Patents by Inventor Maurice CONTI

Maurice CONTI 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).

  • Optical measurement of object location in three dimensions
    Patent number: 10708479
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for determining a location of an object that is being manipulated or processed by a robot. The technique includes capturing a digital image of the object while the object is disposed by the robot within an imaging space, wherein the digital image includes a direct view of the object and a reflected view of the object, detecting a visible feature of the object in the direct view and the visible feature of the object in the reflected view, and computing a first location of the visible feature in a first direction based on a position of the visible feature in the direct view. The technique further includes computing a second location of the visible feature in a second direction based on a position of the visible feature in the reflected view and causing the robot to move the object to a processing station based at least in part on the first location and the second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Evan Atherton, David Thomasson, Heather Kerrick, Maurice Conti
  • OPTICAL MEASUREMENT OF OBJECT LOCATION IN THREE DIMENSIONS
    Publication number: 20190337161
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for determining a location of an object that is being manipulated or processed by a robot. The technique includes capturing a digital image of the object while the object is disposed by the robot within an imaging space, wherein the digital image includes a direct view of the object and a reflected view of the object, detecting a visible feature of the object in the direct view and the visible feature of the object in the reflected view, and computing a first location of the visible feature in a first direction based on a position of the visible feature in the direct view. The technique further includes computing a second location of the visible feature in a second direction based on a position of the visible feature in the reflected view and causing the robot to move the object to a processing station based at least in part on the first location and the second location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Evan ATHERTON, David THOMASSON, Heather KERRICK, Maurice CONTI
  • Optical measurement of object location in three dimensions
    Patent number: 10363667
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for determining a location of an object that is being manipulated or processed by a robot. The technique includes capturing a digital image of the object while the object is disposed by the robot within an imaging space, wherein the digital image includes a direct view of the object and a reflected view of the object, detecting a visible feature of the object in the direct view and the visible feature of the object in the reflected view, and computing a first location of the visible feature in a first direction based on a position of the visible feature in the direct view. The technique further includes computing a second location of the visible feature in a second direction based on a position of the visible feature in the reflected view and causing the robot to move the object to a processing station based at least in part on the first location and the second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.
    Inventors: Evan Atherton, David Thomasson, Heather Kerrick, Maurice Conti
  • OPTICAL MEASUREMENT OF OBJECT LOCATION IN THREE DIMENSIONS
    Publication number: 20170151676
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for determining a location of an object that is being manipulated or processed by a robot. The technique includes capturing a digital image of the object while the object is disposed by the robot within an imaging space, wherein the digital image includes a direct view of the object and a reflected view of the object, detecting a visible feature of the object in the direct view and the visible feature of the object in the reflected view, and computing a first location of the visible feature in a first direction based on a position of the visible feature in the direct view. The technique further includes computing a second location of the visible feature in a second direction based on a position of the visible feature in the reflected view and causing the robot to move the object to a processing station based at least in part on the first location and the second location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Evan ATHERTON, David THOMASSON, Heather KERRICK, Maurice CONTI