Patents by Inventor Ke FU

Ke FU 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).

  • Publication number: 20240399584
    Abstract: An automated palletizer for building a mixed case pallet comprising of a case infeed that feeds mixed cases provides an input queue feed sequence of mixed cases to at least one pallet building robot that is communicably connected to the case infeed and accesses the mixed cases of the input queue feed sequence. The robot receives mixed cases in the input queue feed and place mixed cases according to the input queue feed so as to effect building the mixed case pallet at a predetermined and substantially steady placement rate which the controller is communicably connected to the case infeed and the at least one pallet building robot. The controller is designed to generate a complete and stable mixed case arrangement plan that completes a predetermined whole part of the mixed case pallet that describes a predetermined planned location and pose for each case of the mixed case arrangement plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Ke FU, Wenyin SAN, Rick Youping HUANG
  • Patent number: 12059811
    Abstract: An automated palletizer for building a mixed case pallet, the automated palletizer including a case infeed that feeds mixed cases to provide an input queue feed sequence of mixed cases. At least one pallet building robot communicably connected to the case infeed and configured to receive the mixed cases in the input queue feed sequence of mixed cases, and place the mixed cases according to and dependent on the input queue feed sequence of mixed cases so as to effect building the mixed case pallet at a predetermined substantially steady placement rate. A controller communicably connected to the case infeed and at least one pallet building robot, and being configured so as to generate a complete and stable mixed case arrangement plan that completes at least a predetermined whole part of the mixed case pallet and that describes a predetermined planned location and pose for each case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Symbotic LLC
    Inventors: Ke Fu, Wenyin San, Rick Youping Huang
  • Publication number: 20220241976
    Abstract: An automated palletizer for building a mixed case pallet, the automated palletizer including a case infeed that feeds mixed cases to provide an input queue feed sequence of mixed cases. At least one pallet building robot communicably connected to the case infeed and configured to receive the mixed cases in the input queue feed sequence of mixed cases, and place the mixed cases according to and dependent on the input queue feed sequence of mixed cases so as to effect building the mixed case pallet at a predetermined substantially steady placement rate. A controller communicably connected to the case infeed and at least one pallet building robot, and being configured so as to generate a complete and stable mixed case arrangement plan that completes at least a predetermined whole part of the mixed case pallet and that describes a predetermined planned location and pose for each case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Ke FU, Wenyin SAN, Rick Youping HUANG
  • Patent number: 11305430
    Abstract: An automated palletizer for building a mixed case pallet, the automated palletizer including a case infeed that feeds mixed cases to provide an input queue feed sequence of mixed cases. At least one pallet building robot communicably connected to the case infeed and configured to receive the mixed cases in the input queue feed sequence of mixed cases, and place the mixed cases according to and dependent on the input queue feed sequence of mixed cases so as to effect building the mixed case pallet at a predetermined substantially steady placement rate. A controller communicably connected to the case infeed and at least one pallet building robot, and being configured so as to generate a complete and stable mixed case arrangement plan that completes at least a predetermined whole part of the mixed case pallet and that describes a predetermined planned location and pose for each case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Symbotic LLC
    Inventors: Ke Fu, Wenyin San, Rick Youping Huang
  • Publication number: 20210139256
    Abstract: An automated palletizer for building a mixed case pallet, the automated palletizer including a case infeed that feeds mixed cases to provide an input queue feed sequence of mixed cases. At least one pallet building robot communicably connected to the case infeed and configured to receive the mixed cases in the input queue feed sequence of mixed cases, and place the mixed cases according to and dependent on the input queue feed sequence of mixed cases so as to effect building the mixed case pallet at a predetermined substantially steady placement rate. A controller communicably connected to the case infeed and at least one pallet building robot, and being configured so as to generate a complete and stable mixed case arrangement plan that completes at least a predetermined whole part of the mixed case pallet and that describes a predetermined planned location and pose for each case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Ke FU, Wenyin SAN, Rick HUANG