Robotic document feeder

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9948802
SERIAL NO

15189950

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A system may include a robotic arm and a Bernoulli cup assembly powered by a vacuum source and coupled to the robotic arm. The Bernoulli cup assembly may lift a document, and the robotic arm may move the Bernoulli cup assembly with the lifted document to a document scanner for imaging the document. The system may further include an input bin, a base supported by a platform and disposed over an imaging surface of the document scanner, and an output bin. A method may include lifting a document from an input bin via suction pressure using a Bernoulli cup assembly, robotically moving the Bernoulli cup assembly with the lifted document to a document scanner, and scanning the document. The method may further include robotically moving the Bernoulli cup assembly with the lifted document away from the document scanner, and de-activating the suction pressure to release the document.

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MENTALIX INC17304 PRESTON ROAD SUITE 635 DALLAS TX 75252

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Allen, Thomas Dallas, US 224 3501
Gattamaraju, Ravi Richardson, US 1 3
Gross, Brian Wyomissing, US 9 124
McFarling, Dalton Fairview, US 1 3
Nguyen, Hiep McKinney, US 56 2553
Remmers, Dale Plano, US 3 5
Thapa, Ashish Irving, US 2 8

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