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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
May. 13, 2020
Applicant:
Kindred Systems Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
James Sterling Bergstra, Toronto, CA;
David Gabriel Hallock, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Kindred Systems Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 19/00 (2006.01); G01G 23/42 (2006.01); G01G 23/20 (2006.01); G01G 23/36 (2006.01); G01G 23/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 23/42 (2013.01); B23P 19/007 (2013.01); G01G 23/20 (2013.01); G01G 23/36 (2013.01); G01G 23/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for singulating objects includes a bin for receiving a collection of objects, a robotic manipulator for grasping objects from the bin, a scale for measuring a weight of the grasped objects, and a computer system for comparing measured weights to acceptable weight ranges to detect double picks. Methods include determining acceptable weight ranges by weighing a plurality of objects.