Conveyor system
A conveyor system includes a plurality of posts having one or more rollers and a conveying surface for conveying a conveyable item. A memory in communication with one or more processors stores conveyable item data including one or more images, size, and weight for conveyable items. One or more sensors is in communication with the one or more processors to provide optical or weight information of an item on the conveying surface, used by the one or more processors to determine that an item is on the conveying surface and to semantically match the conveyable item identified on the conveying surface with stored conveyable item data.
1 . A conveyor system comprising:
an optical sensor;
a memory, the memory storing conveyable object data for each of a plurality of conveyable objects, the conveyable object data including a visual aspect, a size, and a weight for each of the plurality of conveyable objects;
a first plurality of posts supporting a first roller engaging a first conveying surface;
a second conveying surface positioned adjacent to the first conveying surface to form a substantially continuous combined conveying surface, the first conveying surface and the second conveying surface being arranged for coupled movement via at least one of a gear, a belt, or a chain;
the first plurality of posts having a first sensor arranged to detect a first weight signal associated with a weight on the first conveying surface;
one or more processors in communication with the memory and arranged to receive an optical sensor input from the optical sensor and to receive the first weight signal from the first sensor, the one or more processors further being configured to:
infer and store in the memory, for each of the plurality of conveyable objects, a first set of leadership semantics based on the conveyable object data;
determine, based on the optical sensor input from the optical sensor, that a first item is located on the first conveying surface;
determine a first size of the first item based on the optical sensor input;
determine a first weight of the first item based on the first weight signal from the first sensor;
infer a second set of leadership semantic attributes for the first item based on the optical sensor input;
semantically match the second set of leadership semantic attributes with the first set of leadership attributes;
identify the first item as a particular conveyable object from among the plurality of conveyable objects based on the semantic matching, the first weight and the first size; and
send, to a first account associated with the first item, a presentation depicting the conveying surface and a location of the first item on the conveying surface.
2 . The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the visual aspect comprises an item image of the conveyable object.
3 . The conveyor system of claim 2 , wherein the one or more processors is further configured to receive, from a user device associated with the first account, the item image, the item image being one of a still or video image of the conveyable item, the first account further having a user identity associated with the first account.
4 . The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of posts is configured to adjust the first conveying surface to isolate the first item.
5 . The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of posts is configured to adjust the first conveying surface to position the first item at a plurality of orientations with respect to the optical sensor.
6 . The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of posts is configured to adjust the first conveying surface to block the first item on the second conveying surface.
7 . The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the first conveying surface is formed by a longitudinal composed conveying surface.
8 . The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the first conveying surface is formed by a transversal composed conveying surface.
9 . The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the first conveying surface is longitudinally composed as a set of conveying surfaces.
10 . The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the first conveying surface is transversally composed as a set of conveying surfaces.
11 . The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the first conveying surface is composed from a plurality of component conveying surfaces and a shape of the first conveying surface is adjusted by altering at least one component conveying surface from among the plurality of component conveying surfaces.
12 . The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of posts includes an actuated barrier, the actuated barrier being actuated based on semantic access control.
13 . The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of posts includes at least two actuated barriers or wedges, the actuated barriers or wedges being actuated based on semantic analysis to jointly implement a guiding path.
14 . The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of posts comprises at least one guiding or access control barrier.
15 . The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of posts is attached to a main conveyor structure comprising the second conveying surface.
16 . The conveyor system of claim 15 , wherein the first plurality of posts is attached to the main conveyor structure via a plurality of connectors.
17 . The conveyor system of claim 16 , wherein the first plurality of posts is attached to the main conveyor structure via a plurality of latches.
18 . The conveyor system of claim 15 , wherein the first plurality of posts is attached to the main conveyor structure via a plurality of suction pods.
19 . The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of posts have attached at least one façade or shell panel between at least two posts among the plurality of posts.
20 . The conveyor system of claim 19 , wherein the first plurality of posts is attached to the main conveyor structure via the at least one façade or shell panel.
21 . The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of posts is attached to a main conveyor structure and the first roller is coupled to the main conveyor via at a coupling gear.
22 . The conveyor system of claim 15 , wherein the first roller is coupled to the main conveyor via a belt.
23 . The conveyor system of claim 22 , wherein the belt is engaged by a toothed coupling with the first conveying surface or the second conveying surface.
24 . The conveyor system of claim 23 , wherein the toothed coupling is engaged, at least partially, by the first conveying surface or the second conveying surface.
25 . The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the first roller is electrically actuated and rotated.
26 . The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the first roller is adjusted in elevation based on the actuation and positioning of a set of first roller supports connected to the plurality of posts.
27 . The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the first roller is adjusted in elevation based on an adjusted elevation of at least one post among the plurality of posts.
28 . The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the first roller is adjusted in elevation based on an adjusted elevation of a module of at least one post among the plurality of posts.
29 . The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of posts is moveable to move along the second conveying surface.
30 . The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the first set of leadership semantic attributes is inferred based on sensing capabilities of the optical sensor.
31 . The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the memory further stores a plurality of endpoints and wherein the first set of leadership semantic attributes is inferred based on sensing capabilities at a first endpoint among a plurality of endpoints.
32 . The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the optical sensor is carried on a post among the plurality of posts.
33 . A conveyor system comprising:
a memory;
the memory storing at least one image or frame of an item of interest, and a stored weight of the item of interest;
a first plurality of posts supporting a first conveying surface and having a first sensor;
a second plurality of posts supporting a second conveying surface and having a second sensor;
one or more processors in communication with the memory and arranged to receive first sensor data associated with signals detected by the first sensor and second sensor data associated with signals detected by the second sensor;
a first subset of the first plurality of posts being coupled to a second subset of the second plurality of posts via a first set of connectors;
the first subset of the first plurality of posts supporting a first roller, the first roller engaging the first conveying surface;
the second subset of the second plurality of posts supporting a second roller, the second roller being actuated by at least one actuator and engaging the second conveying surface;
wherein the second roller is positionable by the at least one actuator such that the second conveying surface is positioned adjacent to the first conveying surface to form a substantially continuous combined conveying surface;
wherein the second conveying surface is engaged and moveable by the second roller synchronously in the same orientation with the first conveying surface;
wherein the one or more processors detects the presence of the item of interest on the combined conveying surface based on the first sensor data and the second sensor data;
wherein the detected presence is based on a comparison by the one or more processors between the stored weight and a sensed weight, the sensed weight being based on at least one of the first sensor data or the second sensor data;
wherein the detected presence is further based on semantically matching a first set of leadership semantic attributes with a second set of leadership attributes, wherein the first set of leadership attributes is inferred based on the stored image or frame of the item of interest; and
further wherein the second set of leadership attributes is inferred based on sensed optical data, the sensed optical data being based on at least one of the first sensor data or the second sensor data.
34 . A conveyor system comprising:
a memory;
the memory storing at least one image or frame of an item of interest, and a stored weight of the item of interest,
a first plurality of posts supporting a first conveying surface and having a first sensor;
a second plurality of posts supporting a second conveying surface and having a second sensor;
a first subset of the first plurality of posts being coupled to a second subset of the second plurality of posts via a first set of connectors;
the first subset of the first plurality of posts supporting a first roller, the first roller engaging the first conveying surface;
the second subset of the second plurality of posts supporting a second roller, the second roller engaging the second conveying surface;
the second conveying surface positioned adjacent to the first conveying surface to form a substantially continuous combined conveying surface;
wherein the first conveying surface and the second conveying surface are engaged and moved by an actuator which enables the first conveying surface and the second conveying surface to move synchronously in the same orientation;
wherein the system detects the presence of the item of interest on the combined conveying surface based on one or more inputs from the first sensor or the second sensor;
wherein the detected presence is based on comparing the stored weight with a sensed weight, wherein the sensed weight is determined based on the one or more inputs from the first sensor or the second sensor;
the presence detection further being based on semantically matching a first set of leadership semantic attributes with a second set of leadership attributes, wherein the first set of leadership attributes is inferred based on the stored image or frame and the second set of leadership attributes is inferred based on the one or more inputs from the first sensor or the second sensor, at least one of the first sensor or the second sensor being an optical sensor.