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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:
Jun. 27, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 11, 2020
Applicants:

Frito-lay North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);

Graftek Imaging Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Romik Chatterjee, Austin, TX (US);

Thomas M. Sterritt, Frisco, TX (US);

Evan N. Sanford, The Colony, TX (US);

Clark A. Turpin, Perry, GA (US);

Robert Eastlund, Austin, TX (US);

Christopher Koci, Austin, TX (US);

Nicholas Conrad, Austin, TX (US);

Vincent Ip, Austin, TX (US);

Sih Ying Wu, Austin, TX (US);

Assignees:

Frito-Lay North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);

Graftek Imaging Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B65G 67/24 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/0014 (2013.01); B25J 9/161 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 13/08 (2013.01); B65G 67/24 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10152 (2013.01);
Abstract

Vision systems for robotic assemblies for handling cargo, for example, unloading cargo from a trailer, can determine the position of cargo based on shading topography. Shading topography imaging can be performed by using light sources arranged at different positions relative to the image capture device(s).


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