Patents by Inventor Scott A. Denenberg
Scott A. Denenberg 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).
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Patent number: 11959880Abstract: System and method for characterizing material condition. The system includes a sensor, impedance instrument and processing unit to collect measurements and assess material properties. A model of the system may be used to enable accurate measurements of multiple material properties. A cylindrical model for an electromagnetic field sensor is disclosed for modeling substantially cylindrically symmetric material systems. Sensor designs and data processing approaches are provided to focus the sensitivity of the sensor to localize material conditions. Improved calibration methods are shown. Sizing algorithms are provided to estimate the size of defects such as cracks and corrosion. Corrective measures are provided where the actual material configuration differs from the data processing assumptions. Methods are provided for use of the system to characterize material condition, and detailed illustration is given for corrosion, stress, weld, heat treat, and mechanical damage assessment.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: JENTEK Sensors, Inc.Inventors: Scott A Denenberg, Yanko K Sheiretov, Neil J Goldfine, Todd M Dunford, Andrew P Washabaugh, Don Straney, Brian L Manning
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Patent number: 11945119Abstract: Crosstalk mitigation among cameras in neighboring monitored workcells is achieved by computationally defining a noninterference scheme that respects the independent monitoring and operation of each workcell. The scheme may involve communication between adjacent cells to adjudicate non-interfering camera operation or system-wide mapping of interference risks and mitigation thereof. Mitigation strategies can involve time-division and/or frequency-division multiplexing.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Veo Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Scott Denenberg, Clara Vu, Gene Malkin, Lev Persits, Valentina Chamorro, Marek Wartenberg, Pratik Devendra Dalvi, Alberto Moel
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Patent number: 11919173Abstract: Spatial regions potentially occupied by a robot (or other machinery) or portion thereof and a human operator during performance of all or a defined portion of a task or an application are computationally estimated. These “potential occupancy envelopes” (POEs) may be based on the states (e.g., the current and expected positions, velocities, accelerations, geometry and/or kinematics) of the robot and the human operator. Once the POEs of human operators in the workspace are established, they can be used to guide or revise motion planning for task execution.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Veo Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Scott Denenberg, Clara Vu, Patrick Sobalvarro, Alberto Moel
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Publication number: 20240042616Abstract: Systems and methods monitor a workspace for safety purposes using sensors distributed about the workspace. The sensors are registered with respect to each other, and this registration is monitored over time. Occluded space as well as occupied space is identified, and this mapping is frequently updated. Based on the mapping, a constrained motion plan of machinery can be generated to ensure safety.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Clara VU, Scott Denenberg, Patrick Sobalvarro, Alberto Moel
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Publication number: 20240036545Abstract: Control systems for industrial machinery (e.g., robots) or other devices such as medical devices utilize a safety processor (SP) designed for integration into safety applications and computational components that are not necessarily safety-rated. The SP monitors performance of the non-safety computational components, including latency checks and verification of identical outputs. One or more sensors send data to the non-safety computational components for sophisticated processing and analysis that the SP cannot not perform, but the results of this processing are sent to the SP, which then generates safety-rated signals to the machinery or device being controlled by the SP. As a result, the system may qualify for a safety rating despite the ability to perform complex operations beyond the scope of safety-rated components.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Scott DENENBERG, Clara VU, Patrick SOBALVARRO, Lev PERSITS, Ilya A. KRIVESHKO, Elliot SIMON, Alberto MOEL, Patrick J. FOY, Justin BRONDER
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Patent number: 11846916Abstract: Control systems for industrial machinery (e.g., robots) or other devices such as medical devices utilize a safety processor (SP) designed for integration into safety applications and computational components that are not necessarily safety-rated. The SP monitors performance of the non-safety computational components, including latency checks and verification of identical outputs. One or more sensors send data to the non-safety computational components for sophisticated processing and analysis that the SP cannot not perform, but the results of this processing are sent to the SP, which then generates safety-rated signals to the machinery or device being controlled by the SP. As a result, the system may qualify for a safety rating despite the ability to perform complex operations beyond the scope of safety-rated components.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Veo Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Scott Denenberg, Clara Vu, Patrick Sobalvarro, Lev Persits, Ilya A. Kriveshko, Elliot Simon, Alberto Moel, Patrick J. Foy, Justin Bronder
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Patent number: 11841245Abstract: A measurement system, its assembly and use are disclose. The system may include an instrument for making sensor measurements. The instrument has a substantially cylindrical housing. The shape and size allow the instrument to easily fit in an average hand enabling handheld operation. The housing houses a board stack of electronic boards. These electronics drive an electrical signal in at least one drive channel and measure responses from at least two sensing channels. These responses are provided to a processor for analysis. The instrument has a sensor connector that enables simultaneous electrical and mechanical attachment of an end effector.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2023Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: JENTEK Sensors, Inc.Inventors: Neil J Goldfine, Todd M Dunford, Scott A Denenberg, Kevin P Dixon, Yanko K Sheiretov, Saber Bahranifard, Stuart D Chaplan, Mark Windoloski
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Patent number: 11830131Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying a workpiece in a processing environment may utilize one or more sensors for digitally recording visual information and providing that information to an industrial workflow. The sensor(s) may be positioned to record at least one image of the workpiece at a location where a specified position and orientation thereof is required. A processor may determine, from the recorded image(s) and a stored digital model, whether the workpiece conforms to the specified position and orientation.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Veo Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Brad C. Mello, Paul Jakob Schroeder, Scott Denenberg, Clara Vu
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Patent number: 11820025Abstract: Systems and methods monitor a workspace for safety purposes using sensors distributed about the workspace. The sensors are registered with respect to each other, and this registration is monitored over time. Occluded space as well as occupied space is identified, and this mapping is frequently updated. Based on the mapping, a constrained motion plan of machinery can be generated to ensure safety.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Veo Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Clara Vu, Scott Denenberg, Patrick Sobalvarro, Alberto Moel
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Publication number: 20230359162Abstract: Systems and methods for sensor registration for a workcell including a floor are disclosed. In some embodiments, a disclosed method comprises: disposing a plurality of three dimensional (3D) image sensors proximate to the workcell; acquiring, with the plurality of 3D image sensors, a plurality of 3D images of the workcell, wherein at least one of the plurality of 3D images includes at least a portion of the floor; determining, based on a first user selection of a region of a first image of the plurality of 3D images of the workcell, a first floor point indicating a first portion of the floor in the first image; computing a first floor plane representing the floor based on the first floor point; and registering the 3D image sensors to each other and to the workcell based at least in part on the plurality of 3D images and the first floor plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Ilya A. Kriveshko, Audrey Lewis, Iris Kutsyy, U. Murat Erdem, Scott Denenberg
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Patent number: 11766780Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide automated robotic system identification and stopping time and distance estimation, significantly improving on existing ad-hoc methods of robotic system identification. Systems and methods in accordance herewith can be used by end users, system integrators, and the robot manufacturers to estimate the dynamic parameters of a robot on an application-by-application basis.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: VEO ROBOTICS, INC.Inventors: Scott Denenberg, Brad C. Mello, Matthew Galligan, Clara Vu, Patrick Sobalvarro, Marek Wartenberg, Alberto Moel
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Publication number: 20230271322Abstract: Crosstalk mitigation among cameras in neighboring monitored workcells is achieved by computationally defining a noninterference scheme that respects the independent monitoring and operation of each workcell. The scheme may involve communication between adjacent cells to adjudicate non-interfering camera operation or system-wide mapping of interference risks and mitigation thereof. Mitigation strategies can involve time-division and/or frequency-division multiplexing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Scott DENENBERG, Clara VU, Gene MALKIN, Lev PERSITS, Valentina CHAMORRO, Marek WARTENBERG, Pratik Devendra DALVI, Alberto MOEL
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Publication number: 20230191635Abstract: Systems and methods for determining safe and unsafe zones in a workspace - where safe actions are calculated in real time based on all relevant objects (e.g., some observed by sensors and others computationally generated based on analysis of the sensed workspace) and on the current state of the machinery (e.g., a robot) in the workspace - may utilize a variety of workspace-monitoring approaches as well as dynamic modeling of the robot geometry. The future trajectory of the robot(s) and/or the human(s) may be forecast using, e.g., a model of human movement and other forms of control. Modeling and forecasting of the robot may, in some embodiments, make use of data provided by the robot controller that may or may not include safety guarantees.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Clara VU, Scott DENENBERG, Abraham K. FELDMAN
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Patent number: 11679504Abstract: Crosstalk mitigation among cameras in neighboring monitored workcells is achieved by computationally defining a noninterference scheme that respects the independent monitoring and operation of each workcell. The scheme may involve communication between adjacent cells to adjudicate non-interfering camera operation or system-wide mapping of interference risks and mitigation thereof. Mitigation strategies can involve time-division and/or frequency-division multiplexing.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Veo Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Scott Denenberg, Clara Vu, Gene Malkin, Lev Persits, Valentina Chamorro, Marek Wartenberg, Pratik Devendra Dalvi, Alberto Moel
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Publication number: 20230173682Abstract: Various embodiments for enforcing safe operation of machinery performing an activity in a three-dimensional (3D) workspace includes computationally generating a 3D spatial representation of the workspace; computationally mapping 3D regions of the workspace corresponding to space occupied by the machinery and a human; and based thereon, restricting operation of the machinery in accordance with a safety protocol during physical performance of the activity. Limited-access zones are defined within which the presence of a human will not affect operation of the machinery.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2023Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Marek WARTENBERG, Clara VU, Scott DENENBERG, Ilya A. KRIVESHKO, Zeynep SEKER
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Publication number: 20230160728Abstract: A measurement system, its assembly and use are disclose. The system may include an instrument for making sensor measurements. The instrument has a substantially cylindrical housing. The shape and size allow the instrument to easily fit in an average hand enabling handheld operation. The housing houses a board stack of electronic boards. These electronics drive an electrical signal in at least one drive channel and measure responses from at least two sensing channels. These responses are provided to a processor for analysis. The instrument has a sensor connector that enables simultaneous electrical and mechanical attachment of an end effector.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2023Publication date: May 25, 2023Applicant: JENTEK Sensors, Inc.Inventors: Neil J Goldfine, Todd M Dunford, Scott A Denenberg, Kevin P Dixon, Yanko K Sheiretov, Saber Bahranifard, Stuart D Chaplan, Mark Windoloski
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Patent number: 11636648Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying a workpiece in a processing environment may utilize one or more sensors for digitally recording visual information and providing that information to an industrial workflow. The sensor(s) may be positioned to record at least one image of the workpiece at a location where a specified position and orientation thereof is required. A processor may determine, from the recorded image(s) and a stored digital model, whether the workpiece conforms to the specified position and orientation.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: VEO ROBOTICS, INC.Inventors: Brad C. Mello, Paul Jakob Schroeder, Scott Denenberg, Clara Vu
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Patent number: 11623356Abstract: Systems and methods for determining safe and unsafe zones in a workspace—where safe actions are calculated in real time based on all relevant objects (e.g., some observed by sensors and others computationally generated based on analysis of the sensed workspace) and on the current state of the machinery (e.g., a robot) in the workspace—may utilize a variety of workspace-monitoring approaches as well as dynamic modeling of the robot geometry. The future trajectory of the robot(s) and/or the human(s) may be forecast using, e.g., a model of human movement and other forms of control. Modeling and forecasting of the robot may, in some embodiments, make use of data provided by the robot controller that may or may not include safety guarantees.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2022Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: VEO ROBOTICS, INC.Inventors: Clara Vu, Scott Denenberg, Abraham K. Feldman
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Publication number: 20230099717Abstract: Image sensors distributed about a workcell including industrial machinery are registered using a registration object and an information tag associated therewith. The tag contains information specifying the location of the object and/or the pose of the object. This information is acquired along with images of the registration object, and the sensors are registered based at least in part on the images and the acquired information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Clara VU, Audrey LEWIS, Antonio FIOL-MAHON, U. Murat ERDEM, Patrick J. FOY, Ilya A. KRIVESHKO, Scott DENENBERG, Alberto MOEL
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Patent number: 11613017Abstract: Safety systems in distributed factory workcells intercommunicate or communicate with a central controller so that when a person, robot or vehicle passes from one workcell or space into another on the same factory floor, the new workcell or space need not repeat the tasks of analysis and classification and can instead immediately integrate the new entrant into the existing workcell or space-monitoring schema. The workcell or space can also communicate attributes such as occlusions, unsafe areas, movement speed, and object trajectories, enabling rapid reaction by the monitoring system of the new workcell or space.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: VEO ROBOTICS, INC.Inventors: Scott Denenberg, Patrick Sobalvarro, Clara Vu, Alberto Moel, Richard A. Kelsey