Patents by Inventor Robert Thomas Pangrazio
Robert Thomas Pangrazio 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).
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Publication number: 20220381553Abstract: Disclosed herein is a dimensioner table (DT) that is highly transportable and can be removably or permanently affixed to a mobile platform (MP). This allows freight to be scanned at the time of pickup or each time it is unloaded/loaded onto a new MP. The dimensioning information collected from the DT can be used to create a 3D model of the freight which can be used to help provide loading instructions. The successive scans of the freight by each DT can also be used to identify any discrepancies in the 3D models or captured images which may indicate damage or partial loss of freight.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Robert Thomas Pangrazio, Jefferson Maldonado
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Publication number: 20160076873Abstract: A stationary dimensioning apparatus dimensions a load on a movable conveyance by detecting a barcode fiducial that is situated on the conveyance and by detecting a large number of points in space that represent points on the surface of the load. The barcode fiducial fluoresces as a predetermined wavelength, and the points in space are detected in the form of electromagnetic energy at the same predetermined wavelength. The electromagnetic energy is subjected to a band pass filter that rejects all but the predetermined wavelength before the remaining electromagnetic energy is impinged on a camera sensor. The location of the barcode fiducial on the conveyance is compared with a reference location of a reference barcode fiducial, and a translation vector and a rotation vector between them are calculated.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Applicant: LTS METROLOGY, LLCInventors: John Alan Pangrazio, Robert Thomas Pangrazio, Isaac Hirt
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Publication number: 20160061591Abstract: A stationary dimensioning apparatus dimensions a load on a movable conveyance by detecting a barcode fiducial that is situated on the conveyance and by detecting a large number of points in space that represent points on the surface of the load. The location of the barcode fiducial on the conveyance is compared with a reference location of a reference barcode fiducial, and a translation vector and a rotation vector are calculated to characterize the difference in translation and rotation between the reference barcode fiducial and the barcode fiducial that was detected on the conveyance. The translation and rotation vectors are then employed in a transformation matrix that is used to transform each of the detected points in space into transformed points in space that correspond with a reference coordinate system, such as might be defined in terms of horizontal and vertical directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Applicant: LTS METROLOGY, LLCInventors: JOHN ALAN PANGRAZIO, ROBERT THOMAS PANGRAZIO
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Patent number: 9187303Abstract: A weighing apparatus is usable in conjunction with a device such as a forklift and includes a front plate upon which a set of forks are placed, a rear plate that is mounted to a lift mechanism of the forklift, a pair of connection apparatuses that are situated between the front and rear plates, and a load cell apparatus that extends between the front and rear plates. Each connection apparatus includes an inboard rail and an outboard rail between which a number of rollable engagement structures are generally situated. The front plate is movable along a movement direction while being resisted from moving in any direction other than the movement direction. The connection apparatuses are configured to avoid binding between the inboard and outboard rails and enable the load cell apparatus to accurately provide an output that is representative of the weight of a load situated on the forks.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2014Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: LTS SCALE COMPANY, LLCInventors: John Alan Pangrazio, Robert Thomas Pangrazio, Steve Mariea
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Publication number: 20150233755Abstract: A weighing apparatus and method enable an object to be weighed while the object and/or the weighing apparatus is in motion. The apparatus and method employ a load cell and an accelerometer that are both mounted on a platform upon which the object is situated. A signal from the load cell and a signal from the accelerometer are combined together to derive a mass of the load. Such combining of the signals may occur via signal processing that may include digital processing and/or analog processing. The load cell and the accelerometer each have an operative direction, and they may be oriented with respect to one another on the platform such that the operative directions are opposite one another to enable the two signals to be input to an analog multiplication circuit to derive a weight of the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Applicant: LTS SCALE COMPANY, LLCInventor: Robert Thomas Pangrazio
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Publication number: 20150093216Abstract: A weighing apparatus is usable in conjunction with a device such as a forklift and includes a front plate upon which a set of forks are placed, a rear plate that is mounted to a lift mechanism of the forklift, a pair of connection apparatuses that are situated between the front and rear plates, and a load cell apparatus that extends between the front and rear plates. Each connection apparatus includes an inboard rail and an outboard rail between which a number of rollable engagement structures are generally situated. The front plate is movable along a movement direction while being resisted from moving in any direction other than the movement direction. The connection apparatuses are configured to avoid binding between the inboard and outboard rails and enable the load cell apparatus to accurately provide an output that is representative of the weight of a load situated on the forks.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicant: LTS Scale Company, LLCInventors: JOHN ALAN PANGRAZIO, ROBERT THOMAS PANGRAZIO, STEVE MARIEA
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Publication number: 20140133944Abstract: A detection system is usable on a vehicle such as a forklift. The detection system includes a sensor apparatus and a processor apparatus that are configured to detect the proximity of objects and structures that are situated in the vicinity of the forklift, and are further configured to initiate some type of action if the processor apparatus determines that the likelihood of a collision has reached a predetermined threshold. In the event of a collision determination, the processor apparatus outputs a collision signal to an output apparatus that performs any one or more of a variety of predetermined operations responsive to the collision signal. The operations can include reducing an engine speed of the forklift, reducing the velocity of the forklift, operating a movement mechanism to move the forklift platform away from the object or structure, producing audible and/or visual indications of the potential for a collision, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: LTS SCALE COMPANY, LLCInventors: John Alan Pangrazio, Robert Thomas Pangrazio
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Publication number: 20120273306Abstract: An improved activity detection system for use on a lift truck can be generally stated as including a detection apparatus and a processor apparatus. The detection apparatus can be generally stated as including at least one of a load detector and a movement detector. The processor apparatus can be generally stated as including a storage for storing an output from the detection apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Inventors: John Alan Pangrazio, Robert Thomas Pangrazio
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Patent number: 8228510Abstract: An improved dimensional detection system is portable and can be used to characterize a workpiece. The dimensional detection system employs as few as a single focused light source and as few as a single camera along with a calibration data set to convert the illuminated pixels of an image of a beam on the workpiece into a cloud of real world points in space on an outer surface of the workpiece. The cloud of points can be processed to characterize the workpiece, such as by determining the right hexahedron that would encompass all of the real world points in space and which could be used to determine a dimensional weight of the workpiece.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2011Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: LTS Scale CompanyInventors: John Gregory Pangrazio, John Alan Pangrazio, Robert Thomas Pangrazio, Kenneth Lloyd Brey, Cesar Pena-Gutierrez
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Publication number: 20120081714Abstract: An improved dimensional detection system is portable and can be used to characterize a workpiece. The dimensional detection system employs as few as a single focused light source and as few as a single camera along with a calibration data set to convert the illuminated pixels of an image of a beam on the workpiece into a cloud of real world points in space on an outer surface of the workpiece. The cloud of points can be processed to characterize the workpiece, such as by determining the right hexahedron that would encompass all of the real world points in space and which could be used to determine a dimensional weight of the workpiece.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2011Publication date: April 5, 2012Inventors: John Gregory Pangrazio, John Alan Pangrazio, Robert Thomas Pangrazio, Kenneth Lloyd Brey, Cesar Pena-Gutierrez
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Patent number: 8134717Abstract: An improved dimensional detection system is portable and can be used to characterize a workpiece. The dimensional detection system employs as few as a single focused light source and as few as a single camera along with a calibration data set to convert the illuminated pixels of an image of a beam on the workpiece into a cloud of real world points in space on an outer surface of the workpiece. The cloud of points can be processed to characterize the workpiece, such as by determining the right hexahedron that would encompass all of the real world points in space and which could be used to determine a dimensional weight of the workpiece.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2010Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignees: LTS Scale Company, Dynamic Motion Control, Inc.Inventors: John Gregory Pangrazio, John Alan Pangrazio, Robert Thomas Pangrazio, Kenneth Lloyd Brey, Cesar Pena-Gutierrez
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Publication number: 20110286007Abstract: An improved dimensional detection system is portable and can be used to characterize a workpiece. The dimensional detection system employs as few as a single focused light source and as few as a single camera along with a calibration data set to convert the illuminated pixels of an image of a beam on the workpiece into a cloud of real world points in space on an outer surface of the workpiece. The cloud of points can be processed to characterize the workpiece, such as by determining the right hexahedron that would encompass all of the real world points in space and which could be used to determine a dimensional weight of the workpiece.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2010Publication date: November 24, 2011Inventors: John Gregory Pangrazio, John Alan Pangrazio, Robert Thomas Pangrazio, Kenneth Lloyd Brey, Cesar Pena-Gutierrez