Patents by Inventor Marc Voyer

Marc Voyer 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: 11367172
    Abstract: There is described a method of labeling wood products moved across a handling area of a production line. The method generally has, using a camera, generating an image representing a wood product moving across the handling area at a first moment in time; using a controller, determining coordinates of the wood product at the first moment in time based on the image; and anticipating coordinates of the wood product at a second moment in time assuming an incremental movement of the wood product at a given speed from the determined coordinates of the wood product at the first moment in time; and using a light projector, projecting, at the second moment in time, a wood product label at the anticipated coordinates of the wood product at the second moment in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TIMBER TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Marc Voyer, Marc-Antoine Paquet
  • Publication number: 20200342585
    Abstract: There is described a method of labeling wood products moved across a handling area of a production line. The method generally has, using a camera, generating an image representing a wood product moving across the handling area at a first moment in time; using a controller, determining coordinates of the wood product at the first moment in time based on the image; and anticipating coordinates of the wood product at a second moment in time assuming an incremental movement of the wood product at a given speed from the determined coordinates of the wood product at the first moment in time; and using a light projector, projecting, at the second moment in time, a wood product label at the anticipated coordinates of the wood product at the second moment in time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Marc VOYER, Marc-Antoine PAQUET
  • Patent number: 10360692
    Abstract: The wood tracking system for a production line generally has a wood product optimizer; a wood product trimmer downstream from the optimizer in the production line; a conveyor for moving wood products from the optimizer to the trimmer and across a handling area therebetween, the optimizer being configured to scan each of the wood products in a given order and to generate optimization data for each wood product; and a computer vision system positioned proximate the handling area along the production line, the computer vision system having a camera, a processor in communication with the optimizer and with the trimmer and a computer-readable memory for storing the optimization data, the processor being configured to acquire images of the handling area from the camera, the processor being configured to associate the optimization data of a given wood product across each of the images until it arrives at the trimmer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: TIMBER TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Marc Voyer, Marc-Antoine Paquet
  • Publication number: 20190098261
    Abstract: The wood tracking system for a production line generally has a wood product optimizer; a wood product trimmer downstream from the optimizer in the production line; a conveyor for moving wood products from the optimizer to the trimmer and across a handling area therebetween, the optimizer being configured to scan each of the wood products in a given order and to generate optimization data for each wood product; and a computer vision system positioned proximate the handling area along the production line, the computer vision system having a camera, a processor in communication with the optimizer and with the trimmer and a computer-readable memory for storing the optimization data, the processor being configured to acquire images of the handling area from the camera, the processor being configured to associate the optimization data of a given wood product across each of the images until it arrives at the trimmer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Marc VOYER, Marc-Antoine PAQUET
  • Patent number: 10178355
    Abstract: The wood tracking system for a production line generally has a wood product optimizer; a wood product trimmer downstream from the optimizer in the production line; a conveyor for moving wood products from the optimizer to the trimmer and across a handling area therebetween, the optimizer being configured to scan each of the wood products in a given order and to generate optimization data for each wood product; and a computer vision system positioned proximate the handling area along the production line, the computer vision system having a camera, a processor in communication with the optimizer and with the trimmer and a computer-readable memory for storing the optimization data, the processor being configured to acquire images of the handling area from the camera, the processor being configured to associate the optimization data of a given wood product across each of the images until it arrives at the trimmer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: VAB SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Marc Voyer, Marc-Antoine Paquet
  • Publication number: 20170257603
    Abstract: The wood tracking system for a production line generally has a wood product optimizer; a wood product trimmer downstream from the optimizer in the production line; a conveyor for moving wood products from the optimizer to the trimmer and across a handling area therebetween, the optimizer being configured to scan each of the wood products in a given order and to generate optimization data for each wood product; and a computer vision system positioned proximate the handling area along the production line, the computer vision system having a camera, a processor in communication with the optimizer and with the trimmer and a computer-readable memory for storing the optimization data, the processor being configured to acquire images of the handling area from the camera, the processor being configured to associate the optimization data of a given wood product across each of the images until it arrives at the trimmer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Marc VOYER, Marc-Antoine PAQUET
  • Publication number: 20170018071
    Abstract: The method of imaging a lumber board generally has the steps of: emitting laser light along a laser plane and toward a transit plane from both opposite sides thereof, in a manner to form a pair of opposite transversal lines of laser light on the lumber board as the board is conveyed across the laser plane; recording a plurality of images of the transversal lines of laser light as the board is conveyed across the laser plane, with each image being associated to a corresponding longitudinal position of the board along the transit plane; and producing a mapping of the geometry of the board by correlating, for each one of the images, the position of points located along the transversal lines of laser light in the recorded images with tridimensional coordinates in a conveyor reference system using tracking data indicative of the movement of the lumber board and calibration data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Marc Voyer, Jean Bérubé, Emmanuel Jolys
  • Patent number: 7684030
    Abstract: An apparatus for an enclosure of a linear inspection system for the inspection of products that uses at least one camera and at least one laser. The enclosure is placed in a production line environment as to allow the passage of the products to pass through an aperture of the enclosure. More specifically, the enclosure allows to shelter cameras and lasers that are oriented towards an inspection zone through a translucent surface of the enclosure. Furthermore, in another aspect of the invention, the cameras and lasers are fixed to mounting stations in the enclosure. The mounting stations are positioned as to orient the cameras and lasers towards an inspection zone through the translucent surface of the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: VAB Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Jean Berube, Marc Voyer, Nancy Ferland
  • Publication number: 20080273198
    Abstract: An apparatus for an enclosure of a linear inspection system for the inspection of products that uses at least one camera and at least one laser. The enclosure is placed in a production line environment as to allow the passage of the products to pass through an aperture of the enclosure. More specifically, the enclosure allows to shelter cameras and lasers that are oriented towards an inspection zone through a translucent surface of the enclosure. Furthermore, in another aspect of the invention, the cameras and lasers are fixed to mounting stations in the enclosure. The mounting stations are positioned as to orient the cameras and lasers towards an inspection zone through the translucent surface of the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: VAB SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Jean Berube, Marc Voyer, Nancy Ferland