Patents by Inventor Andrew Nicholas Kuntemeier

Andrew Nicholas Kuntemeier has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Conveyor screening during robotic article unloading
    Patent number: 10239701
    Abstract: A robotic material handling system has a controller that positions a nose conveyor surface proximate to an article pile, uses a robotic manipulator to robotically move one or more articles per operation onto the nose conveyor from the article pile, and receives a scan of the nose conveyor surface to detect respective locations of any articles received on the nose conveyor surface. The controller determines whether the respective locations of any scanned articles prevent immediate rearward conveyance by the two or more parallel conveyors at a first speed. If so detected, the controller causes at least one of the two or more parallel conveyors to operate at the first speed and at least another one of two or more parallel conveyors to operate at a second speed that is not equal to the first speed so that cartons do not jam or overwhelm a narrower rearward conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: INTELLIGRATED HEADQUARTERS, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew R. Wicks, Sriram Pavan Tankasala, Jeremy Joseph Adams, Andrew Nicholas Kuntemeier, Dominic George Clucas, Karthikeyan Yuvaraj
  • Conveyor Screening During Robotic Article Unloading
    Publication number: 20180111765
    Abstract: A robotic material handling system has a controller that positions a nose conveyor surface proximate to an article pile, uses a robotic manipulator to robotically move one or more articles per operation onto the nose conveyor from the article pile, and receives a scan of the nose conveyor surface to detect respective locations of any articles received on the nose conveyor surface. The controller determines whether the respective locations of any scanned articles prevent immediate rearward conveyance by the two or more parallel conveyors at a first speed. If so detected, the controller causes at least one of the two or more parallel conveyors to operate at the first speed and at least another one of two or more parallel conveyors to operate at a second speed that is not equal to the first speed so that cartons do not jam or overwhelm a narrower rearward conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Matthew R. Wicks, Sriram Pavan Tankasala, Jeremy Joseph Adams, Andrew Nicholas Kuntemeier, Dominic George Clucas, Karthikeyan Yuvaraj