Patent ID: 7264109

Claim:
A method of controlling the placement of at least one of a plurality of product from a first transporter moving at a transport speed and having an output region to a second transporter moving at a baseline speed and having an input region and an output region, the method comprising the steps of: setting the transport speed generally equal to the baseline speed in the absence of a product; monitoring the output region of the first transporter for the occurrence of a first event, wherein the first event corresponds to one of the detection of the presence of or absence of a first one of the product in the output region of the first transporter; monitoring the input region of the second transporter for the occurrence of a second event, wherein the second event corresponds to one of the detection of the presence of or absence of a second one of the product in the input region of the second transporter; and controlling the transport speed of the first transporter and the baseline speed of the second transporter upon a detection of at least one of the first event and the second event, wherein the transport speed is determined to be one of a speed greater than, less than, or equal to the baseline speed and the baseline speed is determined to be one of a speed greater than, less than, or equal to the transport speed upon the detection of at least one of the first event and the second event.