Patents by Inventor Marc Van Daele

Marc Van Daele 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).

  • Patent number: 12567279
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for sorting is described, and which includes providing a product stream formed of individual objects of interest having feature aspects which can be detected; generating multiple images of each of the respective objects of interest; classifying the feature aspects of the objects of interest; identifying complementary images by analyzing some of the multiplicity of images; fusing the complementary images to form an aggregated region representation of the complementary images; and sorting the respective objects of interest based at least in part upon the aggregated region representation which is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: Key Technology, Inc
    Inventors: Peter Lodewyckx, Marc Van Daele, Timothy Justice
  • Publication number: 20240321001
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for sorting is described, and which includes providing a product stream formed of individual objects of interest having feature aspects which can be detected; generating multiple images of each of the respective objects of interest; classifying the feature aspects of the objects of interest; identifying complementary images by analyzing some of the multiplicity of images; fusing the complementary images to form an aggregated region representation of the complementary images; and sorting the respective objects of interest based at least in part upon the aggregated region representation which is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Peter Lodewyckx, Marc Van Daele, Timothy Justice
  • Patent number: 11995912
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for sorting is described, and which includes providing a product stream formed of individual objects of interest having feature aspects which can be detected; generating multiple images of each of the respective objects of interest; classifying the feature aspects of the objects of interest; identifying complementary images by analyzing some of the multiplicity of images; fusing the complementary images to form an aggregated region representation of the complementary images; and sorting the respective objects of interest based at least in part upon the aggregated region representation which is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Key Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Lodewyckx, Marc Van Daele, Timothy Justice
  • Publication number: 20220270395
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for sorting is described, and which includes providing a product stream formed of individual objects of interest having feature aspects which can be detected; generating multiple images of each of the respective objects of interest; classifying the feature aspects of the objects of interest; identifying complementary images by analyzing some of the multiplicity of images; fusing the complementary images to form an aggregated region representation of the complementary images; and sorting the respective objects of interest based at least in part upon the aggregated region representation which is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Peter Lodewyckx, Marc Van Daele, Timothy Justice
  • Patent number: 11334741
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for sorting is described, and which includes providing a product stream formed of individual objects of interest having feature aspects which can be detected; generating multiple images of each of the respective objects of interest; classifying the feature aspects of the objects of interest; identifying complementary images by analyzing some of the multiplicity of images; fusing the complementary images to form an aggregated region representation of the complementary images; and sorting the respective objects of interest based at least in part upon the aggregated region representation which is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Key Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Lodewyckx, Marc Van Daele, Timothy Justice
  • Publication number: 20200226348
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for sorting is described, and which includes providing a product stream formed of individual objects of interest having feature aspects which can be detected; generating multiple images of each of the respective objects of interest; classifying the feature aspects of the objects of interest; identifying complementary images by analyzing some of the multiplicity of images; fusing the complementary images to form an aggregated region representation of the complementary images; and sorting the respective objects of interest based at least in part upon the aggregated region representation which is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: PETER LODEWYCKX, Marc Van Daele, Timothy Justice
  • Patent number: 10621406
    Abstract: A method of sorting is described, and which includes providing a product stream formed of individual objects of interest having feature aspects which can be detected; generating multiple images of each of the respective objects of interest; classifying the feature aspects of the objects of interest; identifying complementary images by analyzing some of the multiplicity of images; fusing the complementary images to form an aggregated region representation of the complementary images; and sorting the respective objects of interest based at least in part upon the aggregated region representation which is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Key Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Lodewyckx, Marc Van Daele, Timothy Justice
  • Publication number: 20190087631
    Abstract: A method of sorting is described, and which includes providing a product stream formed of individual objects of interest having feature aspects which can be detected; generating multiple images of each of the respective objects of interest; classifying the feature aspects of the objects of interest; identifying complimentary images by analyzing some of the multiplicity of images; fusing the complimentary images to form an aggregated region representation of the complimentary images; and sorting the respective objects of interest based at least in part upon the aggregated region representation which is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: KEY TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Lodewyckx, Marc Van Daele, Timothy Justice