Patents by Inventor Kipley Tad Carpenter

Kipley Tad Carpenter 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).

  • Self aligning robotic arm calibration apparatus
    Patent number: 6643565
    Abstract: A calibration apparatus for use with a storage system for storing a plurality of objects in an array of object storage locations. In a preferred embodiment, the calibration apparatus includes a target affixed in a predetermined location to the storage system, an object retrieval mechanism, and an imaging system. The object retrieval mechanism is used for retrieving objects from the object storage locations and has a principal direction of movement which is perpendicular to a plane in which an exposed surface of each of the plurality of objects lie. The imaging system is attached to the object retrieval mechanism for imaging the target. The imaging system is positioned such that the direction from the target to the imaging system is parallel to the principal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Storage Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Paul Manes, David Black, Dan Plutt, Kipley Tad Carpenter
  • Automated data storage library with wireless robotic positioning system
    Patent number: 6535792
    Abstract: A method and apparatus in an automated data storage library for identifying a location of a robot in the automated data storage library. Signals are transmitted from a set of transmitters in the automated data storage library, wherein a location of the set of transmitters is known. The signals transmitted from the set of transmitters are received at a receiver located on the robot to form a set of received signals. The location of the robot is determined using the set of received signals and the location of the set of transmitters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Storage Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Kipley Tad Carpenter
  • Self aligning robotic arm calibration apparatus
    Publication number: 20020177924
    Abstract: A calibration apparatus for use with a storage system for storing a plurality of objects in an array of object storage locations. In a preferred embodiment, the calibration apparatus includes a target affixed in a predetermined location to the storage system, an object retrieval mechanism, and an imaging system. The object retrieval mechanism is used for retrieving objects from the object storage locations and has a principal direction of movement which is perpendicular to a plane in which an exposed surface of each of the plurality of objects lie. The imaging system is attached to the object retrieval mechanism for imaging the target. The imaging system is positioned such that the direction from the target to the imaging system is parallel to the principal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: Joseph Paul Manes, David Black, Dan Plutt, Kipley Tad Carpenter
  • Automated data storage library with wireless robotic positioning system
    Publication number: 20020052671
    Abstract: A method and apparatus in an automated data storage library for identifying a location of a robot in the automated data storage library. Signals are transmitted from a set of transmitters in the automated data storage library, wherein a location of the set of transmitters is known. The signals transmitted from the set of transmitters are received at a receiver located on the robot to form a set of received signals. The location of the robot is determined using the set of received signals and the location of the set of transmitters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventor: Kipley Tad Carpenter
  • Automated data storage library with wireless robotic positioning system
    Patent number: 6304798
    Abstract: A method and apparatus in an automated data storage library for identifying a location of a robot in the automated data storage library. Signals are transmitted from a set of transmitters in the automated data storage library, wherein a location of the set of transmitters is known. The signals transmitted from the set of transmitters are received at a receiver located on the robot to form a set of received signals. The location of the robot is determined using the set of received signals and the location of the set of transmitters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Storage Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Kipley Tad Carpenter