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

Claim 28:
29. A device for autonomously folding a deformable article, comprising:
a rotatable platform configured to receive the deformable article on a surface thereof;
at least one elongation in operable communication with at least one elongation drive, the at least one elongation configured to
raise and lower from the surface of the rotatable platform,
move parallel to the surface, and
fold the deformable article at one or more fold lines,

a table drive configured to engage the rotatable platform and rotate the rotatable platform about a central axis such that the at least one elongation aligns with one fold line of the one or more fold lines for the deformable article;
at least one sensor configured to detect a position and an orientation of the deformable article on the rotatable platform, wherein the at least one sensor comprises at least one of a 3-D camera, an IR sensor, a 2-D camera, LIDAR, LADAR, a sonar proximity sensor, an ultrasonic ranging sensor, a radar sensor, and a pair of stereo depth cameras; and
at least one controller in operable communication with the at least one elongation drive, the table drive, and the at least one sensor, the at least one controller being configured to receive an output signal comprising at least one of 2-D and 3-D image data of the deformable article, wherein the output signal comprises presence value data indicative of the position of and orientation of the deformable article on the surface of the rotatable platform.