Patent ID: 11932986
Assignee: MONOTONY.AI, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC D  A  B | IPC D

Claim 17:
18. A method of autonomously folding a deformable article, comprising:
iterating a folding sequence one or more times, the folding sequence comprising
receiving, at at least one controller, one or more output signals from one or more sensors in communication with the at least one controller, the one or more sensors being configured to at least one of detect one or more features and capture one or more images of a deformable article disposed on a platform,
determining, based on the at least one of the one or more features and one or more images, at least one of an article type, an article size, and an article thickness, wherein determining the article type comprises processing the received output signal of the one or more sensors with a neural network classifier,
determining, based on the determine at least one of the article type, article size, and article thickness, a fold line of the deformable article,
instructing a drive motor to rotate the platform to align the fold line with an elongated member suspended above and elongated parallel to a surface of the platform, and
instructing the elongated member to
slidably move in a first direction over the platform toward the fold line, the elongated member being disposed between the deformable article and the surface,
raise the deformable article up and over the fold line while moving in the first direction over the platform until the article disengages from the elongated member, and
determine whether the deformable article comprises at least one final fold dimension; and

stopping iterating the folding sequence upon determining the deformable article comprises the at least one final fold dimension.