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    Patent Application Titled 'Robotic Apparatuses, Systems, And Methods For Moving Objects' Published Online (USPTO 20240025058)

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    查看更多>>摘要：According to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by NewsRx journalists, a patent application by the inventors JOHNSON, Tim (Calgary, CA); KALANTARI, Masoud (Calgary, CA), filed on November 18, 2021, was made available online on January 25, 2024. No assignee for this patent application has been made. Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “Objects, such as packages, containers, totes, cases, bins, and/or boxes, can be stored in a site, for example, in a warehouse. The objects are placed on object supporters, which defines a surface on which the object is supportable, for example, a shelf of a rack, a platform, or a pallet. It is desirable to use the storage space of the warehouse efficiently. In this respect, it is desirable for: (i) the racks to be tall and have a plurality of object supporters, (ⅱ) the object supporters to have increased depth, (ⅲ) the space between the objects that are supported on the object supporter to be reduced, and (ⅳ) the width of the aisle defined between racks to be reduced.
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    Patent Issued for Robot navigation and robot-IoT interactive task planning using augmented reality (USPTO 11878421)

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    查看更多>>摘要：From Alexandria, Virginia, NewsRx journalists report that a patent by the inventors Cao, Yuanzhi (West Lafayette, IN, US), Ramani, Karthik (West Lafayette, IN, US), Xu, Zhuangying (Redmond, WA, US), filed on April 23, 2019, was published online on January 23, 2024. The patent’s assignee for patent number 11878421 is Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana, United States). News editors obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “Technical Field “Embodiments described in this disclosure relate generally to a system for robot navigation and task planning, and more particularly to an authoring system for robot navigation and task planning using a mobile device with augmented-reality simultaneous localization mapping (“AR-SLAM”) capabilities. “Brief Description of the Related Art “The concept of Internet of Robotic Things has not been widely explored in practice across the IoT and robotics communities, and as such, heretofore authoring systems for robot-IoT interactive task planning remain underdeveloped. Due to limited perception capabilities and current limitations in artificial intelligence (“AI”), ad-hoc tasks which humans take for granted remain challenging for robots. Previous work in this field has introduced external vision systems for tracking robots using a live camera view in a user interface. But this approach limits the authoring scene to the perspective of the camera only which is usually fixed. Another previous work, “Magic Cards,” proposed an implicit command authoring workflow with humans manually and spatially placing tags in a physical environment for facilitating robot navigation. In this method, however, the tracking from an overhanging camera was prone to occlusion, especially in a cluttered scene such as a household environment. Further, recent research has employed augmented reality (“AR”) interfaces and associated robots within an AR scene, for example, using hand-held or head-mounted devices. Although the mobility allowed users to move around and author distributed tasks from different perspectives, the limited field-of-view of the hand-held or head-mounted devices constrained the navigation range for the robot.
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    Patent Issued for Magnetic sensing system, detection device, and magnetic interference offset method (USPTO 11879792)

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    查看更多>>摘要：According to news reporting originating from Alexandria, Virginia, by NewsRx journalists, a patent by the inventors Schmitz, Alexander (Tokyo, JP), Somlor, Sophon (Tokyo, JP), Sugano, Shigeki (Tokyo, JP), Tomo, Tito Pradhono (Tokyo, JP), filed on January 31, 2020, was published online on January 23, 2024. The assignee for this patent, patent number 11879792, is Xela Robotics Co. Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan). Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “BACKGROUND ART “Robots that perform predetermined work while coexisting with humans are provided with various sensors for when a person or object present in the environment around the robot contacts the robot, such as force sensors that detect external forces such as pressing force and shear force acting on the contacted portion, and displacement sensors that detect the displacement of the contacted portion. Additionally, the motion of the robot is controlled on the basis of detected values from these various sensors. Known examples of these sensors are magnetic force sensors and displacement sensors using changes in a magnetic field in response to the action of an external force. Each magnetic sensor is provided with a displacement unit containing an elastic body or the like that is displaced by the action of an external force, a permanent magnet affixed to the displacement unit, and a magnetic sensor that detects the state of a measurement magnetic field generated by the permanent magnet. In each of these magnetic sensors, the permanent magnet is displaced as one with the displacement unit according to the magnitude of the acting external force, and by using the change in the strength of the magnetic field measured by the magnetic sensor in response to the displacement, the magnitude of the external force acting on the displacement unit and the displacement of the displacement unit are detected.
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    Patent Issued for Systems and methods for objective-based scoring using machine learning techniques (USPTO 11880752)

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    查看更多>>摘要：From Alexandria, Virginia, NewsRx journalists report that a patent by the inventors Carnahan, John (Los Angeles, CA, US), Kumar, Vasanth (Cerritos, CA, US), Pondicherry, Ajay (Beverly Hills, CA, US), filed on July 11, 2022, was published online on January 23, 2024. The patent’s assignee for patent number 11880752 is Live Nation Entertainments Inc. (Beverly Hills, California, United States). News editors obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “Load management systems can process the assignment of access rights to user devices. For example, an access right can be configured to grant a user device access to a resource. Generally, assigning access rights to user devices occurs on a first-come-first-served basis. However, unauthorized activity, such as by hackers or bot scripts, has increased. For instance, bot scripts can be configured to mimic user devices to obtain access to resources in an unauthorized manner. As the load of user requests increases in scale (e.g., to big-data levels), securing load management systems against unauthorized activity becomes more challenging. Automatically detecting unauthorized activity at a large scale and controlling workflows to manage or block the unauthorized activity has been inefficient and burdensome on network resources.”
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    Patent Application Titled 'Systems And Methods For Providing Singulation Of Objects For Processing Using Object Movement Redistribution' Published Online (USPTO 20240024920)

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    查看更多>>摘要：According to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by NewsRx journalists, a patent application by the inventors AHEARN, Kevin (Nebo, NC, US); ALLEN, Thomas (Reading, MA, US); AMEND, JR., John Richard (Belmont, MA, US); COHEN, Benjamin (Somerville, MA, US); DAWSON-HAGGERTY, Michael (Pittsburgh, PA, US); FORT, William Hartman (Stratham, NH, US); GEYER, Christopher (Arlington, MA, US); KING, Jennifer Eileen (Oakmont, PA, US); KOLETSCHKA, Thomas (Cambridge, MA, US); KOVAL, Michael Cap (Mountain View, CA, US); MARONEY, Kyle (North Attleboro, MA, US); MASON, Matthew T. (Pittsburgh, PA, US); MCMAHAN, William Chu-Hyon (Cambridge, MA, US); PRICE, Gene Temple (Cambridge, MA, US); ROMANO, Joseph (Arlington, MA, US); SMITH, Daniel (Canonsburg, PA, US); SRINIVASA, Siddhartha (Seattle, WA, US); VELAGAPUDI, Prasanna (Pittsburgh, PA, US); WAGNER, Thomas (Concord, MA, US), filed on September 29, 2023, was made available online on January 25, 2024. No assignee for this patent application has been made. Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “The invention generally relates to automated, robotic and other processing systems, and relates in particular to automated and robotic systems intended for use in environments requiring, for example, that a variety of objects (e.g., articles, parcels or packages) be processed, e.g., sorted and/or otherwise distributed to several output destinations.
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    'Pipe Traversing Apparatus, Sensing, And Controls' in Patent Application Approval Process (USPTO 20240025051)

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    查看更多>>摘要：A patent application by the inventors Duerfeldt, Bryan R. (Houston, TX, US); George, Conner S. (Houston, TX, US); Liu, Dianna D. (Jackson, LA, US); Wehlin, Karl Petter (Houston, TX, US); Zargarzadeh, Hassan (Beaumont, TX, US), filed on September 29, 2023, was made available online on January 25, 2024, according to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by NewsRx correspondents. This patent application has not been assigned to a company or institution. The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background information supplied by the inventors: “Many existing pipe crawling apparatuses are designed to either travel inside of pipes or are not equipped to travel around obstacles it may encounter on the outside of pipes. In view of limitations of current technologies, a need remains for pipe-crawling apparatus that are effective in driving on horizontal and vertical pipes and navigating around and/or over potential obstacles-e.g., obstacles that present a change in the effective diameter of the pipe, a change in the effective curvature of the pipe, and/or obstacles that protrude from the pipe in one or more radial directions. More particularly, pipe-crawling apparatus are needed that are effective in navigating around and/or over flanges, valves, tees, bends, supports and the like. In addition, a need remains for pipe-crawling apparatus that are effective in traveling relative to pipes without magnets, vacuum or aerodynamic forces. Additionally, a need remains for pipecrawling apparatus and associated systems that are effective in performing desired functions relative to the pipe itself, e.g., corrosion detection, wall thickness measurements, or based on travel along the path but independent of the pipe itself, e.g., imaging and/or sensing of locations accessible through travel along a pipe. These and other needs are advantageously satisfied by the apparatus and systems disclosed herein.”
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    Patent Application Titled 'A Load Handling Device' Published Online (USPTO 20240025638)

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    查看更多>>摘要：According to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by NewsRx journalists, a patent application by the inventors FLYNN, Damian (Hatfield, Hertfordshire, GB); HAVEL, Marek (Hatfield, Hertfordshire, GB), filed on September 17, 2021, was made available online on January 25, 2024. The assignee for this patent application is Ocado Innovation Limited (Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom). Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “Storage systems comprising a three-dimensional storage grid structure, within which storage containers/bins are stacked on top of each other, are well known. PCT Publication No. WO2015/185628A (Ocado) describes a known storage and fulfilment system in which stacks of bins or containers are arranged within a grid framework structure. The bins or containers are accessed by load handling devices operative on tracks located on the top of the grid framework structure. A system of this type is illustrated schematically in FIGS. 1 to 3 of the accompanying drawings. “As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, stackable containers, known as bins 10, are stacked on top of one another to form stacks 12. The stacks 12 are arranged in a grid framework structure 14 in a warehousing or manufacturing environment. The grid framework structure is made up of a plurality of storage columns or grid columns. Each grid in the grid framework structure has at least one grid column for storage of a stack of containers. FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of the grid framework structure 14, and FIG. 2 is a top-down view showing a stack 12 of bins 10 arranged within the framework structure 14. Each bin 10 typically holds a plurality of product items (not shown), and the product items within a bin 10 may be identical, or may be of different product types depending on the application.
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    Patent Issued for Determining section conformity and providing recommendations (USPTO 11880798)

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    查看更多>>摘要：From Alexandria, Virginia, NewsRx journalists report that a patent by the inventors Downton, Keelan (McLean, VA, US), Shi, Shan (McLean, VA, US), Ye, Shunzhi (McLean, VA, US), filed on May 17, 2021, was published online on January 23, 2024. The patent’s assignee for patent number 11880798 is Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Virginia, United States). News editors obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “Enterprises generate a plethora of documents, many of them in an electronic form. Some documents may be technical papers, while other documents may be various policies and/or user instructions. In many instances, enterprises require that documents comply with certain requirements, e.g., that documents are in specific format or include specific content. To make sure those requirements are met, human editors generally review the documents and provide feedback to the authors on whether the document is compliant. In addition, certain sections of a document may be improved if those sections include specific content. Reviewing various sections of a document and giving a user feedback is also generally performed by a human reader. The problem with these tasks being performed by humans is that it takes a long time, and a relatively low number of documents can be reviewed in a given amount of time. For example, to review a thirty-page document, a human reviewer may take a number of hours (e.g., 3 hours, 4 hours, etc.). In an enterprise that may generate on an order of a hundred documents per week, the enterprise may need a large number of reviewers that have to be trained to perform this task.”
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    'Systems And Methods For Providing Singulation Of Objects For Processing' in Patent Application Approval Process (USPTO 20240025662)

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    查看更多>>摘要：A patent application by the inventors AHEARN, Kevin (Nebo, NC, US); ALLEN, Thomas (Reading, MA, US); COHEN, Benjamin (Somerville, MA, US); DAWSON-HAGGERTY, Michael (Pittsburgh, PA, US); GEYER, Christopher (Arlington, MA, US); KOLETSCHKA, Thomas (Cambridge, MA, US); MARONEY, Kyle (North Attleboro, MA, US); MASON, Matthew T. (Pittsburgh, PA, US); PRICE, Gene Temple (Cambridge, MA, US); ROMANO, Joseph (Arlington, MA, US); SMITH, Daniel (Canonsburg, PA, US); SRINIVASA, Siddhartha (Seattle, WA, US); VELAGAPUDI, Prasanna (Pittsburgh, PA, US); WAGNER, Thomas (Concord, MA, US), filed on September 29, 2023, was made available online on January 25, 2024, according to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by NewsRx correspondents. This patent application has not been assigned to a company or institution. The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background information supplied by the inventors: “The invention generally relates to automated, robotic and other sortation and other processing systems, and relates in particular to automated and robotic systems intended for use in environments requiring, for example, that a variety of objects (e.g., articles, parcels or packages) be sorted and/or distributed to several output destinations.
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    Researchers Submit Patent Application, 'Apparatus And Method For Simulating A Mobile Robot At A Work Site', for Approval (USPTO 20240025040)

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    查看更多>>摘要：From Washington, D.C., NewsRx journalists report that a patent application by the inventors GOH, Zachariah Shengxiong (Singapore, SG); NAGARAJAN, Raja (Singapore, SG); THIAGARAJAH, Ganaventhan (Singapore, SG); VANGAL RAMAMURTHY, Swaminathan (Singapore, SG), filed on November 17, 2021, was made available online on January 25, 2024. No assignee for this patent application has been made. News editors obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “In a work site such as a production line or manufacturing plant, autonomous mobile robots can be used to perform tasks like transportation of objects/goods, perform production jobs, and/or inspection of environment. They are capable of human interaction such as to take in instructions to move between instructed locations. “Currently, it is time consuming and challenging to plan for the deployment of these autonomous mobile robots for a work site. A lot of information of the work site has to be gathered manually to determine the best way to deploy the robots. At the planning stage, it is hard for users to visualize the scenario after the robots are deployed. Furthermore, after the robots are deployed, it can also be difficult for users to plan for the addition of more robots.
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