US Patent Issued to Liberty Robotics on Oct. 21 for "Method and system for manipulating a target item supported on a substantially horizontal support surface" (Idaho Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,773, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Liberty Robotics Inc. (Dexter, Mich.).

"Method and system for manipulating a target item supported on a substantially horizontal support surface" was invented by G. Neil Haven (Clearwater, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for manipulating a target item supported on a substantially horizontal support surface supporting a configuration of substantially identical items are provided. The system includes at least one light source configured to illuminate at least one surface including a top surface of the items to obtain backscattered illumination. A volumetric sensor such as...