Patents by Inventor Benjamin Nilson

Benjamin Nilson 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).

  • OBJECT HEIGHT DETECTION FOR PALLETIZING AND DEPALLETIZING OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20220362936
    Abstract: Various embodiments described herein relate to techniques for object height detection for palletizing operations and/or depalletizing operations. In this regard, an automated industrial system comprises at least a column portion, a robot arm portion, and an end effector configured to grasp an object. An image-capturing device is mounted onto the automated industrial system and is configured to rotate, based on movement of the robot arm portion, to scan the object grasped by the end effector and to generate image-capturing data associated with the object. Furthermore, a processing device is configured to determine height data for the object based on the image-capturing data. The processing device is also configured to determine location data for the object with respect to a conveyor system based on the height data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Abhijit Makhal, Benjamin Nilson, Thomas Evans
  • Truck unloader visualization
    Patent number: 9744669
    Abstract: Methods, devices, systems, and non-transitory process-readable storage media for a computing device of a robotic carton unloader to identify items to be unloaded from an unloading area within imagery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew R. Wicks, Benjamin Nilson, Karthikeyan Yuvaraj, Sriram Pavan Tankasala
  • Truck Unloader Visualization
    Publication number: 20150352721
    Abstract: Methods, devices, systems, and non-transitory process-readable storage media for a computing device of a robotic carton unloader to identify items to be unloaded from an unloading area within imagery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Matthew R. Wicks, Joshua McCollum, Benjamin Nilson, Karthikeyan Yuvarej, Prasenjit Mukherjee, Daniel Packard