Patents by Inventor Jake Schintgen

Jake Schintgen 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).

  • Internal dimension detection using contact direction sensitive probe
    Patent number: 10274302
    Abstract: A robotic coordinate measurement machine (CMM) having a contact direction sensitive (CDS) probe is usable to detect internal dimensions for an object of interest. A robot arm may contact a surface with the CDS probe which may then detect a magnitude and direction of the resulting reaction force. The robotic CMM may monitor the magnitude and/or direction of the reaction force while the CDS probe is being slide across a surface to determine dimensions for the surface. Changes in the reaction force sensed by the CDS probe may be used to identify contact with other surfaces of contours in the surface the CDS probe is being slid across. A path of the CDS probe may be altered based on the contact with other surfaces or the contours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan G. McGuire, Ashok Dave, Thomas Lund Dideriksen, Brent George, Steven Charles Glenner, Jake Schintgen
  • INTERNAL DIMENSION DETECTION USING CONTACT DIRECTION SENSITIVE PROBE
    Publication number: 20180149460
    Abstract: A robotic coordinate measurement machine (CMM) having a contact direction sensitive (CDS) probe is usable to detect internal dimensions for an object of interest. A robot arm may contact a surface with the CDS probe which may then detect a magnitude and direction of the resulting reaction force. The robotic CMM may monitor the magnitude and/or direction of the reaction force while the CDS probe is being slide across a surface to determine dimensions for the surface. Changes in the reaction force sensed by the CDS probe may be used to identify contact with other surfaces of contours in the surface the CDS probe is being slid across. A path of the CDS probe may be altered based on the contact with other surfaces or the contours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Jonathan G. McGuire, Ashok Dave, Thomas Lund Dideriksen, Brent George, Steven Charles Glenner, Jake Schintgen