Patents by Inventor ELLIOT T. BURCH

ELLIOT T. BURCH 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 and Apparatus for Sorting
    Publication number: 20230405638
    Abstract: An apparatus for sorting and related methods are described and include acquiring a multiplicity of synchronized image signals of a product stream which is to be sorted; generating a multiplicity of fused sensor signals; forming an image model previously acquired from the objects to be sorted; identifying objects in the product stream, and generating object presence and defect signals; determining a spatial orientation of the objects in the product stream; detecting the defects and removing the defects from the product stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: KENNETH J. McGARVEY, GERALD R. RICHERT, ELLIOT T. BURCH, BRET J. LARREAU
  • Method and apparatus for sorting
    Patent number: 11745224
    Abstract: An apparatus for sorting is described and includes acquiring a multiplicity of synchronized image signals of a product stream which is to be sorted; generating a multiplicity of fused sensor signals; forming an image model previously acquired from the objects to be sorted; identifying objects in the product stream, and generating object presence and defect signals; determining a spatial orientation of the objects in the product stream; detecting the defects and removing the defects from the product stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Key Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth J. McGarvey, Gerald R. Richert, Elliot T. Burch, Bret J. Larreau
  • Method and Apparatus for Sorting
    Publication number: 20230015809
    Abstract: An apparatus for sorting is described and includes acquiring a multiplicity of synchronized image signals of a product stream which is to be sorted; generating a multiplicity of fused sensor signals; forming an image model previously acquired from the objects to be sorted; identifying objects in the product stream, and generating object presence and defect signals; determining a spatial orientation of the objects in the product stream; detecting the defects and removing the defects from the product stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: KENNETH J. McGARVEY, GERALD R. RICHERT, ELLIOT T. BURCH, BRET J. LARREAU
  • Method and apparatus for sorting
    Patent number: 11446707
    Abstract: A method of sorting is described and which includes a step of acquiring a multiplicity of synchronized image signals of a product stream which is to be sorted; generating a multiplicity of fused sensor signals; forming an image model previously acquired from the objects to be sorted; identifying objects in the product stream, and generating object presence and defect signals; determining a spatial orientation of the objects in the product stream; detecting the defects and removing the defects from the product stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Key Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth J. McGarvey, Gerald R. Richert, Elliot T. Burch, Bret J. Larreau
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SORTING
    Publication number: 20200188961
    Abstract: A method of sorting is described and which includes a step of acquiring a multiplicity of synchronized image signals of a product stream which is to be sorted; generating a multiplicity of fused sensor signals; forming an image model previously acquired from the objects to be sorted; identifying objects in the product stream, and generating object presence and defect signals; determining a spatial orientation of the objects in the product stream; detecting the defects and removing the defects from the product stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Kenneth J. McGarvey, Gerald R. Richert, Elliot T. Burch, Bret J. Larreau
  • Method and apparatus for sorting
    Patent number: 10478863
    Abstract: A method of sorting is described and which includes a step of acquiring a multiplicity of synchronized image signals of a product stream which is to be sorted; generating a multiplicity of fused sensor signals; forming an image model previously acquired from the objects to be sorted; identifying objects in the product stream, and generating object presence and defect signals; determining a spatial orientation of the objects in the product stream; detecting the defects and removing the defects from the product stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Key Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth J. McGarvey, Gerald R. Richert, Elliot T. Burch, Bret J. Larreau
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SORTING
    Publication number: 20180369872
    Abstract: A method of sorting is described and which includes a step of acquiring a multiplicity of synchronized image signals of a product stream which is to be sorted; generating a multiplicity of fused sensor signals; forming an image model previously acquired from the objects to be sorted; identifying objects in the product stream, and generating object presence and defect signals; determining a spatial orientation of the objects in the product stream; detecting the defects and removing the defects from the product stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: KEY TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: KENNETH J. McGARVEY, GERALD R. RICHERT, ELLIOT T. BURCH, BRET J. LARREAU