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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:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2020
Frito-lay North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Graftek Imaging Inc., Austin, TX (US);
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);
Frito-Lay North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Graftek Imaging Inc., Austin, TX (US);
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).