US 11,724,888 B2
Conveyor controllers
Charles R. Combs, Burlington, KY (US); James P. Knapke, Ft. Thomas, KY (US); Dimitar Ivanov Petrov, Sofia (BG); Timothy A. Barnes, Burlington, KY (US); and David W. Sellers, Erlanger, KY (US)
Assigned to Insight Automation, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US)
Filed by Insight Automation, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/671,136.
Application 17/671,136 is a continuation of application No. 16/878,283, filed on May 19, 2020, granted, now 11,247,846.
Application 16/878,283 is a continuation of application No. 16/355,006, filed on Mar. 15, 2019, granted, now 10,654,659, issued on May 19, 2020.
Application 16/355,006 is a continuation of application No. 15/417,588, filed on Jan. 27, 2017, granted, now 10,233,028, issued on Mar. 19, 2019.
Application 15/417,588 is a continuation of application No. 14/270,590, filed on May 6, 2014, granted, now 9,555,977, issued on Jan. 31, 2017.
Application 14/270,590 is a continuation of application No. 13/103,705, filed on May 9, 2011, granted, now 8,757,363, issued on Jun. 24, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0162015 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. B65G 43/10 (2006.01); B65G 43/00 (2006.01); B65G 13/02 (2006.01); B65G 23/08 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01); B65G 47/26 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 43/10 (2013.01) [B65G 13/02 (2013.01); B65G 23/08 (2013.01); B65G 43/00 (2013.01); G05B 19/4189 (2013.01); B65G 47/261 (2013.01); G05B 2219/25081 (2013.01); Y02P 90/02 (2015.11)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A conveyor controller for use in a conveyor system, the conveyor controller comprising:
a processing unit;
one or more network interfaces coupled with the processing unit;
a user interface coupled with the processing unit;
the processing unit configured for initiating an automatic configuration procedure in the conveyor controller upon selective engagement of the user interface;
the processing unit further configured, upon the initiation of an automatic configuration procedure, for detecting inputs to the conveyor controller from elements of a portion of the conveyor system, including detecting whether another conveyor controller is connected to a network interface;
the processing unit further configured for evaluating the detected inputs, and based upon the detected inputs, automatically configuring the conveyor controller to operate the portion of the conveyor system.