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Utility
Indicator Assembly for Media Processing Devices
9 Mar 23
A printer includes: a body defining a media enclosure configured to receive a media supply; an indicator assembly supported by an outer wall of the body, the indicator assembly including a plurality of substantially contiguous illumination surfaces illuminated by respective ones of a set of lights supported within the body; a controller supported by the body, the controller configured to: (i) obtain an operational status of the printer, (ii) retrieve, from a mapping repository, a set of notification control parameters corresponding to the operational status, and (iii) control the set of lights according to the notification control parameters.
Morgan Hassan Malone, Edward Anthony Hackett, Raymond E. Maynard, Michael F. St.Germain, Michael C. Wondolowski, Daniel V. Carroll, Ozgur Ozserin, James Roger Morley-Smith, Hannah Marie Legg, Roger Edward Guinee, Ellen Thomas
Filed: 16 Jun 22
Utility
Devices, System, and Methods using Transflective Mirrors with Rolling Shutter Sensors
2 Mar 23
A system and methods for implementing a transflective mirror as a rolling shutter sensor.
Edward Barkan, Darran Michael Handshaw
Filed: 31 Aug 21
Utility
Method for Human Characteristic and Object Characteristic Identification for Retail Loss Prevention at the Point of Sale
2 Mar 23
Methods for human characteristic and object characteristic identification at a point of sale (POS)) are disclosed herein.
Matthew V. Avallone, Christopher J. Fjellstad
Filed: 31 Aug 21
Utility
Barcode Reader with Transflective Mirror
2 Mar 23
Barcode readers and methods for directing fields-of-view of imaging sensors of barcode readers are disclosed herein.
Darran Michael Handshaw, Edward Barkan, Mark Drzymaia, Dariusz J. Madej, Christopher W. Brock
Filed: 31 Aug 21
Utility
Telephoto Lens for Compact Long Range Barcode Reader
2 Mar 23
An imaging engine including a telephoto lens for compact long range barcode readers is disclosed herein.
Chinh Tan, Vladimir Gurevich
Filed: 25 Jul 22
Utility
Onboarding a Data Source for Access Via a Virtual Assistant
2 Mar 23
In some implementations, a query management system may receive an access notification associated with the data source.
Dale W. Russell, Jeffrey B. Wilhite, Valik Solorzano Barboza
Filed: 31 Aug 21
Utility
Systems and Methods for Guided Item Delivery Operations
23 Feb 23
A method includes: obtaining an item identifier corresponding to an item for placement in a container, the item being associated with a delivery destination; in response to placement of the item at a storage position within the container, recording a storage location including coordinates of the storage position; monitoring transit information of the container during transport of the container; when the transit information of the container corresponds to the delivery destination, retrieving the recorded storage location of the item within the container; and controlling an output assembly to generate item retrieval guidance based on the recorded storage location.
Tom D. Bianculli, James J. O'Hagan, Stuart Peter Hubbard
Filed: 15 Aug 22
Utility
System and Method for Object Detection and Dimensioning
23 Feb 23
A method for detecting and dimensioning a target object includes: obtaining depth data representing a target object; defining a mask having a structure which decreases in density away from a central point of the mask; overlaying the mask on the depth data and selecting a subset of the depth data comprising data points which contact the mask; detecting a cluster of data points from the subset; detecting, based on the cluster, the target object; and outputting a representation of the target object.
Raveen T. Thrimawithana
Filed: 18 Aug 21
Utility
Object Identification Using Surface Optical Artifacts
23 Feb 23
A method of object identification includes: capturing an image of an object having a material presenting surface artifacts; detecting a boundary within the captured image; selecting a portion of the image depicting the surface material within the boundary; based on the selected portion of the image, determining attributes of the surface artifacts; generating, based on the determined attributes of the surface artifacts, a physical identifier corresponding to the object; and storing the generated physical identifier.
Daniel F. Donato, James J. O'Hagan, Tom D. Bianculli, Stuart Peter Hubbard
Filed: 15 Aug 22
Utility
Container Load Quality Monitoring and Feedback System
23 Feb 23
A method of generating feedback for a container load process includes: during a load process for a container at a load bay, controlling a sensor assembly disposed at the load bay to capture sensor data depicting an interior of the container; at a computing device connected to the sensor assembly, detecting, based on the sensor data, a wall of items placed in the container interior; determining, at the computing device from the sensor data: (i) a boundary attribute of the detected wall, and (ii) a composition attribute of the detected wall; comparing, at the computing device, (i) the boundary attribute to a boundary criterion, and (ii) the composition attribute to a composition criterion; and responsive to at least one of the boundary attribute not meeting the boundary criterion, or the composition attribute not meeting the composition attribute, generating an alert for transmission to a client computing device.
Seth David Silk, Andrew Ehlers, Nirav Shah, Peter S. Carberry, IV
Filed: 18 Aug 21
Utility
Detection and Recovery Mechanisms for Network Interruptions
16 Feb 23
A computing device includes: a wireless communication interface; and a processor configured to: establish a connection with a wireless network; while a network-layer status of the connection is active, monitor attributes of the connection at the wireless communication interface, the attributes including (i) a number of uplink packets transmitted since a most recent downlink packet was received, and (ii) a time period elapsed since the most recent downlink packet was received; determine that the attributes meet recovery criteria indicative of a network-layer interruption in the wireless network; in response to the determination, control the wireless communication interface to initiate a recovery action to resolve the network-layer interruption.
Anandakumar Gopalsamy, Venkateswaran Narayanan, Ambika Nagarajaiah, Ohad Shatil, Sethuraman Vijayakumar, Dayal Madhukar Rai, Alexander Punnamoottil Jacob, Jonathan Chen
Filed: 6 Aug 21
Utility
Selecting a Printer Based on Proximity
16 Feb 23
A system for choosing a printer based on proximity comprising: a beacon to broadcast a transmission having a beacon ID; a printer to: receive the transmission, determine a received signal strength indicator for the transmission, generate a printer location signal including the beacon ID, the received signal strength indicator, and a printer ID associated with the printer, and transmit the printer location signal to a host server; the host server including a processor and a memory, the server configured to: receive the printer location signal from the printer, determine a printer location based on a predetermined location of the beacon, the beacon ID, and the received signal strength indicator, and associate the printer location with a printer zone; a printer proximity application to: receive a print request, the print request including a print data and a target zone, and transmit the print data to the printer in the target zone.
Vinod Govindaraju, Brian C. Stormont, David A. Langevin, Gerard R. Corriveau
Filed: 13 Aug 21
Utility
Systems and Methods for Enhancing Trainable Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Performance
9 Feb 23
Systems and methods for enhancing trainable optical character recognition (OCR) performance are disclosed herein.
Matthew Lawrence Horner, Robert W. DiGiovanna, Frederick D. Liguori, III
Filed: 5 Aug 21
Utility
Adaptive Perimeter Intrusion Detection for Mobile Automation Apparatus
9 Feb 23
A method includes: selecting first control parameters for a perimeter intrusion detector of a mobile automation apparatus; controlling the perimeter intrusion detector according to the first control parameters, to monitor a first perimeter surrounding the mobile automation apparatus; determining that navigational data of the mobile automation apparatus defines a maneuver satisfying perimeter modification criteria; in response to determining that a likelihood of intrusion of the first perimeter associated with the maneuver exceeds a threshold, selecting second control parameters for the perimeter intrusion detector; modifying the first perimeter to a second perimeter according to the second control parameters; and controlling the perimeter intrusion detector to monitor the second perimeter.
Sadegh Tajeddin, Paul D. Haist, Bradley M. Scott
Filed: 6 Aug 21
Utility
Container Fullness Tracking Method and Systems
9 Feb 23
A method includes: generating a three-dimensional grid of cells representing respective portions of an interior of a container, each cell having a status indicator defining an occupancy state of the corresponding portion of the container interior; during loading of the container: maintaining, for each of the cells, a current status indicator, controlling a depth sensor to capture a sequence of point clouds, each point cloud depicting the container interior, in response to each point cloud capture in the sequence, generating updated status indicators for the cells, based on (i) the point cloud, and on (ii) the current status indicators, replacing the current status indicators with the updated status indicators, measuring a current fullness of the container based on the current status indicators, and transmitting the current fullness to a computing device for at least one of display of the current fullness, or alert generation associated with the current fullness.
Justin F. Barish
Filed: 5 Aug 21
Utility
Two Dimensional Barcode with Dynamic Environmental Data System, Method, and Apparatus
2 Feb 23
Methods, systems, and apparatus for combining preprinted information together with coded sensor information within a two-dimensional barcode.
Thaddeus PRUSIK, Mohannad ABDO, Clive HOHBERGER
Filed: 23 Sep 22
Utility
Machine Vision Systems and Methods for Automatically Generating One or More Machine Vision Jobs Based on Region of Interests (Rois) of Digital Images
2 Feb 23
Machine vision systems and methods for automatically generating machine vision job(s) based on region of interests (ROls) of digital images are disclosed herein.
Anthony P. DeLuca
Filed: 29 Jul 21
Utility
Label Application System with a Label Printer Attachable to a Robotic Arm
2 Feb 23
In some implementations, a system may receive, from a camera, an image that depicts an object on a conveyor.
David F. Beck, Richard J. Preliasco, Edward Anthony Hackett
Filed: 30 Jul 21
Utility
Two-stage Energy Storage for Light Harvesting Systems
2 Feb 23
A system includes: an edge computing device disposed in an indoor facility having at least one light source; an energy storage subsystem configured to generate electrical power from light emitted by the at least one light source, and to supply the electrical power to the edge computing device, the energy storage subsystem including: a collector; an auxiliary energy storage device configured to receive energy collected by the collector, the auxiliary energy storage device having a first storage capacity; a main energy storage device having a second storage capacity greater than the first storage capacity; a controller configured to supply energy from the main energy storage device to the edge computing device; and a selector configured to selectively discharge energy from the auxiliary energy storage device to the main energy storage device.
Russell Calvarese, Mark W. Duron
Filed: 28 Jul 21
Utility
Wristband Configuration for Receiving an Accessory
2 Feb 23
A wristband configuration for receiving an accessory is described herein.
Allison Hopkins, Jessica Bicek
Filed: 29 Jul 21