ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,333, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SEWTS GMBH (Munich).
"Method for positioning a limp, flat workpiece and positioning apparatus" was invented by Alexander Bley (Munich), Tim Doerks (Munich) and Till Rickert (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method of positioning a limp flat workpiece is described, wherein the flat workpiece is provided in a random state on a manipulation surface. Subsequently, a camera image showing the flat workpiece is generated, and a grippable edge of the flat workpiece is identified by extracting characteristic image features of the camera image. Thereafter, a first gripping point for a...