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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 24, 2020
Applicant:

Softwear Automation Inc., Cumming, GA (US);

Inventors:

Michael J. Baker, Acworth, GA (US);

Barrett C. Clark, Seattle, WA (US);

Eric Guenterberg, Watertown, MA (US);

Alexander Ren Gurney, Atlanta, GA (US);

Assignee:

SoftWear Automation Inc., Cumming, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D05B 23/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); D05B 69/30 (2006.01); D05B 19/12 (2006.01); D05B 19/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 9/1602 (2013.01); D05B 19/10 (2013.01); D05B 19/12 (2013.01); D05B 69/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

Due to rapid advancement in computing technology of both hardware and software, the labor intensive sewing process has been transformed into a technology-intensive automated process. During an automated process, processing of a work piece can be visually monitored using a sensor system. Data gathered from the sensor system can be used to infer the condition and/or position of the work piece in the work area using, e.g., models of a sensor profile. Evaluation can be carried out before processing begins, during processing and/or after processing of the work piece. Examples of systems and methods are described that provide for initially and successively matching the model of the expected shape for a product work piece to a set of sensor readings of the work piece in order to determine the position of the work piece and support a variety of useful features.


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