Patents by Inventor Charles Paul Scicluna

Charles Paul Scicluna 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 and system for double feed detection
    Patent number: 6761352
    Abstract: A system for detecting overlapped flat objects in a sequence of flat objects have at least one of their edges exposed for viewing as they pass along a feed path. The system includes a sensor for generating a signal in response to detecting a flat object in the feed path and a camera responsive to the signal for capturing a digital image of the exposed edges of the detected flat object in the feed path. A vision system is coupled to the camera for receiving the digital image. The vision system analyzes at least a portion of the image to determine a pixel density variation along a direction perpendicular to the edges and uses the pixel density variation to output an indication of the number of edges in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Omron Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Paul Scicluna, Jeffrey Charles Neal, Douglas Craig Browne
  • Method and system for double feed detection
    Publication number: 20030091236
    Abstract: A system for detecting overlapped flat objects in a sequence of flat objects have at least one of their edges exposed for viewing as they pass along a feed path. The system includes a sensor for generating a signal in response to detecting a flat object in the feed path and a camera responsive to the signal for capturing a digital image of the exposed edges of the detected flat object in the feed path. A vision system is coupled to the camera for receiving the digital image. The vision system analyzes at least a portion of the image to determine a pixel density variation along a direction perpendicular to the edges and uses the pixel density variation to output an indication of the number of edges in the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Applicant: OMRON Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Paul Scicluna, Jeffrey Charles Neal, Douglas Craig Browne