Patent ID: 9600941
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B07C,G06F,G06K,G07B

Claim:
1. A method for transporting a plurality of cuboidal items to prescribed destinations, wherein, for at least one item being a cuboidal item to be transported, performing the following steps of: producing at least one computer-evaluable depiction of the item to be transported, the computer-evaluable depiction showing at least one surface of the item; ascertaining, via automatic image evaluation of the computer-evaluable depiction, for at least one of a plurality of prescribed visually detectable features, what identification feature value a feature assumes for the computer-evaluable depiction of the item; automatically comparing an identification feature value vector produced by the automatic image evaluation of the computer-evaluable depiction of the item with stored registration feature value vectors, the stored registration feature value vectors used for the comparing belong to data records from the plurality cuboidal of items, wherein a data record for a respective item contains six registration feature value vectors and wherein each of the six registration feature value vectors indicates a value for each prescribed visually detectable feature for a respective one of six surfaces of the item; and generating a message if the identification feature value vector matches a stored registration feature value vector with sufficient accuracy, wherein the message contains a piece of information about the item to which the data record with the stored registration feature value vector recognized as matching belongs, and the message can be used for a further transport of the item.