Patents by Inventor António Jorge MENDES DA ROCHA

António Jorge MENDES DA ROCHA 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).

  • Circular knitting machine and respective method to control textile quality by use of digital camera
    Patent number: 11798154
    Abstract: A circular knitting machine, a method for controlling textile fabric defects, and a method for retrofitting a circular knitting machine are provided. The circular knitting machine includes a fixed support structure, a rotational support structure, and a system for controlling textile fabric defects. The system includes a digital camera for capturing digital images of knitted textile fabric, a data processor for processing the captured digital images, a camera support structure for holding the camera, and a lighting system to illuminate the knitted textile fabric from the camera side for capture by the digital camera. The camera support structure is fixed to the rotational structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SMARTEX EUROPE, UNIPESSOAL LDA.
    Inventors: Gilberto Martins Loureiro, António Jorge Mendes Da Rocha
  • MACHINE AND METHOD TO CONTROL TEXTILE QUALITY
    Publication number: 20220005182
    Abstract: Machine and method for controlling textile fabric defects during the textile production and method for retrofitting a circular knitting machine having a fixed support structure, a rotational support structure, said system comprising: a digital camera for capturing digital images of the knitted textile fabric, a data processor for processing the captured digital images, a camera support structure for holding the camera, a lighting system to illuminate the knitted textile fabric from the camera side for capture by the digital camera; wherein the camera and back support structures are fixed to the rotational structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Gilberto MARTINS LOUREIRO, António Jorge MENDES DA ROCHA