Patents by Inventor Birgit MORTENSEN

Birgit MORTENSEN 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).

  • Method of creating batches for food items conveyed by a conveyor
    Patent number: 10327450
    Abstract: A method of creating batches for food items conveyed by a conveyor means, comprises measuring an image profile for a food item, processing the measured image profile for the food item, cutting the food item into a plurality of portions based on the processed measured image profile, and distinguishing the portions within the partial batch from the remaining portions. The number of portions from one or more of subsequent food items needed to complete the partial batch is such that it fulfills the pre-defined batch-criteria taken from the same or similar area of the food items from where the partial batch originates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: MAREL A/S
    Inventors: Steen Karlskov Petersen, Birgit Mortensen, Jesper Ågård Vuholm
  • A METHOD OF CREATING BATCHES FOR FOOD ITEMS CONVEYED BY A CONVEYOR MEANS
    Publication number: 20170245509
    Abstract: A method of creating batches for food items conveyed by a conveyor means, comprises measuring an image profile for a food item, processing the measured image profile for the food item, cutting the food item into a plurality of portions based on the processed measured image profile, and distinguishing the portions within the partial batch from the remaining portions. The number of portions from one or more of subsequent food items needed to complete the partial batch is such that it fulfils the pre-defined batch-criteria taken from the same or similar area of the food items from where the partial batch originates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Steen Karlskov PETERSEN, Birgit MORTENSEN, Jesper Ågård VUHOLM