Patents by Inventor Rajesh Kannan Megalingam

Rajesh Kannan Megalingam 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 wireless network-based control of a robotic machine
    Patent number: 10674667
    Abstract: A harvesting system has a climbing unit with a body driven by traction wheels, a control unit, an articulated arm with a cutting implement at an extremity, a video camera focused on the cutting implement, and a computerized portable control station having a display and a user interface with inputs operable to control driving the traction wheels of the climbing unit, the articulation of the articulated arm, and the cutting implement. Video streamed in real time from the video camera is displayed on the display screen, and a user viewing the video display operates the inputs to position the cutting implement to cut a stem of a fruit or nut in the tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
    Inventors: Rajesh Kannan Megalingam, P. Venkat Rangan
  • Method and Apparatus for Wireless Network-Based Control of a Robotic Machine
    Publication number: 20190069483
    Abstract: A harvesting system has a climbing unit with a body driven by traction wheels, a control unit, an articulated arm with a cutting implement at an extremity, a video camera focused on the cutting implement, and a computerized portable control station having a display and a user interface with inputs operable to control driving the traction wheels of the climbing unit, the articulation of the articulated arm, and the cutting implement. Video streamed in real time from the video camera is displayed on the display screen, and a user viewing the video display operates the inputs to position the cutting implement to cut a stem of a fruit or nut in the tree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
    Inventors: Rajesh Kannan Megalingam, P. Venkat Rangan