Granted Patent B2

US 12,214,962 · App. 18/404,730 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Inventors: Saravanan Sadasivan (Bangalore, IN); Jeyaprakash Kandasamy (Tamil Nadu, IN); Rajesh Kaliyaperumal (Tamil Nadu, IN); Ravi Kumar Avupati (Hyderabad, IN)

Assignee: INTELLIGRATED HEADQUARTERS, LLC

B65G13/04B65G23/08B65G43/10B65G2203/0258

Abstract

Claims (32)

1. A conveyor system comprising:

at least one integrated motorized conveyor roller, the integrated motorized conveyor roller comprising:

a housing;

a motor assembly and a drive assembly at least partially disposed within the housing that are configured to cause rotation of at least a portion of the integrated motorized conveyor roller;

at least one sensing element disposed within the housing, wherein the at least one sensing element is positioned between the motor assembly and the drive assembly; and

at least one controller component in electronic communication with the at least one sensing element, the motor assembly and the drive assembly, wherein the controller component is configured to obtain operational data via the at least one sensing element.

2. The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the controller component is further configured to:

receive configuration data from a computing entity in electronic communication with the controller component, and perform operations based at least in part on the configuration data.

3. The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the controller component is further configured to transmit at least a portion of the operational data to a computing entity in electronic communication with the controller component.

4. The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensing element comprises a load sensor that is configured to detect a presence or weight of an object disposed adjacent the integrated motorized conveyor roller.

5. The conveyor system of claim 4 , wherein the controller component is further configured to provide information regarding the presence or location of the object to at least one of another integrated motorized conveyer roller controller component or another computing entity in electronic communication therewith.

6. The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the integrated motorized conveyor roller further comprising at least one or more light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensors, radio detection and ranging (RADAR) sensors, infrared (IR) cameras, 3D cameras, 360° cameras or photoelectric sensors.

7. The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensing element is configured to detect one or more parameters associated with the motor assembly.

8. The conveyor system of claim 7 , wherein the one or more parameters comprise at least one of a lifetime motor operational time, a number of rotations, loading conditions or vibrational information.

9. The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the controller component comprises at least one printed circuit board (PCB) stack.

10. The conveyor system of claim 9 , wherein the at least one PCB stack is integrated into an end cap of the integrated motorized conveyor roller.

11. The conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the controller component is in electronic communication with one or more other motorized conveyor roller controller components such that they can exchange data with one another.

12. The conveyor system of claim 11 , wherein the controller component is in electronic communication with the one or more other motorized conveyor roller controller components or computing entities via a Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) or Long Range (LoRa) connection.

13. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program instructions stored therein, the computer-readable program instructions configured to:

receive configuration data from a computing entity in electronic communication with the controller component;

cause rotation of at least a portion of the integrated motorized conveyor roller via a motor assembly and a drive assembly at least partially disposed within a housing of the integrated motorized conveyor roller, based at least in part on the configuration data; and

obtain operational data via at least one sensing element disposed within the integrated motorized conveyor roller, wherein the at least one sensing element is positioned between the motor assembly and the drive assembly.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 , further configured to:

obtain operational data via at least one sensing element of the integrated motorized conveyor roller.

15. The computer program product of claim 14 , further configured to:

transmit at least a portion of the operational data to a computing entity in electronic communication with the controller component.

16. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the at least one sensing element comprises a load sensor that is configured to detect a presence or weight of an object disposed adjacent the integrated motorized conveyor roller.

17. The computer program product of claim 16 , further configured to:

provide information regarding the presence or location of the object to at least one of another integrated motorized conveyer roller controller component or another computing entity in electronic communication therewith.

18. The computer program product of claim 13 , further configured to: communicate with one or more other motorized conveyor roller controller components such that they can exchange data with one another.

19. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the at least one sensing element is configured to detect one or more parameters associated with the motor assembly.

20. The computer program product of claim 19 , wherein the one or more parameters comprise at least one of a lifetime motor operational time, a number of rotations, loading conditions or vibrational information.

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