Patents Assigned to Mycionics Inc.
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Publication number: 20250228170Abstract: A box transfer apparatus for an automated harvesting system is provided, the box transfer apparatus comprising: a frame; a plurality of trays to support a plurality of boxes; and a box gripper moveable within the frame using a gantry coupled to the frame; wherein the box gripper is configured to grasp boxes and move the grasped boxes between the frame and an adjacent frame used to convey the boxes to be used in receiving picked items from the automated harvesting system. A stem gripper for an automated harvesting system is also provided, the stem gripper comprising: a housing comprising at least one motor; a pair of contoured fingers operable by the at least one motor to rotate above a common axis to grasp stems of items picked by the automated harvesting system; and a drive mechanism to move the stem gripper from a discard bin to a box for loading.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2025Publication date: July 17, 2025Applicant: Mycionics Inc.Inventors: Stefan GLIBETIC, Caitlin IDZIAK, Matthew Arno BERTUZZI
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Patent number: 11889789Abstract: Provided are a system, method(s), and apparatus for automatically harvesting mushrooms from a mushroom bed. The system, in one implementation, may be referred to herein as an “automated harvester”, having at least an apparatus/frame/body/structure for supporting and positioning the harvester on a mushroom bed, a vision system for scanning and identifying mushrooms in the mushroom bed, a picking system for harvesting the mushrooms from the bed, and a control system for directing the picking system according to data acquired by the vision system. Various other components, sub-systems, and connected systems may also be integrated into or coupled to the automated harvester.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Mycionics Inc.Inventors: Stefan Glibetic, Scott Hayden
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Publication number: 20220354070Abstract: There are provided a system, method(s), and apparatus comprising multiple interacting machines and sub-systems for autonomously/automatically, semi-autonomously/semi-automatically and/or manually harvesting items such as mushrooms from a mushroom bed, wherein the yield and quality of the harvest can be improved over standard methods of harvesting. The system may be referred to as a “harvesting and packing system”, having multiple interacting sub-systems, machines or apparatus to transport and position a harvester at different levels of a multi-layered growing bed, operate the harvester to scan and harvest items from the growing beds, and transfer harvested or “picked” items such as mushrooms to a packer having a stem cutter, discard bin(s) and collection bin(s) to enable fully autonomous harvesting and packing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: Mycionics Inc.Inventors: Stefan GLIBETIC, Anthony Cole MERKEL, Caitlin IDZIAK, John PHAN, Bradley BAS, Scott HAYDEN, Matthew Arno BERTUZZI
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Publication number: 20220000028Abstract: Provided are a system, method(s), and apparatus for automatically harvesting mushrooms from a mushroom bed. The system, in one implementation, may be referred to herein as an “automated harvester”, having at least an apparatus/frame/body/structure for supporting and positioning the harvester on a mushroom bed, a vision system for scanning and identifying mushrooms in the mushroom bed, a picking system for harvesting the mushrooms from the bed, and a control system for directing the picking system according to data acquired by the vision system. Various other components, sub-systems, and connected systems may also be integrated into or coupled to the automated harvester.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: Mycionics Inc.Inventors: Stefan GLIBETIC, Scott HAYDEN
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Patent number: 11154010Abstract: Provided are a system, method(s), and apparatus for automatically harvesting mushrooms from a mushroom bed. The system, in one implementation, may be referred to herein as an “automated harvester”, having at least an apparatus/frame/body/structure for supporting and positioning the harvester on a mushroom bed, a vision system for scanning and identifying mushrooms in the mushroom bed, a picking system for harvesting the mushrooms from the bed, and a control system for directing the picking system according to data acquired by the vision system. Various other components, sub-systems, and connected systems may also be integrated into or coupled to the automated harvester.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Mycionics Inc.Inventors: Murray Good, Stefan Glibetic, Nikita Kuchinskiy, Mehrdad Kermani, Scott Hayden, John Phan
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Publication number: 20200404845Abstract: Provided are a system, method(s), and apparatus for automatically harvesting mushrooms from a mushroom bed. The system, in one implementation, may be referred to herein as an “automated harvester”, having at least an apparatus/frame/body/structure for supporting and positioning the harvester on a mushroom bed, a vision system for scanning and identifying mushrooms in the mushroom bed, a picking system for harvesting the mushrooms from the bed, and a control system for directing the picking system according to data acquired by the vision system. Various other components, sub-systems, and connected systems may also be integrated into or coupled to the automated harvester.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2019Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: Mycionics Inc.Inventors: Murray GOOD, Stefan GLIBETIC, Nikita KUCHINSKIY, Mehrdad KERMANI, Scott HAYDEN, John PHAN