Method and System for Weighing Mail Pieces

Patent №

US 9,440,264

Granted

2016-09-13

Filed 2008

Owner

SIEMENS ENERGY & AUTOMATION, INC.

Lab

AI components

2

vision · planning

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

12269484

A method and system is described for determining the physical weights of flat articles being sorted without actually weighing the articles. Such a method includes the steps of; receiving volume information for individual flat articles from sensors, comparing that resultant data to classifiers stored in computer memory, and assigning a weight value associated to the physical flat article.

AI classification

Planning0.89
Vision0.69
Machine learning0.44
Knowledge representation0.39
AI hardware0.22
Natural language0.01
Evolutionary computation0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

SIEMENS ENERGY & AUTOMATION, INC.

assignment · 218230265

Assignors

CARPENTER, MICHAEL D., NORRIS, MICHAEL O.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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