Patent ID: 8467569
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: B07C

Abstract:
1. A method for transporting an article to a destination, the article having at least one predefined optically detectable feature and at least one predefinable transport attribute, which comprises the steps of: performing a transporting operation having a first decision-making process and at least one second, subsequent decision-making process concerning a respective continuation of the transporting operation, the first decision-making process comprises the following steps being carried out automatically: performing the second decision-making process which comprises the following steps being carried out automatically: providing a surface of the article with at least one optically detectable element after the first measurement and before the renewed measurement, a predefined computer-accessible stipulation of a position of the optically detectable element on the surface of the article and a predefined computer-accessible element pattern of the optically detectable element being used for providing the surface with the optically detectable element; and generating the first feature value vector during the first decision-making process and stored as part of the data record in such a manner that the first feature value vector contains, for each predefined optically detectable feature, that value which would have been assumed by the predefined optically detectable feature for the article if the surface of the article had already been provided with the optically detectable element during the first measurement, the stipulation of the position and the element pattern are used for the step of generating the first feature value vector, and the at least one second computer-accessible article image which is evaluated for the renewed measurement is generated from the article provided with the optically detectable element.