Patents by Inventor Melanie Vizcarra

Melanie Vizcarra 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: 20160280483
    Abstract: A system may include a robotic arm and a Bernoulli cup assembly powered by a vacuum source and coupled to the robotic arm. The Bernoulli cup assembly may lift a document, and the robotic arm may move the Bernoulli cup assembly with the lifted document to a document scanner for imaging the document. The system may further include an input bin, a scanner cover disposed over an imaging surface of the document scanner, and an output bin. A method may include lifting a document from an input bin via suction pressure using a Bernoulli cup assembly, robotically moving the Bernoulli cup assembly with the lifted document to a document scanner, and scanning the document. The method may further include robotically moving the Bernoulli cup assembly with the lifted document away from the document scanner, and de-activating the suction pressure to release the document from the Bernoulli cup assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Gary Chen, Brian Gross, Yunsik Jung, Meagan Kelso, Dale Remmers, Jose Ruiz, Melanie Vizcarra, Stephen Schlarman