Patents by Inventor Fabien DEVISE

Fabien DEVISE 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 feeding parcels onto a sorting conveyor using a gripper robot with suction cups and an integrated camera
    Patent number: 12447505
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for feeding unsorted parcels (1) conveyed on a feed conveyor onto a sorting conveyor, wherein a first camera arranged above the feed conveyor forms a digital image of the unsorted parcels, a control-and-monitoring unit identifies a parcel to be separated, which parcel has a gripping face at the top of same which is not covered by any other parcel in the digital image of the unsorted parcels, the control-and-monitoring unit being configured to servo-control a gripper robot (6), which comprises a gripper hand (9) with a palm (10) from which suction cups (11) extend, so as to pick up the parcel to be separated identified in the digital image and deposit it on the sorting conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2025
    Assignee: Solystic
    Inventors: Richard Blache, Thierry Brisson, Fabien Devise, Jean-Marc Roux
  • Method for feeding parcels onto a sorting conveyor using a gripper robot with suction cups and an integrated camera
    Publication number: 20250033086
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for feeding unsorted parcels (1) conveyed on a feed conveyor onto a sorting conveyor, wherein a first camera arranged above the feed conveyor forms a digital image of the unsorted parcels, a control-and-monitoring unit identifies a parcel to be separated, which parcel has a gripping face at the top of same which is not covered by any other parcel in the digital image of the unsorted parcels, the control-and-monitoring unit being configured to servo-control a gripper robot (6), which comprises a gripper hand (9) with a palm (10) from which suction cups (11) extend, so as to pick up the parcel to be separated identified in the digital image and deposit it on the sorting conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Richard BLACHE, Thierry BRISSON, Fabien DEVISE, Jean-Marc ROUX