Patents by Inventor Gunnar Atli THORODDSEN

Gunnar Atli THORODDSEN 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 of providing feedback data indicating quality of food processing performed by an operator
    Patent number: 11227249
    Abstract: A method and a system provide a feedback data indicating quality of a food processing performed by an operator. The method and system involve acquiring at least one image data of a food product from an operator; and processing the acquired image data. The processing includes detecting whether undesired objects are present in the food product, obtaining, in case undesired objects are detected, position data of the undesired objects within the food product, and utilizing the position data in issuing a feedback indicator indicating a position where the detected undesired objects are present within the food product processed by the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: MAREL ICELAND EHF
    Inventors: Bjarni Sigthor Sigurdsson, Gunnar Atli Thoroddsen, Sigurdur Halldor Adalsteinsson, Stella Gudjonsdottir, Thomas Thorsteinsson, Throstur Snaer Eidsson
  • A METHOD OF PROVIDING FEEDBACK DATA INDICATING QUALITY OF FOOD PROCESSING PERFORMED BY AN OPERATOR
    Publication number: 20210256449
    Abstract: A method and a system provide a feedback data indicating quality of a food processing performed by an operator. The method and system involve acquiring at least one image data of a food product from an operator; and processing the acquired image data. The processing includes detecting whether undesired objects are present in the food product, obtaining, in case undesired objects are detected, position data of the undesired objects within the food product, and utilizing the position data in issuing a feedback indicator indicating a position where the detected undesired objects are present within the food product processed by the operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Bjarni Sigthor SIGURDSSON, Gunnar Atli THORODDSEN, Sigurdur Halldor ADALSTEINSSON, Stella GUDJONSDOTTIR, Thomas THORSTEINSSON, Throstur Snaer EIDSSON
  • A METHOD OF PROCESSING A FOOD OBJECT
    Publication number: 20200060294
    Abstract: A method of processing a food object while the food object is being conveyed, comprises acquiring image data of the food object, cutting the food object into smaller food pieces, determining, based on the acquired image data, whether the food object contains undesired objects, and in case such undesired objects are detected, identifying which of the smaller food pieces contain the undesired objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Gunnar Atli THORODDSEN, Stella GUDJONSDOTTIR, Sigurdur Halldor ADALSTEINSSON, Tómas THORSTEINSSON