Automated Goods Transfer Assembly With Optical Roll Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Handling inward goods, particularly material rolls, is often tedious and time-consuming, requiring efficient and reliable delivery systems to improve the handling process.
Innovation Solution
A delivery system with an automated transfer assembly and safety installation for secure, non-contact object detection and navigation, enabling automated transfer of goods from a delivery vehicle to a storage area without personnel intervention, using a gripping device and lifting mechanism for precise handling and safety.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automated transfer assembly is used for unloading goods, then productivity and efficiency are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical handling with an automated transfer assembly that uses optical sensors (camera and sensor) for object detection and navigation. The system substitutes human-operated mechanical systems with automated control, where the object detection device guides the transfer assembly to pick up and deliver material rolls automatically, thereby improving productivity while managing complexity through automation intelligence.
Solution Approach 2:
The transfer assembly is equipped with its own object detection device (camera and sensor) that enables it to autonomously locate, identify, and navigate to material rolls without external guidance. The system performs self-navigation and self-positioning, allowing the transfer assembly to service itself in terms of navigation and operation, which improves unloading efficiency while keeping the control architecture manageable.
2Reliability
If automated transfer assembly with object detection device is implemented, then reliability and damage prevention are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The object detection device (camera and sensor) performs preliminary detection and identification of material rolls before the transfer assembly makes contact. The system预先 identifies the position, orientation, and characteristics of goods, allowing the gripping device to adjust its approach and gripping force accordingly. This preliminary action prevents damage to goods and equipment while ensuring reliable unloading, and manages complexity by performing detection before physical interaction.
Solution Approach 2:
The safety installation with light barriers and sensors creates preliminary protective fields that detect potential hazards before they materialize. The system preemptively identifies obstacles, personnel, or improper positioning and prevents harmful actions from occurring. This preliminary anti-action enhances reliability and damage prevention while managing complexity through proactive safety monitoring rather than reactive measures.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If safety installation with light barriers is used, then personnel safety is improved, but device complexity and space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The safety installation uses light barriers and sensors that create localized safety zones only where needed around the transfer assembly and material handling areas. Rather than enclosing the entire facility, the system applies safety fields selectively to critical zones where personnel and equipment interact, thereby protecting personnel while minimizing the overall space required for safety infrastructure.
4Device complexity
If manual handling of material rolls is performed, then device complexity is reduced, but productivity and time consumption worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical handling with an automated transfer assembly that uses optical sensors (camera and sensor) for object detection and navigation. The system substitutes human-operated mechanical systems with automated control, where the object detection device guides the transfer assembly to pick up and deliver material rolls automatically, thereby improving productivity while managing complexity through automation intelligence.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The system ensures reliable, efficient, and damage-free unloading of goods, enhancing safety for personnel and equipment while optimizing space utilization in storage areas.
Implementation Method 1
The object detection device preferably operates in a non-contacting manner and is embodied, for example, as a camera or a sensor
Implementation Method 2
The safety installation is embodied, for example, as an opto-electronic safety installation or as a sensor, a camera, or the like
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a delivery system having a delivery goods vehicle for delivering inward goods, and having at least one automated transfer assembly which for transferring the goods in an automated manner from the delivery goods vehicle to a goods store comprises an object detection device. The delivery system moreover has a safety installation for securing a movement range of the transfer assembly when unloading the goods.