Patent ID: 6137855
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: G06M

Abstract:
An apparatus for counting the number of corrugated articles in a stack of corrugated articles, each corrugated article having an edge including at least two layers forming at least one space therebetween, the apparatus comprising:(1) a light source for illuminating an edge of an at least one corrugated article in the stack of corrugated articles;(2) a camera for capturing a visual image of the edge of the at least one corrugated article in the stack;(3) a signal converter for converting the visual image into an electrical signal; and(4) a processor for processing the electrical signal to count the at least one article in the stack by differentiating between the at least two layers of the at least one article and the at least one space between the at least two layers of the at least one article.