Patents by Inventor Stephen AH-HU

Stephen AH-HU 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: 20220162017
    Abstract: The invention relates to a computer-implemented method for a cutting system, the cutting system at least comprising a digital cutter and a gripper for picking up cut parts. Therein, the digital cutter is built for cutting a part of a sheet according to a cut design, the cut part having a specific pathway of its boundary line. The gripper is built for picking up the cut part from the sheet, wherein the gripper comprises a gripper head and a movement apparatus. Thus, the gripper head is provided with a plurality of degrees of freedom of motorized movement including a variable heading angle (?) and/or variable lateral position (x- and y-position) in a plane parallel to the sheet. The gripper head comprises a plurality of suction spots having known geometric arrangement, said arrangement of suction spots defining a mean grid spacing. According to the invention, the method comprises carrying out an optimization algorithm for determining a gripping pose in which the cut part is to be gripped by the gripper head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen AH-HU, Bart VANHAUWAERT