Patents by Inventor Philippe Gabriel Rene Blanc

Philippe Gabriel Rene Blanc 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).

  • System for the automatic selective separation of rotten citrus fruits
    Patent number: 9174245
    Abstract: The invention relates to system conceived and designed to identify pieces of fruit, especially citrus fruits, affected by any amount of rot and to determine the automatic expulsion of these pieces from the conveyor moving them through the installation. The system comprises illuminating the fruits with UV-A band light in a computer vision unit, and capturing images of the illuminated fruits by means of a camera to send them to a general control member in order to detect fluorescences associated to the rot effect. The identified fruit is automatically expelled from the conveyor in an expulsion unit, the position of the defective fruit being determined with the aid of an encoder associated to the conveyor. The general control member is a PC type computer, equipped with specific application software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: RODA IBERICA, S.L.U.
    Inventors: Philippe Gabriel Rene Blanc, Jose Blasco Ivars, Enrique Molto Garcia, Juan Gomez Sanchis, Sergio Cubero Garcia
  • SYSTEM FOR THE AUTOMATIC SELECTIVE SEPARATION OF ROTTEN CITRUS FRUITS
    Publication number: 20100121484
    Abstract: The invention relates to system conceived and designed to identify pieces of fruit, especially citrus fruits, affected by any amount of rot and to determine the automatic expulsion of these pieces from the conveyor moving them through the installation. The system comprises illuminating the fruits with UV-A band light in a computer vision unit, and capturing images of the illuminated fruits by means of a camera to send them to a general control member in order to detect fluorescences associated to the rot effect. The identified fruit is automatically expelled from the conveyor in an expulsion unit, the position of the defective fruit being determined with the aid of an encoder associated to the conveyor. The general control member is a PC type computer, equipped with specific application software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: Roda Iverica, S.L.U.
    Inventors: Philippe Gabriel Rene Blanc, Jose Blasco Ivars, Enrique Molto Garcia, Juan Gomez Sanchis, Sergio Cubero Garcia