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- Patent Title: Container treatment machine and method for aligning a container in a container receptacle of a container treatment machine
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Application No.: US17998004Application Date: 2021-04-23
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Publication No.: US11891207B2Publication Date: 2024-02-06
- Inventor: Herbert Kolb
- Applicant: KRONES AG
- Applicant Address: DE Neutraubling
- Assignee: KRONES AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
- Current Assignee: KRONES AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
- Current Assignee Address: DE Neutraubling
- Agency: McCoy Russell LLP
- Priority: DE 2020112191.1 2020.05.06
- International Application: PCT/EP2021/060615 2021.04.23
- International Announcement: WO2021/224020A 2021.11.11
- Date entered country: 2022-11-04
- Main IPC: B32B41/00
- IPC: B32B41/00 ; B65C9/06 ; B65C3/08 ; B65C9/40

Abstract:
A container treatment machine comprises a treatment unit, for the treatment of containers, and container receptacles, in which containers can be received such that they can rotate about an axis, the container treatment machine comprising a camera, for capturing an image of a container transported upstream of the treatment unit in a container receptacle, and an alignment module, the alignment module being designed to rotate a container into a target position by actuating the container receptacle. The alignment module comprises a neural network, which, by processing the image of a container transported upstream of the treatment unit in a container receptacle, can determine a necessary rotation of the container from the current position of same to the target position, and the alignment module can control the rotation of the container receptacle on the basis of the determined rotation.
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