Patent ID: 9146146
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: G01G

Abstract:
1. A weight determining system for use with singulated, non-singulated, spaced, and non-spaced arrangements of items on a conveyor system, said weight determining system comprising: (a) an array of load cells associated with the conveyor system, wherein said array is configured to have each of the items bear upon one or more of said load cells, wherein said each of the items is in adjacent and/or neighboring relation with said one or more of said load cells, and wherein each of said load cells is configured to: (i) bear one or more of the items; and (b) a scanning apparatus configured to generate scan data corresponding to the arrangements of the items on the conveyor system; and (c) one or more processors encoded to: collect said load data and said scan data; and based on said scan data: