Inventor
BLANC PHILIPPE
FR36 patents
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MATERIEL ARBORICULTURE
10 patentsUS6888082B1May 3, 2005
Analyzing method and device for automatically sorting products such as fruit
MATERIEL ARBORICULTURE23 citations92
US6234297B1May 22, 2001
Device for conveying products, in particular fruit
MATERIEL ARBORICULTURE26 citations92
US5661949ASep 2, 1997
Automatic packing device for the filling of containers with superimposed layers of products
MATERIEL ARBORICULTURE29 citations92
US5729473AMar 17, 1998
Method and device for generating colorimetric data for use in the automatic sorting of products, notably fruits or vegetables
MATERIEL ARBORICULTURE24 citations86
US7850415B2Dec 14, 2010
Machine for palletizing objects such as packing cases
MATERIEL ARBORICULTURE8 citations84
US7280198B2Oct 9, 2007
Apparatus for optically analyzing products such as fruit having bilateral imaging devices
MATERIEL ARBORICULTURE8 citations74
US6401913B1Jun 11, 2002
Conveyor device for products, in particular fruits, for feeding a unit for sorting said products
MATERIEL ARBORICULTURE10 citations74
US5673113ASep 30, 1997
Analysis device for the automatic grading of products, in particular of fruits or vegetables
MATERIEL ARBORICULTURE12 citations74
US7472648B2Jan 6, 2009
Device for separating the stalks of fruit, grouped together in clusters, from one another
MATERIEL ARBORICULTURE6 citations63
US6957940B2Oct 25, 2005
Unit for sorting and packaging products capable of being hung on a hooking member for the purpose of their conveyance, such as bunches of fruits, in particular table grapes or truss tomatoes
MATERIEL ARBORICULTURE4 citations63
MAF AGROBOTIC
9 patentsUS11396394B2Jul 26, 2022
Method and device for orienting an umbilicated fruit, in particular for packaging same
MAF AGROBOTIC4 citations72
US10288594B2May 14, 2019
Method and device for optically analysing fruit or vegetables and device for automatic sorting
MAF AGROBOTIC6 citations72
US10094701B2Oct 9, 2018
Device for transporting objects and conveying and weighing device provided with such transporting devices
MAF AGROBOTIC5 citations72
US9694366B2Jul 4, 2017
Method and device for grouping floating objects in batches with hydraulic superposition of the objects
MAF AGROBOTIC3 citations72
US12234103B2Feb 25, 2025
Process and system for conveying fruit and vegetables with an oriented stalk
MAF AGROBOTIC0 citations62
US12544800B2Feb 10, 2026
Method for adjusting at least one parameter of a line for sorting objects such as fruit or vegetables, and associated sorting system
MAF AGROBOTIC0 citations51
US12172781B2Dec 24, 2024
Method and system for packaging products belonging to the fruit and vegetable group
MAF AGROBOTIC0 citations51
US11685615B2Jun 27, 2023
Device for grouping fruit or vegetables into batches with accumulation channels provided with bypass passages
MAF AGROBOTIC0 citations51
US10919785B2Feb 16, 2021
Hydraulic conveyor of floating objects provided with a device for sanitising conveying composition, plant provided with such a conveyor and sanitising method
MAF AGROBOTIC0 citations33
NEXTRACKER INC
8 patentsUS10684348B2Jun 16, 2020
Method for controlling the orientation of a solar tracker based on cartographic models
NEXTRACKER INC20 citations93
US10541644B2Jan 21, 2020
Method for predictive control of the orientation of a solar tracker
NEXTRACKER INC18 citations93
US11307284B2Apr 19, 2022
Method for controlling the orientation of a solar tracker based on cartographic models
NEXTRACKER INC4 citations83
US11196381B2Dec 7, 2021
Method for predictive control of the orientation of a solar tracker
NEXTRACKER INC5 citations83
US11774539B2Oct 3, 2023
Method for controlling the orientation of a solar tracker based on cartographic models
NEXTRACKER INC0 citations61
US11387774B2Jul 12, 2022
Method for predictive control of the orientation of a solar tracker
NEXTRACKER INC0 citations61
US11327143B2May 10, 2022
Method for controlling the orientation of a solar tracker based on cartographic models
NEXTRACKER INC0 citations61
US10903783B2Jan 26, 2021
Method for predictive control of the orientation of a solar tracker
NEXTRACKER INC0 citations61
MATERIAL POUR L ARBORICULTURE
2 patentsUS7159373B2Jan 9, 2007
Installation for hydraulically filling crates with floating objects such as fruits and having a single double-acting pump
MATERIAL POUR L ARBORICULTURE22 citations92
US7107742B2Sep 19, 2006
Automatic packing device for the filling of containers by means of superposed layers of products, in particular fruits such as oranges
MATERIAL POUR L ARBORICULTURE14 citations83