Patents by Inventor Stephen Cronk

Stephen Cronk 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).

  • Vision recognition system for produce labeling
    Patent number: 8456646
    Abstract: A vision recognition system is provided for use with a high speed, automatic produce labeling machine. The system uses laser profiling to direct a sheet of light transversely to the longitudinal axis of a produce feed conveyor. The sheet of light periodically impacts, and generates laser profiles of, the surfaces of the produce items, such as pears, being fed by the conveyor to one or more labeling machines. The laser profiles are used to generate real world (x,y) coordinates of the domes of the incoming produce items, which are passed to the labeling machine or machines. Real world height (or z) coordinates may also be created and passed to the labeler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Sinclair Systems International LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Cronk, Jason Dale, Phillip Holland, Richard Hawkes
  • Vision recognition system for produce labeling
    Publication number: 20120069354
    Abstract: A vision recognition system is provided for use with a high speed, automatic produce labeling machine. The system uses laser profiling to direct a sheet of light transversely to the longitudinal axis of a produce feed conveyor. The sheet of light periodically impacts, and generates laser profiles of, the surfaces of the produce items, such as pears, being fed by the conveyor to one or more labeling machines. The laser profiles are used to generate real world (x,y) coordinates of the domes of the incoming produce items, which are passed to the labeling machine or machines. Real world height (or z) coordinates may also be created and passed to the labeler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Stephen Cronk, Jason Dale, Phillip Holland, Richard Hawkes