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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2019
Bpm Microsystems, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
William H. White, Houston, TX (US);
Alain A. Mangiat, Houston, TX (US);
Josué E. Salazar Vanoye, Pasadena, TX (US);
Colin D. Harper, Katy, TX (US);
BPM MICROSYSTEMS, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The operator may first place a blank device in a first socket in a first site. The APS may self-teach the position and orientation of that first socket by removing and replacing the device in the socket one or more times, and by detecting the position of the device in the socket or by monitoring a change in position of the device as it is placed into the socket. The APS then picks the device from the first socket (or from the input tray) and moves it in succession through the rest of the sockets to establish position and orientation of each socket. After all sockets are taught, the APS loads all sockets with blank devices, and programming begins. Alternatively, the programming job begins as each site is taught and before the remaining sites are taught so that production output can begin 'immediately.'