Patents by Inventor Steven Prehn

Steven Prehn 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 of controlling a robotic tool
    Patent number: 8706300
    Abstract: A method of controlling a robot system includes the steps of providing a tool supported by a moveable mechanism of the robot system, providing a workpiece supported by a holder, generating an image of the workpiece, extracting a data from the image, the data relating to a feature of the workpiece, generating a continuous three-dimensional path along the workpiece using data extracted from the image, and moving the tool along the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Fanuc Robotics America, Inc.
    Inventors: Ken Krause, Bruce E. Coldren, Edward Roney, Steven Prehn, Michael M. Sharpe, Claude Dinsmoor
  • METHOD OF CONTROLLING A ROBOTIC TOOL
    Publication number: 20110282492
    Abstract: A method of controlling a robot system includes the steps of providing a tool supported by a moveable mechanism of the robot system, providing a workpiece supported by a holder, generating an image of the workpiece, extracting a data from the image, the data relating to a feature of the workpiece, generating a continuous three-dimensional path along the workpiece using data extracted from the image, and moving the tool along the path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Ken Krause, Bruce E. Coldren, Edward Roney, Steven Prehn, Michael M. Sharpe, Claude Dinsmoor