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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2018
Applicant:
Liberty Reach Inc., Clearwater, ID (US);
Inventor:
G. Neil Haven, Clearwater, ID (US);
Assignee:
Liberty Reach Inc., Clearwater, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/402 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/402 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37208 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40607 (2013.01); G05B 2219/42249 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system are provided for controlling an industrial automation machine using non-contact (virtual) position encoding. The system and method can be used to determine the position of an object under assembly on a conveyor system without mechanical coupling to a line or drive mechanism of the line.