Automated manufacturing of shoe parts with a pickup tool
Dragan Jurkovic, Taichung (TW); Patrick Conall Regan, Singapore (SG); Chih-Chi Chang, Douliou (TW); Chang-chu Liao, Douliou (TW); Ming-Feng Jean, Douliou (TW); Kuo-Hung Lee, Douliu (TW); Yen-Hsi Liu, Chiayi County (TW); and Hung-Yu Wu, Chiayi County (TW)
Assigned to NILE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/969,919.
Application 17/063,131 is a division of application No. 15/867,490, filed on Jan. 10, 2018, granted, now 10,795,335, issued on Oct. 6, 2020.
Application 17/969,919 is a continuation of application No. 17/063,131, filed on Oct. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,507,046.
Application 15/867,490 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/268,925, filed on Sep. 19, 2016, granted, now 9,986,788, issued on Jun. 5, 2018.
Application 15/268,925 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/220,063, filed on Jul. 26, 2016, granted, now 9,937,627, issued on Apr. 10, 2018.
Application 15/220,063 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/209,323, filed on Jul. 13, 2016, granted, now 11,317,681, issued on May 3, 2022.
Application 15/220,063 is a continuation of application No. 14/978,253, filed on Dec. 22, 2015, granted, now 9,403,280, issued on Aug. 2, 2016.
Application 15/867,490 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/816,967, filed on Aug. 3, 2015, granted, now 9,937,585, issued on Apr. 10, 2018.
Application 14/816,967 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/803,347, filed on Jul. 20, 2015, granted, now 10,194,716, issued on Feb. 5, 2019.
Application 14/978,253 is a continuation of application No. 14/661,565, filed on Mar. 18, 2015, granted, now 9,238,305, issued on Jan. 19, 2016.
Application 15/867,490 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/586,575, filed on Dec. 30, 2014, granted, now 9,939,803, issued on Apr. 10, 2018.
Application 14/816,967 is a continuation of application No. 14/481,501, filed on Sep. 9, 2014, granted, now 9,096,016, issued on Aug. 4, 2015.
Application 15/867,490 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/468,521, filed on Aug. 26, 2014, granted, now 10,393,512, issued on Aug. 27, 2019.
Application 14/803,347 is a continuation of application No. 14/267,503, filed on May 1, 2014, granted, now 9,084,451, issued on Jul. 21, 2015.
Application 15/268,925 is a continuation of application No. 14/162,271, filed on Jan. 23, 2014, granted, now 9,447,532, issued on Sep. 20, 2016.
Application 14/661,565 is a continuation of application No. 13/421,525, filed on Mar. 15, 2012, granted, now 9,010,827, issued on Apr. 21, 2015.
Application 14/267,503 is a continuation of application No. 13/299,872, filed on Nov. 18, 2011, granted, now 8,755,925, issued on Jun. 17, 2014.
Application 14/586,575 is a continuation of application No. 13/299,819, filed on Nov. 18, 2011, granted, now 8,958,901, issued on Feb. 17, 2015.
Application 14/468,521 is a continuation of application No. 13/299,827, filed on Nov. 18, 2011, granted, now 8,849,620, issued on Sep. 30, 2014.
Application 13/421,525 is a continuation of application No. 13/299,934, filed on Nov. 18, 2011, abandoned.
Application 14/481,501 is a continuation of application No. 13/299,908, filed on Nov. 18, 2011, granted, now 8,858,744, issued on Oct. 14, 2014.
Application 15/209,323 is a continuation of application No. 13/299,856, filed on Nov. 18, 2011, granted, now 9,451,810, issued on Sep. 27, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/445,134, filed on Jan. 11, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0041146 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
1. A system for picking up, transferring, and positioning a textile for manufacturing of an article, the system comprising:
a pickup tool having a contact surface for capturing the textile with a first pickup force type and a second pickup force type, the contact surface comprising at least one vacuum port;
a vacuum source coupled to the at least one vacuum port of the pickup tool, wherein the vacuum source provides the second pickup force type;
a vision system capable of capturing an image of the textile, wherein the vision system comprises a first camera positioned at a first orientation relative to the textile and a second camera positioned at a second orientation relative to the textile, and wherein the first orientation is different than the second orientation, wherein the first orientation allows the vision system to capture a first image of a first surface of the textile and the second orientation allows the vision system to capture a second image of a second surface of the textile that is opposite to the first surface; and
a computing device configured to activate or deactivate the first pickup force type and the at least one vacuum source to capture or release, respectively, the textile in response to, at least in part, the first image and the second image.
