EP3680384B1 - Procédé pour la détermination du bord plus court et/ou plus long de vêtements et pour acheminer les vêtements dans un dispositif de traitement du linge - Google Patents

Procédé pour la détermination du bord plus court et/ou plus long de vêtements et pour acheminer les vêtements dans un dispositif de traitement du linge Download PDF

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EP3680384B1
EP3680384B1 EP20151160.7A EP20151160A EP3680384B1 EP 3680384 B1 EP3680384 B1 EP 3680384B1 EP 20151160 A EP20151160 A EP 20151160A EP 3680384 B1 EP3680384 B1 EP 3680384B1
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Engelbert Heinz
Wilhelm Bringewatt
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F95/00—Laundry systems or arrangements of apparatus or machines; Mobile laundries 
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F67/00—Details of ironing machines provided for in groups D06F61/00, D06F63/00, or D06F65/00
    • D06F67/04—Arrangements for feeding or spreading the linen
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H7/00—Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles
    • B65H7/02—Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors
    • B65H7/14—Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors by photoelectric feelers or detectors
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F93/00—Counting, sorting, or marking arrangements specially adapted for laundry purposes

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  • the invention relates to a method for determining the shorter and / or longer edge of rectangular items of laundry with edges of unequal length and a method for feeding items of laundry to a laundry treatment device.
  • laundry treatment machines Items of laundry, in particular items of flat laundry such as tablecloths, bed sheets, duvet covers, pillow cases or the like, are fed to laundry treatment machines with a front edge running transversely to the feed direction.
  • the laundry treatment machines can be input machines for feeding spread out items of laundry to mangles, folding machines, inspection devices, sorting devices or the like.
  • Rectangular items of laundry with edges of unequal length are deliberately fed to the respective laundry treatment device with such a front edge that is a longer or shorter edge.
  • a front edge that is a longer or shorter edge.
  • the EP 3 147 405 A1 deals with the spreading of laundry items to be fed to a mangle. For this purpose, adjacent corners of a front transverse edge of the item of laundry, held by spreading clips of a spreading device, are detected by an imaging device. The spreading of the spreading clamps to stretch the front transverse edge of the respective item of laundry is stopped when the imaging device detects that "ears" develop at least in a corner area of the respective item of laundry located in a spreading clamp.
  • the EP 3 290 578 A1 deals with the sorting of laundry items on the basis of data carriers assigned to the laundry items. If such a data carrier is missing from an item of laundry or if it cannot be read out, such an item of laundry is recognized by an imaging device.
  • Imaging devices of the aforementioned documents are not suitable for determining which edge is a shorter or longer edge of a rectangular item of laundry having edges of different lengths. For this reason, the procedure so far has been that when hanging adjacent corners of the front edge of items of laundry in loading or spreading clamps of input machines, the desired longer or shorter edge is searched manually and the respective item of laundry with the associated, adjacent clamps, i.e. longer edge or shorter edge running transversely to the feed direction , in the brackets. This does not allow a fully automatic entry.
  • the invention is based on the object of creating an automatic method for determining the longer and / or the shorter edge of rectangular items of laundry with edges of unequal length and / or a method for automatically feeding such items of laundry to a laundry treatment device.
  • a method for solving the stated object has the measures of claim 1. Accordingly, it is provided to determine different directions or lengths of the edge areas starting from a freely hanging corner of the item of laundry and to deduce from this which edge area belongs to the longer and / or shorter edge of the item of laundry. These measures can be carried out automatically, so that the shorter and / or longer edges of items of laundry can be determined automatically with the method.
  • the method provides for the angles or the lengths of the edge regions starting from a lower free second corner to be the longer and / or the longer to divert the shorter edge of the item of laundry.
  • the second corner is preferably a corner diagonally opposite the first corner.
  • edge areas are formed particularly reliably, the angle or length of which allows reliable conclusions to be drawn about the longer or shorter edge of the item of laundry.
  • edge regions those regions of the edges of the item of laundry starting from the second (lower) corner for determining the longer and / or shorter edge of the item of laundry which run in a straight line or at least ideally run in a straight line.
  • the lengths and / or angles of such edge regions can be determined precisely, in particular automatically.
  • the longer and / or shorter edge of the item of laundry from a comparison of the angles or lengths of the two edge regions starting from the second corner.
  • This is based on the knowledge that, in the case of rectangular items of laundry, the angle and / or the length of the edge areas starting from the lower second corner are different and, based on these differences, reliable conclusions can be drawn about the lengths of those edges of the item of laundry to which the respective edge area belongs .
  • long and short edges of rectangular items of laundry can be reliably distinguished and it can also be determined where the longer or shorter edge of the item of laundry, in particular the item of laundry hanging down from a held first corner, is located and / or to which edge area it is to be assigned.
  • a preferred further development of the method provides to use angles for deriving the shorter and / or longer edge of the item of laundry that lie between the respective edge area and an imaginary horizontal and vertical reference line through a corner point of the second corner of the item of laundry. In this way, at least one, the longer and / or shorter edge of the respective item of laundry can be determined simply and reliably by two angle measurements and a comparison of the measured angles.
  • the angles of the edge areas starting from the second corner are preferably determined based on an imaginary horizontal reference line through a corner point of the second corner and the longer and / or shorter edge of the item of laundry is derived from this, in that the longer edge is viewed as belonging to that edge area which runs at a larger angle to the imaginary horizontal reference line and / or the shorter edge belongs to the edge area that is at a smaller angle runs to the horizontal reference line.
  • Such a derivation of the long and / or short edge of the item of laundry from the measured angles of the edge areas to the imaginary horizontal reference line can easily be carried out automatically and leads to reliable results, even with items of laundry whose long and short edges do not differ greatly from each other and where the edge areas are not entirely straight.
  • Another advantageous embodiment of the invention provides that the angle of the edge areas starting from the second corner is determined based on an imaginary vertical reference line through a corner point of the second corner and from this the smaller and / or shorter edge of the item of laundry is derived by the longer edge is assumed to belong to that edge region which runs at a smaller angle to the imaginary vertical reference line and / or the shorter edge belongs to the edge region which runs at a greater angle to the vertical reference line.
  • angle measurements can also be carried out with simple means, in particular automatically, and the particular longer edge or shorter edge that is sought can be derived from the measured angles with great reliability.
  • Another possible embodiment of the method provides for deriving from the longer of the edge areas starting from the second corner that this edge area belongs to the longer edge and the shorter edge belongs to the shorter of the edge areas of the item of laundry starting from the second corner.
  • this procedure the length of the edge areas is measured and compared. This length measurement can be carried out easily and with great reliability, especially automatically, even if the edge areas do not run exactly in a straight line.
  • An advantageous embodiment of the method provides that at least that part of the item of laundry in which the second corner is located with at least parts of the two edge regions starting from this corner is recorded by at least one imaging device, preferably at least one camera.
  • the preferably two-dimensional image obtained by the camera of the lower part of the item of laundry with the second corner and at least parts of the edge areas extending therefrom is formed by a preferably electronic image evaluation, in particular in such a way that the angle between the respective edge area and the horizontal or vertical reference line or the lengths of the edge regions are determined and / or compared. From this, the image evaluation can then automatically assign the long and / or short edge of the respective item of laundry to the respective edge area on the basis of the measured angles or lengths of the edge areas starting from the second corner.
  • the respective item of laundry can be automatically fed in the intended orientation, either with a longer or shorter edge of the item of laundry running transversely to the feed direction as the leading front edge of the input machine and / or mangle, the folding machine or another laundry treatment device Increase the laundry item by a mangle or fold the respective laundry item according to a provided folding scheme depending on the transverse or longitudinal feed of the respective laundry item to the folding machine.
  • the one in the Fig. 1 The device shown is used for the automatic feeding and / or inputting of laundry items 10 into a so-called input machine 11.
  • the input machine 11 has a spreading device with two expandable and expandable brackets that hold adjacent corners of a leading edge 12 of the laundry item 10 and this front edge 12 stretch out.
  • the entire item of laundry 10 is spread out by the input machine 11 in order to then be fed from the input machine 11 to one of these downstream laundry treatment devices, preferably a mangle.
  • the front edge 12 of the item of laundry 10 is an edge running transversely to the feed direction 13 of the item of laundry 10 to the ironer or another laundry treatment device, which can be both a long edge 14 and a short edge 15 of the item of laundry - Depending on whether the item of laundry 10 in question is to be fed longitudinally or transversely to the feed direction 13 of the input machine 11 and from this to the subsequent laundry treatment device.
  • the invention is not restricted to the device shown in the figure. Rather, the invention is suitable for any other devices which are used to automatically feed items of laundry to a mangle or to another laundry treatment device, for example a folding machine, or to automatically sort items of laundry.
  • the invention is preferably intended for automated feed processes in the laundry area.
  • the invention is basically suitable for laundry items 10 of all types, preferably so-called flat laundry items. These are mainly tablecloths, duvet covers, pillow cases, sheets or the like.
  • the invention is also concerned with automatically determining a long edge 14 and / or a short edge 15 of rectangular items of laundry 10. This determination of the long edge 14 and / or the short edge 15 is preferably carried out prior to the automatic feeding of the relevant item of laundry 10, which has long edges 14 and short edges 15, with a long edge 14 or short edge 15 extending specifically transversely to the feed direction 13 to the downstream laundry treatment device, in particular the automatic transfer of the item of laundry 10 to the input machine 11.
  • the device of the Fig. 1 has an automatic separator 16, seen in the feed direction 13, in front of the input machine 11, followed by an edge detection device 17 and a stripping device 18 following the edge detection device 17 as seen in the feed direction 13.
  • the separator 16 is used for the targeted automatic picking of preferably a single item of laundry 10 from a pile of laundry 19. This is done by means of at least one camera 20 or some other imaging device in the vicinity of the pile of laundry 19.
  • An image evaluation device uses the at least one recording of the camera 20 to control one along one a gripper 21 of the separator 16 that can be moved up and down a rising section.
  • the gripper 21 transfers the preferably individual laundry item 10 that it has gripped to a downstream supply device 22 of the separator 16.
  • the supply device 22 optionally performs a separation of several items of laundry 10 simultaneously gripped by the gripper 21 and holds the separated (single) item of laundry 10 ready at an upper first corner 23 of the edge detection device 17.
  • an item of laundry 10 hanging down from an upper, first corner 23 is shown symbolically.
  • the first corner 23 is held by a holding means 24.
  • This holding means 24 can be the supply device 22 or also a separate clamp assigned to it.
  • the item of laundry 10 hangs from the holding means 24 and below it from the upper first corner 23, forming a free lower second corner 25.
  • This second corner 25 can - as in the exemplary embodiment shown - lie diagonally opposite the first corner 23.
  • Edge regions 26, 27 of a long edge 14 and a short edge 15 of the laundry item 10 extend from the free lower second corner 25 of the item of laundry 10 hanging down under the first corner 23 held by the holding means 24. These edge areas 26 and 27 meet at a corner point 28 of the second corner 25 of the item 10 of laundry short edge 15, a straight course or at least an ideally and / or approximately straight course.
  • an imaging device which is a camera 29 in the exemplary embodiment shown, is arranged in a stationary manner.
  • the camera 29 which in the simplest case is a two-dimensional black / white camera, is designed to capture the area of a lower part of the item 10 of laundry ( Fig. 2 ). At least the camera 29 detects such a lower part, especially the lower surface, of the item of laundry 10, over which the edge regions 26, 27 of items of laundry 10 extending from the second corner 25, in particular its corner point 28, usually extend.
  • the two-dimensional image recorded by the camera 29, in particular its image data, of the lower partial surface of the item of laundry 10 is or are transmitted to an image evaluation device (not shown in the figures), which determines or derives information and / or measured values from the recorded image will be discussed in more detail below in connection with the description of the method according to the invention.
  • a preferably horizontally extending stabilizing rod 41 is shown.
  • the laundry item 10 can be brought into contact with the stabilizing bar 41 in a central area. This happens before the camera 29 records the lower surface area of the item of laundry 10.
  • an upper part of the item of laundry 10 is bent somewhat with respect to its lower part with the surface area to be recorded by the camera 29.
  • that part of the item of laundry 10 that is located below the stabilizing bar 41 is stabilized and brought to a defined distance from the camera 29.
  • the camera 29 can generate an image of the lower partial surface of the item of laundry 10, which can be reliably evaluated with regard to the angles and / or lengths of the edge regions 26 and 27. This also contributes to obtaining exact readings.
  • the central area of the item of laundry 10 can be brought into contact with the stabilizing bar 41 by moving the item of laundry 10 sideways to the stationary stabilizing bar 41, but also alternatively or additionally by moving the stabilizing bar 41, which is then not stationary, to the central area of the item of laundry 10.
  • the device also has two clamps 30 ( Fig. 6 and 7th ).
  • the brackets 30, which are preferably the same, are at a defined distance from one another. This distance can be constant, but it can also be variable.
  • the clamps 30 can be separate clamps, but also clamps 30 connected to form a double clamp.
  • the clamps 30 are spatially movable together. For this purpose, they can either be moved along corresponding rails or linear drives or are arranged at the free end of an arm of a handling device, for example an industrial robot.
  • the joint process of the two separated, parallel brackets 30, preferably on the basis of the data recorded by the camera 29, for example image data.
  • the clamps 30 can be moved together to an edge area 26, 27 of the item of laundry 10 in such a way that a clamp 30 touches the relevant edge area 26 or 27
  • the lower second corner 25 or at least close to the corner 25 is detected and the second clamp 30 spaced apart therefrom detects the relevant edge region 26, 27 at a distance from the second corner 25.
  • a large part of the relevant edge region 26, 27 starting from the second corner 25, ideally running in a straight line, can be clamped between the clamps 30.
  • the outer clamp that is held at the corner point 28 or near the corner point 28 forms the second corner 25 30 a long edge 14 or shorter edge 15 of the item 10 of laundry.
  • the two spaced-apart clamps 30 hold the edge area 27, which belongs to the short edge 15 of the item 10 and consequently a vertically hanging down long edge 14, to which the edge area 26 belongs, under the clamps 30, in particular the outer bracket 30 forms.
  • This long edge 14 or the opposite long edge of the laundry item 10 running parallel to it then becomes the front edge 12 or leading edge of the laundry item 10 running transversely to the feed direction 13 then with the leading edge 12, that is, the long edge parallel to the long edge 14.
  • the spaced-apart clips 30 may belong to the stripping device 18.
  • This also has a conveyor cascade 31.
  • the conveying direction of the conveyor cascade 31 corresponds to the feed direction 13.
  • the laundry item 10 is transported from the conveyor cascade 31 to the input machine 11 and automatically transferred to, for example, a loading conveyor 32 of the same.
  • the conveyor cascade 31 consists of several successive pairs of belt conveyors 33 arranged one above the other.
  • the items of laundry are between the belt conveyors 33 sandwiched one above the other, namely the strands thereof facing one another 10 can be transported in the feed direction 13 along the conveyor cascade 31 to the input machine 11.
  • the initial pair of superposed belt conveyors 33 of the conveyor cascade 31 are designed differently.
  • the lower belt conveyor 33 is longer than the upper belt conveyor 33. At the beginning of the conveyor cascade 31, an exposed depositing area 34 is created on the upper run of the longer lower belt conveyor 33 protruding towards the edge detection device 17 and released by the upper belt conveyor 33 of this pair of belt conveyors.
  • the individual pairs of belt conveyors 33 of the conveyor cascade 31 lying one above the other are driven with increasing rotational speed in the feed direction 13. This leads to a slipping out of the respective item of laundry in and / or against the feed direction 13.
  • the speed differences of the individual pairs of superposed belt conveyors 33 and the number of pairs of superposed belt conveyors 33 is selected for the conveyor cascade 31 so that at the end of the conveyor cascade 31 items of laundry10 of different types and formats are sufficiently stripped out so that the respective item of laundry 10 can automatically be transferred to the loading conveyor 32 of the input machine 11 with the front edge 12 running transversely to the feed direction.
  • a parallel, longer edge of the item of laundry 10 running in front of the longer edge 14 is intended to be the front edge 12 or leading edge of the item of laundry 10 running transversely to the feed direction 13 when it is being fed to the input machine 11.
  • the camera 29 detects at least the lower sub-area of the item 10 from the side, that is to say the profile or the area of this lower sub-area.
  • the angles and / or lengths of the edge regions 26, 27 of a long edge 14 and an adjoining short edge 15 of the second corner 25, which extend from the hanging second corner 25, are automatically electronically and / or computationally from an image evaluation Laundry item 10 determined.
  • the camera 29 obtained image data can be derived, which edge region 26 or 27 belongs to a long edge 14 or a short edge 15.
  • edge area 26, 27 that does not belong to an edge 14 or 15 forming the front edge 12 running transversely to the feed direction 13, in the present exemplary embodiment the edge area 27 of the short edge 15, gripped by the two spaced brackets 30.
  • a clamp 30 grips the edge area 27 close to the corner point 28 of the second corner 25 and the second clamp 30 encompasses the edge area 27 at a significant distance from the first clamp 30, preferably at the end of the straight line opposite the second corner 25 or at least ideally straight line extending edge region 27, which belongs to the shorter edge 15, clamped.
  • the second corner 25 is now lifted from the clamps 30 and the first corner 23 is released from the holding means 24.
  • the item of laundry 10 is quasi turned.
  • the two clamps 30 are reoriented in such a way that the edge region 27 held between them runs at least approximately horizontally.
  • the edge 14 of the item of laundry 10 extending vertically from near the corner point 28 is formed.
  • the edge 14 hangs down from the bracket 30 from the corner point 28 of the second corner 25 in a straight line perpendicularly or at least substantially perpendicularly.
  • the long edge 14 starting from the second corner 25 can face the input machine 11 or - as in the present exemplary embodiment - be directed towards the separator 16.
  • the parallel brackets 30 are moved together at the height and transversely to the depositing area 34 of the conveyor cascade 31 and the item of laundry 10 is placed approximately in a U-shape on the depositing area 34 at the beginning of the conveyor cascade 31, in such a way that the item of laundry 10 hangs down from both sides of the depositing area 34 with approximately equal sections, the first corner 23 and the second corner 25 essentially opposite each other ( Fig. 7 ).
  • the automatic determination of the long edge 14 and the short edge 15 of the item of laundry 10 can take place in accordance with the method according to the invention in various ways, which are shown in FIGS Figures 3 to 5 the following are shown in principle: From the image recorded by the camera 29, in particular image data, of the lower part of the item of laundry 10 with the second corner 25 and the edge areas 26 and 27, the image processing determines the angles of the edge areas 26 and extending from the second corner 25, in particular its corner points 28 27. In the case of rectangular items of laundry 10, these angles are different. If the angles are the same or almost the same, it is a square item of laundry that requires no further evaluation because there are no long edges 14 and no short edges 15, namely all four edges are approximately the same length.
  • the angles are determined based on an imaginary horizontal reference line 35 through the corner point 28 of the second corner 25. This is an angle 36 between the horizontal reference line 35 and the edge area 26 and an angle 37 between the horizontal reference line 35 and the edge area 27.
  • the larger angle 36 belongs to the longer edge 14 and the smaller angle 37 to the shorter edge 15.
  • the angles 36 and 37 are compared 14 or to the short edge 15 belongs.
  • This derivation is based on the knowledge that, in the case of the rectangular item of laundry 10 hanging freely from a first corner 23, the longer edge 14 at a greater angle to the horizontal reference line 35 through the corner point 28 of The lower second corner 25 runs as the shorter edge 15. In the present case, it can therefore be derived from the larger angle 36 between the edge region 26 and the reference line 35 that the edge region 26 becomes a long edge 14 of the item 10 and the edge region 27 becomes a shorter edge 15 of the laundry item 10 belongs.
  • the procedure for determining the longer edge 14 and the shorter edge 15 of the item of laundry 10 is carried out in the exemplary embodiment of FIG Fig. 4 basically the same as described above. Only here the angle 36 of the edge region 26 and the angle 37 of the edge region 27 with respect to a vertical reference line 38 through the corner point 28 of the second corner 25 are determined. Consequently, the angle 36 is between the vertical reference line 38 and the edge region 26 and the angle 37 is between the vertical reference line 38 and the edge region 27. When the vertical reference line 38 is used, the smaller angle 36 is that which is towards the edge region 26 of the long edge 14 heard. In contrast, the edge region 27, which runs at the larger angle 37 to the vertical reference line 38, belongs to the shorter edge 15 of the item 10 of laundry.
  • the Fig. 5 illustrates the automatic determination of the long edge 14 and / or the shorter edge 15 by evaluating an image recorded by the camera 29 of the lower partial surface of the item of laundry 10.
  • the lengths of the edge regions 26 and 27 are compared with this type of determination of the long edge 14 and / or short edge 15 of the item 10 of laundry, it is assumed that in the case of the rectangular item of laundry 10 hanging freely from the upper first corner 23 with two parallel long edges 14 and two parallel short edges 15, the corner point 28 of the lower second corner 25 outgoing rectilinear or at least approximately rectilinear edge regions 26 and 27 are of different lengths.
  • the straight edge area 26 of the longer edge 14 has a greater length 39 than the length of the edge area 27 of the short edge 15.
  • the longer edge area 36 belongs to the long edge 14 and the shorter edge area 27 to the short edge 15 of the laundry item 10. Accordingly, the longer edge area 26 is automatically the long edge 14 and the shorter edge 15 derived from the shorter edge region 27.
  • a deviation from the exemplary embodiment described above can also form a short edge 15 of the item of laundry 10 determined by the method described above, the front edge 12 of the item of laundry 10 running transversely to the feed direction 13. Then the adjacent parallel brackets 30 grip the edge area 26 belonging to the long edge 14 in the vicinity of the second corner 25 or at the corner point 28 of the same and at a distance from the corner point 28 for the free straight unhooking of the short edge 15, starting from the corner point 28 of the second corner 25 .
  • the item of laundry 10 is not placed on the depositing area 34 at the beginning of the conveyor cascade 31 with a straight long edge 14 or a short edge 15 directed away from the input machine 11, but with a straight edge pointing towards the input machine 11 , straight long edge 14 or short edge 15. Then the laundry item 10 is placed the other way around in a U-shape over the depositing area 34 of the conveyor cascade 31, as it is in the Fig. 7 is shown.
  • the invention is also suitable for a different type of automatic supply of laundry items 10 with a desired long edge 14 or short edge 15 as the leading edge 12 running in the direction of supply 13 to input machine 11 of different design or other laundry treatment devices.
  • the laundry item 10 can also be used with adjacent corners of the front edge 12 in loading clamps of the input machine 11 or directly in the spreading clamps Input machine 11 are entered.
  • the laundry items 10 are fed fully automatically to a laundry treatment machine, for example also a sorting device or sorting system, after a preferably previous automatic determination of the long edge 14 and / or the short edge 15 in particular rectangular items of laundry, namely items of laundry 10 with edges 14, 15 of different lengths.
  • a laundry treatment machine for example also a sorting device or sorting system

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  1. Procédé de détermination d'un bord plus long (14) et/ou d'un bord plus court (15) de pièces de linge rectangulaires (10) ayant des bords de longueur inégale (14, 15), dans lequel il est dérivé automatiquement, à partir de différentes directions ou longueurs (39, 40) de la zone de bord (26, 27) partant d'un coin suspendu librement (25) de la pièce de linge (10), quelle zone de bord (26, 27) appartient au bord plus long (14) et/ou au bord plus court (15) de la pièce de linge (10), en dérivant le bord plus long (14) et/ou le bord plus court (15) de la pièce de linge (10) à partir des angles (36, 37) ou des longueurs (39, 40) des zones de bord (26, 27) partant du deuxième coin libre inférieur (25) lorsque la pièce de linge (10) est suspendue par un premier coin (23).
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le deuxième coin (25) est diagonalement opposé au premier coin (23).
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les zones des bords de la pièce de linge (10) partant du deuxième coin (25), notamment de son sommet (28), qui s'étendent idéalement de manière rectiligne, sont utilisées en tant que zones de bord (26, 27) pour la détermination du bord plus long (14) et/ou du bord plus court (15) de la pièce de linge (10).
  4. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le bord plus long (14) et/ou le bord plus court (15) de la pièce de linge (10) sont dérivés à partir d'une comparaison des angles (36, 37) et/ou des longueurs (39, 40) des deux zones de bord (26, 27) partant du deuxième coin (25).
  5. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 4, caractérisé en ce que les angles (36, 37), qui se situent entre la zone de bord respective (26, 27) et une ligne de référence horizontale (35) ou une ligne de référence verticale (38) imaginaire passant par un sommet (28) du deuxième coin (25) de la pièce de linge (10), sont utilisés pour la dérivation du bord plus long (14) et/ou du bord plus court (15) de la pièce de linge (10).
  6. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 5, caractérisé en ce que les angles (36, 37) des zones de bord (26, 27) partant du deuxième coin (25) sont déterminés par rapport à la ligne de référence horizontale imaginaire (35) passant par le sommet (28) du deuxième coin (25), et le bord plus long (14) et/ou le bord plus court (15) de la pièce de linge (10) sont dérivés à partir de ceux-ci, en supposant que le bord plus long (14) appartient à la zone de bord (26) qui s'étend avec un plus grand angle (36) par rapport à la ligne de référence horizontale imaginaire (35) et/ou que le bord plus court (15) appartient à la section de bord (27) qui s'étend avec un plus petit angle (37) par rapport à la ligne de référence horizontale imaginaire (35) .
  7. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 6, caractérisé en ce que les angles (36, 37) des zones de bord (26, 27) partant du deuxième coin (25) sont déterminés par rapport à la ligne de référence verticale imaginaire (38) passant par le sommet (28) du deuxième coin (25), et le bord plus long (14) et/ou le bord plus court (15) de la pièce de linge (10) sont dérivés à partir de ceux-ci, en supposant que le bord plus long (14) appartient à la zone de bord (26) qui s'étend avec un petit angle (36) par rapport à la ligne de référence verticale imaginaire (38) et/ou que le bord plus court (15) appartient à la section de bord (27) qui s'étend avec un plus grand angle (37) par rapport à la ligne de référence verticale (38).
  8. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1, 2 et 4, caractérisé en ce qu'il est dérivé à partir des longueurs (39, 40) des zones de bord (26, 27) partant du deuxième coin (25), notamment du sommet (28) de celui-ci, que la zone de bord plus longue (26) appartient au bord plus long (14) et que la zone de bord plus courte (27) appartient au bord plus court (15) de la pièce de linge (10).
  9. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins la partie d'une pièce de linge respective (10) dans laquelle le deuxième coin (25) se trouve avec au moins des parties des deux zones de bord (26, 27) partant de ce deuxième coin (25) est enregistrée par au moins un appareil d'imagerie, de préférence au moins une caméra (29), et les angles (36, 37) entre les zones de bord respectives (26, 27) et la ligne de référence (35, 38) ou les longueurs (39, 40) des zones de bord (26, 27) sont déterminés par une exploitation d'images.
  10. Procédé pour l'introduction notamment automatique de pièces de linge rectangulaires ayant des bords de longueur inégale dans un appareil de traitement de linge, de préférence une machine d'alimentation (11), une calandre, une machine de pliage ou analogue, dans lequel les pièces de linge (10) sont introduites dans l'appareil de traitement de linge de manière ciblée avec un bord plus long (14) et/ou un bord plus court (15) s'étendant perpendiculairement à la direction d'introduction (13), caractérisé en ce qu'avant ou au début de l'introduction de la pièce de linge (10) dans l'appareil de traitement de linge, le bord plus long (14) et/ou le bord plus court (15) de la pièce de linge respective (10) sont déterminés automatiquement par le procédé selon une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 à 9.
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