Patents by Inventor Sarah Joanna FURNARI

Sarah Joanna FURNARI 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: 20230130422
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a color chip dispenser are provided and include a display area having a plurality of display windows and a plurality of types of light sources, with each display window being associated with a different type of light source. A controller is configured to (i) receive input from an input device indicating a particular color chip selected from a plurality of color chips, (ii) retrieve the particular color chip from the plurality of color chips using a robotic device, (iii) receive a light type selection from the input device indicating a particular type of light source from the plurality of types of light sources, and (iv) control the robotic device to display the particular color chip in a display window of the plurality of display windows associated with the particular type of light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Behr Process Corporation
    Inventor: Sarah Joanna FURNARI
  • Patent number: 11537983
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a color chip dispenser are provided and include an optical code reader, a robotic device configured to retrieve color chips from a color chip deck, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive input indicating a particular color chip, search the color chip deck for the particular color chip using the optical code reader, and receive a first selection indicating whether to display or dispense the particular color chip. The controller is also configured to receive a light type selection, control the robotic device to display the particular color chip in a display window associated with a type of light source indicated by the light type selection, receive a second selection indicating whether to dispense or return the particular color chip to the color chip deck, and control the robotic device to dispense or return the particular color chip based on the second selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Behr Process Corporation
    Inventor: Sarah Joanna Furnari
  • Publication number: 20210224733
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a color chip dispenser are provided and include an optical code reader, a robotic device configured to retrieve color chips from a color chip deck, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive input indicating a particular color chip, search the color chip deck for the particular color chip using the optical code reader, and receive a first selection indicating whether to display or dispense the particular color chip. The controller is also configured to receive a light type selection, control the robotic device to display the particular color chip in a display window associated with a type of light source indicated by the light type selection, receive a second selection indicating whether to dispense or return the particular color chip to the color chip deck, and control the robotic device to dispense or return the particular color chip based on the second selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Behr Process Corporation
    Inventor: Sarah Joanna FURNARI
  • Patent number: 10984377
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided and include a card shuffler device, an optical code reader, a robotic arm, a display area having display windows and light sources, and a controller. The controller receives a selected coating color, searches color chips for the selected coating color by controlling the card shuffler device and the optical code reader to identify a particular color chip that matches the selected coating color based on a machine-readable optical code displayed in an optical code area of the particular color chip, receives a light source selection, and controls the robotic arm to display the particular color chip in a display window that has an associated light source that corresponds to the received light source selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Behr Process Corporation
    Inventor: Sarah Joanna Furnari
  • Publication number: 20190311320
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided and include a card shuffler device, an optical code reader, a robotic arm, a display area having display windows and light sources, and a controller. The controller receives a selected coating color, searches color chips for the selected coating color by controlling the card shuffler device and the optical code reader to identify a particular color chip that matches the selected coating color based on a machine-readable optical code displayed in an optical code area of the particular color chip, receives a light source selection, and controls the robotic arm to display the particular color chip in a display window that has an associated light source that corresponds to the received light source selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Behr Process Corporation
    Inventor: Sarah Joanna FURNARI
  • Patent number: 10373112
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a color chip dispenser are provided and include a card shuffler device that receives color chips, each having a sample area displaying a color and an optical code area displaying a machine-readable optical code associated with the color. An optical code reader is configured to read optical codes and a robotic arm is configured to receive and grip color chips. A controller is configured to receive and decode the machine-readable optical code displayed in the optical code area of each of the color chips, determine whether a particular color chip corresponds to a selected coating color based on the decoded machine-readable optical code of the particular color chip, and control the robotic arm to display the particular color chip in a display area and/or dispense the particular color chip to a dispensing receptacle in response to the particular color chip corresponding to the selected coating color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Behr Process Corporation
    Inventor: Sarah Joanna Furnari
  • Publication number: 20180218315
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a color chip dispenser are provided and include a card shuffler device that receives color chips, each having a sample area displaying a color and an optical code area displaying a machine-readable optical code associated with the color. An optical code reader is configured to read optical codes and a robotic arm is configured to receive and grip color chips. A controller is configured to receive and decode the machine-readable optical code displayed in the optical code area of each of the color chips, determine whether a particular color chip corresponds to a selected coating color based on the decoded machine-readable optical code of the particular color chip, and control the robotic arm to display the particular color chip in a display area and/or dispense the particular color chip to a dispensing receptacle in response to the particular color chip corresponding to the selected coating color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Behr Process Corporation
    Inventor: Sarah Joanna FURNARI