Patents by Inventor Nachshon Kahana

Nachshon Kahana 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).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING ITEMS
    Publication number: 20150175287
    Abstract: A method for rapidly and accurately dispensing a predetermined number of discrete items, the method comprising: operating a conveyor to transport multiple items towards an imaging device, wherein the items are arranged in a single layer and at least some of the items are transported in parallel; operating the imaging device to continuously capture images of an area immediately below an end of the conveyor, so that items falling off the conveyor are recorded in the images while in trajectory; processing the images in real time, to continuously determine the number of falling items; stopping the conveyor before the number of falling items has reached the predetermined number, while continuing to determine the number of falling items until items cease to fall off the conveyor innertially; and automatically dispensing an additional amount of items, to complete the predetermined number of items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: ARI TIDHAR, ISRAEL SHNEIDERMAN, NACHSHON KAHANA, AMICHAI ADAM, ARYEH TEITELBAUM, ODED DAVIDOVITCH, YOSSI SHOMER, YUVAL LICHI, ZVI WEINBERGER, IGOR FAIB
  • Method and apparatus for dispensing items
    Patent number: 8972049
    Abstract: A method for rapidly and accurately dispensing a predetermined number of discrete items, the method comprising: operating a conveyor to transport multiple items towards an imaging device, wherein the items are arranged in a single layer and at least some of the items are transported in parallel; operating the imaging device to continuously capture images of an area immediately below an end of the conveyor, so that items falling off the conveyor are recorded in the images while in trajectory; processing the images in real time, to continuously determine the number of falling items; stopping the conveyor before the number of falling items has reached the predetermined number, while continuing to determine the number of falling items until items cease to fall off the conveyor innertially; and automatically dispensing an additional amount of items, to complete the predetermined number of items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Data Detection Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Ari Tidhar, Israel Shneiderman, Nachshon Kahana, Amichai Adam, Aryeh Teitelbaum, Oded Davidovitch, Yossi Shomer, Yuval Lichi, Zvi Weinberger, Igor Faib