Patents
US 12240644 B2: Bud sorting and packaging apparatus, systems and methods
- Granted
- 2025-03-04
- Filed
- 2022-10-27 application 17975182
- Type
- Utility · 23 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A cannabis bud sorting, picking and filling system includes a computer vision system operable to view and estimate the weight of a plurality of buds on a bud picking tray and to direct a bud picker robot to pick a plurality of buds from the bud picking tray and deposit the picked buds in an amount to load a container to its predetermined loaded target weight. A computer vision system acquires a digital image of product items having a product type, identifying each product item in the image, determining a pixel-based area for each identified product item, predicting a weight of each identified product item based on a size thereof, the determined pixel-based area and a predetermined density based on the product type, grouping, based on the predicted weights, the identified product items into groups satisfying the target weight, and automatedly picking and placing each group into a container.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250304.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| InTunes Products, LLC 5 patents | US company or organization | Webster, NY | INTUNES PRODUCTS, LLC State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Marseglia | Webster, NY | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Steven Thomas Gizzi | Webster, NY | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Scott Baube | Webster, NY | 6 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Jeffrey S. Clough | Webster, NY | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B65B | Machines, apparatus or devices for, or methods of, packaging articles or materials; unpacking | B65B57/14 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B07C | Postal sorting; sorting individual articles, or bulk material fit to be sorted piece-meal, e.g. by picking | B07C5/28 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B25J | Manipulators; chambers provided with manipulation devices | B25J9/0084 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06V | Image or video recognition or understanding | G06V10/70 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G05B | Control or regulating systems in general; functional elements of such systems; monitoring or testing arrangements for such systems or elements | G05B2219/45063 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-10 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | BAUBE, SCOTT signed 2024-12-05 CLOUGH, JEFFREY S. signed 2024-12-05 GIZZI, STEVEN T. signed 2024-12-05 MARSEGLIA, MICHAEL signed 2024-12-05 | INTUNES PRODUCTS, LLC WEBSTER, NY | 69540/578 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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