PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16188992
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["198", "444000"]

Abstract:
A typing off-loading and article sorting system to automatically separate different parcel types includes an feed conveyor, receiving conveyor, sorting conveyor, cameras and photoelectric eye. The overhead cameras detect the item size and whether it is cubic in nature and type and size of its footprint. An in-line slide sorter having alternating conveyor rollers and pop-up belts pass through to, or divert articles from, a downstream conveyor. The vison based system may also be used to detect space between articles and insert articles in the unoccupied space.

Claim (Index 11):
A typing and article sorting system, comprising:\n an off-loading collector conveyor having an independent drive motor in flow communication with a transport loaded with parcels; a transition zone selected on said off-loading collector conveyor; at least two spaced apart overhead cameras having a field of view of said transition zone one on each side of said transition zone; at least one single beam photoelectric eye positioned over said collector conveyor below said overhead cameras in the direction of flow of said of said collector conveyor; a computer for controlling said collector conveyor speed and movement based upon signals received from said cameras identifying gaps between said packages on said collector conveyor of sufficient space for insertion of an additional package from said collector conveyor. b) a slide sorter conveyor speed control apparatus in flow communication with said vision based bulk package conveyor flow management system, comprising: said collector conveyor conveying a first article of a selected size, shape, irregular base, marking, or other characteristic and a second article of a selected different size, shape of characteristic in flow communication with a pop-up conveyor along a longitudinal axis; said pop-up conveyor disposed between and in flow communication with said collector conveyor for passing through said first article, said pop-up conveyor diverting and conveying said second article in a direction away from said longitudinal axis; said pop-up conveyor comprising: i) a frame including pass-through conveyor comprising a plurality of spaced apart parallel conveyor rollers disposed normal to and at about the same height as said collector conveyor for receiving and conveying and passing through said first article from said collector conveyor including a motor and drive means for rotating said conveyor rollers; ii) at least one pop-up belt disposed between said spaced apart conveyor rollers, said at least one pop-up belt spaced apart from and in parallel alignment with said conveyor rollers including a motor and drive means for rotating said at least one pop-up belt; iii) said at least one pop-up belt resting a selected distance below said conveyor rollers in an inactive position during conveying said first articles from said collector conveyor passing over and through said conveyor rollers of said pop-up conveyor along said longitudinal axis; iv) said pop-up conveyor including cam means for raising said at least one pop-up belt a selected distance above said conveyor rollers conveying and diverting said second articles from longitudinal axis; said computer in electrical communication with said variable speed control means and said pop-up conveyor motor and at least said collector conveyor for controlling actuation of said at least one pop-up belt of said pop-up conveyor in response to data transmitted from said at least one single beam photoelectric eye allowing said first article to pass over said conveyor rollers and through said pop-up conveyor along said longitudinal axis and activating said cam means raising said at least one pop-up belt diverting said second article away from said longitudinal axis.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.45455
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15588230', '14998406', '15977224', '14998405', '14792663']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7771271417196293
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5940153123530624
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7588159587829726
- Mean Citation Score: 423.68037600000014
- Max Citation Score: 661.82104
- Similarity Product: 483.8188371157552

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test