ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,617, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to BECTON DICKINSON ROWA GERMANY GMBH (Kelberg, Germany).
"Device and method for separating piece goods" was invented by Andreas Klapperich (Rieden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems for storing piece goods are provided. The systems include a picking device having storage locations configured to store piece goods and a separating device. The separating device includes a feed device, a conveyor having a gripper and a control device coupled to the conveyor. The control device is configured to cause the gripper to pick a piece good based on images from a first recording device, a second ...