine comprises a camera, which captures an image of the container transported in the container receptacle upstream of the treatment unit, and an alignment module that rotates the container to the target attitude by controlling the container receptacle, wherein the alignment module comprises a neural network that determines a necessary rotation of the container from its current position to the target attitude by processing the image of the container transported in the container receptacle upstream of the treatment unit, and the alignment module controls the rotation of the container receptacle depending on the determined rotation, and wherein the neural network is adapted to learn current positions of containers relative to the target attitude from images of containers captured during operation of the container treatment machine.