B26D 5/007
Control means comprising cameras, vision or image processing systems
Official title: {Control means comprising cameras, vision or image processing systems}
B26D5/007 (Control means comprising cameras, vision or image processing systems) appears on 491 US grants and 595 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B26D- Granted patents
- 491
- Published applications
- 595
- Assignees
- 358
- Inventors
- 1,162
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 15 | 27 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Cutting device for cutting a band-like material, in particular a tacky cord band, and method for determining and outputting wear information concerning a first and/or second blade element of a cutting device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249501 A1Fischer Tiretech Germany GmbH
- Cutting device for making a cut-out in a wall of a box27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249505 A1Exotec Product France
- Cutting device and method for applying cut tracks in an outer packaging27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250030 A1TGW Logistics GmbH
- Cutter and method of separation for sheets printed from a continuous web susceptible of longitudinal divisions and relative web13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233539 A1Tecnau S.r.l.
- Device for Processing Food Products6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225277 A1GEA Food Solutions Germany GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for cutoff register control for diaper machines95US 5,045,135 APaper Converting Machine Company · 1991
- Method and apparatus for automatically cutting food products to predetermined weight or shape84US 4,875,254 ADesign Systems, Inc. · 1989
- Method and apparatus for automatically cutting food products to predetermined weight or shape83US 4,962,568 ADesign Systems, Inc. · 1990
- Patterned web cutting method and system for operation manipulation of displayed nested templates relative to a displayed image of a patterned web76US 5,172,326 AFORCAM, Incorporated · 1992
- Garment cutting system having computer assisted pattern alignment75US 5,333,111 AGerber Garment Technology, Inc. · 1994