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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:
May. 27, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven J Gordon, Weston, MA (US);
Peter K Mansfield, Concord, MA (US);
Assignee:
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101483 ; 101D / ; 364559 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for the spatial orientation of a spherical object comprising a camera for gathering an image of the spherical object and its spatial orientation, a computer communicating with the camera for processing the image and for computing a required spatial rotation to bring the spherical object into a desired spatial orientation, and motors communicating with the computer for rotating the spherical object to a desired orientation without substantially moving the center of the spherical object.