Patents by Inventor Andris Jankevics

Andris Jankevics 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).

  • Patent number: 9122677
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying an object includes a plurality of object sensors, each object sensor configured and arranged to determine at least one parameter describing objects as they are relatively moved with respect to a sensing volume and having a known position and attitude with respect to the sensing volume. A location sensor is configured and arranged to produce position information relating to the relative movement. Outputs from the object and location sensors are passed to a processor and the parameters are associated with respective ones of the objects on the basis of the position information and on the basis of the known positions and attitudes of the sensors. For each object having associated parameters, the processor compares the parameters to known item parameters to assign item identification to the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: SUNRISE R&D HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Brett Bracewell Bonner, Cameron Dee Dryden, Andris Jankevics, Justin E. Kolterman, Hsin-Yu Sidney Li, Torsten Volker Platz, Michael David Roberts, Pirooz Vatan
  • Publication number: 20130248593
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying an object includes a plurality of object sensors, each object sensor configured and arranged to determine at least one parameter describing objects as they are relatively moved with respect to a sensing volume and having a known position and attitude with respect to the sensing volume. A location sensor is configured and arranged to produce position information relating to the relative movement. Outputs from the object and location sensors are passed to a processor and the parameters are associated with respective ones of the objects on the basis of the position information and on the basis of the known positions and attitudes of the sensors. For each object having associated parameters, the processor compares the parameters to known item parameters to assign item identification to the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: SUNRISE R&D HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Brett Bracewell Bonner, Cameron Dee Dryden, Andris Jankevics, Justin E. Kolterman, Hsin-Yu Sidney Li, Torsten Volker Platz, Michael David Roberts, Pirooz Vatan
  • Patent number: 8469261
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying an object includes a plurality of object sensors, each object sensor configured and arranged to determine at least one parameter describing objects as they are relatively moved with respect to a sensing volume and having a known position and attitude with respect to the sensing volume. A location sensor is configured and arranged to produce position information relating to the relative movement. Outputs from the object and location sensors are passed to a processor and the parameters are associated with respective ones of the objects on the basis of the position information and on the basis of the known positions and attitudes of the sensors. For each object having associated parameters, the processor compares the parameters to known item parameters to assign item identification to the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Sunrise R&D Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Brett Bracewell Bonner, Cameron Dee Dryden, Andris Jankevics, Justin E. Kolterman, Hsin-Yu Sidney Li, Torsten Volker Platz, Michael David Roberts, Pirooz Vatan
  • Publication number: 20110248083
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying an object includes a plurality of object sensors, each object sensor configured and arranged to determine at least one parameter describing objects as they are relatively moved with respect to a sensing volume and having a known position and attitude with respect to the sensing volume. A location sensor is configured and arranged to produce position information relating to the relative movement. Outputs from the object and location sensors are passed to a processor and the parameters are associated with respective ones of the objects on the basis of the position information and on the basis of the known positions and attitudes of the sensors. For each object having associated parameters, the processor compares the parameters to known item parameters to assign item identification to the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Sunrise R&D Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Brett Bracewell Bonner, Cameron Dee Dryden, Andris Jankevics, Justin E. Kolterman, Hsin-Yu Sidney Li, Torsten Volker Platz, Michael David Roberts, Pirooz Vatan
  • Patent number: 7177444
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for reading and decoding information extracted from a form. In the system of the present invention, packages are randomly placed on a conveyor belt, with their labels facing a two-camera subassembly. As the conveyor belt moves, the two-camera subassembly continuously takes images of the belt underneath the overhead camera. The design of the camera permits it to take a high resolution image of a non-singulated, unjustified package flow. A digital image of the packages within the field of view of the camera is then transferred to the processing system for analysis. The processing system identifies individual packages in the image, extracts them and then analyzes the information written on the package labels. The analysis process utilizes conventional Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR) techniques to evaluate the information written on the package label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Federal Express Corporation
    Inventors: Brett Bracewell Bonner, Ole-Petter Skaaksrud, Andris Jankevics
  • Patent number: 6961456
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for reading and decoding information extracted from a form. In the system of the present invention, packages are randomly placed on a conveyor belt, with their labels facing a two-camera subassembly. As the conveyor belt moves, the two-camera subassembly continuously takes images of the belt underneath the overhead camera. The design of the camera permits it to take a high resolution image of a non-singulated, unjustified package flow. A digital image of the packages within the field of view of the camera is then transferred to the processing system for analysis. The processing system identifies individual packages in the image, extracts them and then analyzes the information written on the package labels. The analysis process utilizes conventional Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR) techniques to evaluate the information written on the package label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Inventors: Brett Bracewell Bonner, Ole-Petter Skaaksrud, Andris Jankevics
  • Publication number: 20040175038
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for reading and decoding information extracted from a form. In the system of the present invention, packages are randomly placed on a conveyor belt, with their labels facing a two-camera subassembly. As the conveyor belt moves, the two-camera subassembly continuously takes images of the belt underneath the overhead camera. The design of the camera permits it to take a high resolution image of a non-singulated, unjustified package flow. A digital image of the packages within the field of view of the camera is then transferred to the processing system for analysis. The processing system identifies individual packages in the image, extracts them and then analyzes the information written on the package labels. The analysis process utilizes conventional Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR) techniques to evaluate the information written on the package label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Applicant: Federal Express Corporation
    Inventors: Brett Bracewell Bonner, Ole-Petter Skaaksrud, Andris Jankevics
  • Publication number: 20040165748
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for reading and decoding information extracted from a form. In the system of the present invention, packages are randomly placed on a conveyor belt, with their labels facing a two-camera subassembly. As the conveyor belt moves, the two-camera subassembly continuously takes images of the belt underneath the overhead camera. The design of the camera permits it to take a high resolution image of a non-singulated, unjustified package flow. A digital image of the packages within the field of view of the camera is then transferred to the processing system for analysis. The processing system identifies individual packages in the image, extracts them and then analyzes the information written on the package labels. The analysis process utilizes conventional Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR) techniques to evaluate the information written on the package label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: Federal Express Corporation
    Inventors: Brett Bracewell Bonner, Ole-Petter Skaaksrud, Andris Jankevics
  • Patent number: 6778683
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for reading and decoding information extracted from a form. In the system of the present invention, packages are randomly placed on a conveyor belt, with their labels facing a two-camera subassembly. As the conveyor belt moves, the two-camera subassembly continuously takes images of the belt underneath the overhead camera. The design of the camera permits it to take a high resolution image of a non-singulated, unjustified package flow. A digital image of the packages within the field of view of the camera is then transferred to the processing system for analysis. The processing system identifies individual packages in the image, extracts them and then analyzes the information written on the package labels. The analysis process utilizes conventional Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR) techniques to evaluate the information written on the package label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Federal Express Corporation
    Inventors: Brett Bracewell Bonner, Ole-Petter Skaaksrud, Andris Jankevics
  • Patent number: 5146073
    Abstract: An optical system that records images that travel through a turbulent atmosphere to a camera on a moving platform is designed to sense image distortions in a first segment of the image and to apply a set of correction signals to a segment of a deformable mirror that corresponds to the portion of the image that is detected. In a closed-loop embodiment, the corrected subimage is followed across the aperture, with successive corrections being applied sequentially to each of a set of segments at the time when that segment is reflecting the subimage in question. Consecutive subimages follow the same procedure. Corrected subimages are reflected off the deformable mirror to a detector array. At intervals, a frame's worth of data may be read out of the detectors and stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1992
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Allan Wirth, Andris Jankevics
  • Patent number: 5119323
    Abstract: A parallel processing system for iteratively solving a set of equations in an array of parallel processors compresses the input data by sequentially shifting and averaging the initial values to form a reduced array of averaged data; solving the equations for the reduced data; and then successively expanding the nth solution to form an (n+1)th approximation on an increased number of data points solving the equations on the data points and expanding the new solution to form the next approximation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1992
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Kelsey S. Nickerson, Mark C. Reynolds, Andris Jankevics