US 11,932,986 B2
Autonomous laundry folding devices, systems, and methods of use
Stuart E. Schechter, Newton, MA (US); Benjamin D. Bixby, Newton Highlands, MA (US); Kevin M. LeBlanc, Medford, MA (US); Wilson J. Mefford, Watertown, MA (US); Elliot Sinclair Pennington, Lexington, MA (US); Laura E. Schwartz, Newtonville, MA (US); Jesse Sielaff, Norfolk, MA (US); Madeline R. Hickman, Arlington, MA (US); Carter J. Ithier, Hooksett, NH (US); and Samuel Duffley, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to Monotony.ai, Inc., Watertown, MA (US)
Filed by Monotony.ai, Inc., Allston, MA (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/189,438.
Application 18/189,438 is a continuation of application No. 17/929,840, filed on Sep. 6, 2022, granted, now 11,680,365.
Application 17/929,840 is a continuation of application No. 17/364,533, filed on Jun. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,486,084, issued on Nov. 1, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/168,540, filed on Mar. 31, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/168,555, filed on Mar. 31, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/106,891, filed on Oct. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/046,697, filed on Jul. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0295867 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. D06F 89/02 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 89/023 (2013.01) 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. 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, the at least one sensor comprising one or more cameras calibrated at a fixed position and orientation relative to the platform; and
at least one controller in operable communication with the at least one elongation drive, the table drive, and the at least one sensor.