Patents by Inventor Joel BRANDENBERGER

Joel BRANDENBERGER 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).

  • Process for finding a path in an automated handling system, and handling system with corresponding control module for finding a path
    Patent number: 9278452
    Abstract: An Automated handling system has a working area, at least one object in the working area, at least a first numerically controlled arm and at least a second numerically controlled arm. The arms are movable above the working area and have a collision avoidance mechanism. The current actual topography of the working area is determinable, a movement planning algorithm determines a path from a first position to a second position, wherein in the first application of the movement planning algorithm a reference path, a quasi-static collision examination for the path, which has been provided by the movement planning algorithm, is applicable, a dynamic collision examination for the path, which has been suggested by the movement planning algorithm, is applicable, and wherein the collision examination determine whether, when moving the first arm a collision would be provoked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: TECAN TRADING AG
    Inventor: Joel Brandenberger
  • Process for Finding A Path in an Automated Handling System, and Handling System with Corresponding Control Module for Finding A Path
    Publication number: 20150251315
    Abstract: An Automated handling system has a working area, at least one object in the working area, at least a first numerically controlled arm and at least a second numerically controlled arm. The arms are movable above the working area and have a collision avoidance mechanism. The current actual topography of the working area is determinable, a movement planning algorithm determines a path from a first position to a second position, wherein in the first application of the movement planning algorithm a reference path, a quasi-static collision examination for the path, which has been provided by the movement planning algorithm, is applicable, a dynamic collision examination for the path, which has been suggested by the movement planning algorithm, is applicable, and wherein the collision examination determine whether, when moving the first arm a collision would be provoked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: Tecan Trading AG
    Inventor: Joel BRANDENBERGER