Patents by Inventor Caesar Navarro

Caesar Navarro 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).

  • Method for autonomously detecting and repairing defects in a workpiece in surface finishing applications
    Patent number: 11938632
    Abstract: A method includes: compiling lower-resolution images, captured during a global scan cycle executed over a workpiece, into a virtual model; defining a nominal toolpath and a nominal target force for the workpiece based on a the virtual model; detecting a defect indicator on the workpiece based on the lower-resolution images; accessing a higher-resolution image captured during a local scan cycle over the defect indicator; characterizing the defect indicator as a defect reparable via material removal based on the higher-resolution image; defining a repair toolpath for the defect based on the virtual model; navigating a sanding head over the workpiece according to the repair toolpath to repair the defect; and, during a processing cycle: navigating the sanding head across the workpiece according to the nominal toolpath and deviating the sanding head from the nominal toolpath to maintain forces of the sanding head on the workpiece proximal the nominal target force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: GrayMatter Robotics Inc.
    Inventors: Avadhoot Ahire, YiWei Chen, Rishav Guha, Satyandra K. Gupta, Ariyan M. Kabir, Ashish Kulkarni, Caesar Navarro, Sagar Panchal, Brual C. Shah
  • METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUSLY DETECTING AND REPAIRING DEFECTS IN A WORKPIECE IN SURFACE FINISHING APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20230302641
    Abstract: A method includes: compiling lower-resolution images, captured during a global scan cycle executed over a workpiece, into a virtual model; defining a nominal toolpath and a nominal target force for the workpiece based on a the virtual model; detecting a defect indicator on the workpiece based on the lower-resolution images; accessing a higher-resolution image captured during a local scan cycle over the defect indicator; characterizing the defect indicator as a defect reparable via material removal based on the higher-resolution image; defining a repair toolpath for the defect based on the virtual model; navigating a sanding head over the workpiece according to the repair toolpath to repair the defect; and, during a processing cycle: navigating the sanding head across the workpiece according to the nominal toolpath and deviating the sanding head from the nominal toolpath to maintain forces of the sanding head on the workpiece proximal the nominal target force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Avadhoot Ahire, YiWei Chen, Rishav Guha, Satyandra K. Gupta, Ariyan M. Kabir, Ashish Kulkarni, JR., Caesar Navarro, Sagar Panchal, Brual C. Shah