Autodesk, Inc.

Tracfone Wireless, Inc.

Other

Xerox Corporation

Jesus Alejandro Rodriguez

Ravi Kumar Burla

Jaesung Eom

James P Zimmerman

Ricardo Ramon

Egidio Enea

Benjamin McKittrick Weiss

Richard B Salzman

Paul B Kozma

Siavash Navadeh Meshkat

Nan Li

Adrian Adam Thomas Butscher

Nigel Jed Wesley Morris

David Jon Weinberg

Ebot Etchu Ndip-Agbor

Sergio G DeAlmeida

Kenneth A Davies

Jonas Dalidd

Andrew Piecka, Iii

George Gov

Benjamin Mckittrick Weiss

Adrian Adam Butscher

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for computer aided design of physical structures, where the 3D models of the physical structures are produced so as to facilitate 2.5-axis subtractive manufacturing, include: obtaining one or more design criteria and one or more boundary conditions, modifying a 3D shape of a modeled object in accordance with the one or more design criteria and the one or more boundary conditions, including employing geometry filtering or simulation results filtering in the iterative loop or inserting voids at locations selected using one or more shape skeleton lines, and providing the 3D shape of the modeled object for use in manufacturing the physical structure using one or more computer-controlled manufacturing systems that employ the 2.5-axis subtractive manufacturing process.

Computer aided generative design with filtering to facilitate 2.5-axis subtractive manufacturing processes

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for computer aided design of physical structures include: obtaining a design space, design criteria, and boundary conditions for numerical simulation; defining an application of the boundary conditions to a voxelized mesh, including specifying a distribution of a load to nodes of voxels in the voxelized mesh that correspond to a surface of preserve geometry; and iteratively modifying a generatively designed three dimensional shape in the design space in accordance with the design criteria and a physical response of the modeled object determined by the numerical simulation performed using the application of the boundary conditions to the voxelized mesh, wherein the distribution of the total loading value during determination of the physical response ensures an equivalence between the total loading value and a sum of loading values distributed to the respective nodes of the voxels that correspond to the surface.

Application of boundary conditions on voxelized meshes in computer aided generative design

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for computer aided design of physical structures using techniques that facilitate manufacturing, include: modifying a three dimensional shape, for which a corresponding physical structure is to be created using a manufacturing process, to produce a modified three dimensional shape; and providing the modified shape of the modeled object for use in manufacturing the physical structure using one or more computer-controlled manufacturing systems that employ the manufacturing process. The modifications can include, for each of two or more discrete layers of the three dimensional shape along a direction associated with the manufacturing process, extracting a two dimensional profile representation of the three dimensional shape in a current discrete layer, offsetting the two dimensional profile representation by an amount associated with the manufacturing process, and changing a next discrete layer using an offset two dimensional profile representation of the current discrete layer.

Computer aided design with geometry filtering to facilitate manufacturing

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for computer aided design of physical structures using generative design processes include: obtaining one or more design criteria, a model of an object for which a physical structure is to be manufactured, and a set of eigenmodes from a modal analysis of the model of the object; extracting a proper subset of non-zero eigenmodes from the set of eigenmodes, wherein the proper subset of non-zero eigenmodes include at least three lowest valued, non-zero eigenmodes; combining data of the proper subset of non-zero eigenmodes to form a strain energy field for the model of the object; iteratively modifying a generatively designed shape of the model of the object using the strain energy field to drive changes to the generatively designed shape of the model; and providing the generatively designed shape of the model of the object.

Computer aided generative design with modal analysis driven shape modification process

The present invention is a system for providing power and controlling a plurality of ethernet devices as described. A driver, wherein the driver provides for the control of the system; a plurality of sensors, wherein the plurality of sensors collect sensor specific data and are in communication with the driver; a Power over Ethernet (POE) switch, wherein the POE switch is in communication with the plurality of sensors; a plurality of fixtures in communication with the driver and the POE switch, wherein the plurality of fixtures are light sources; and a local power source, wherein the local power source is in communication with the POE switch.

Method and system for managing power delivery and fixture operation for power over Ethernet systems

The present invention is a Power over Ethernet (PoE) control module, comprising; an input connector adapted to receive a connection from a first cable, wherein the first cable provides a power signal and a command signal; an output connector adapted to receive a connection from a second cable, wherein the second cable sends a power signal to a set of light fixtures; a bridge circuitry connected to the input and output connectors, wherein the bridge circuitry separates the command signal from the power signal; and a microcontroller connected to the bridge circuity, wherein the microcontroller processes the command signal and sends the command signal to the set of light fixtures wirelessly.

Power over ethernet driver module

A system for providing power and controlling a plurality of ethernet devices, a driver, wherein the driver provides for the control of the system; a plurality of sensors, wherein the plurality of sensors collect sensor specific data and are in communication with the driver; a Power over Ethernet (POE) switch, wherein the POE switch is in communication with the plurality of sensors; a plurality of fixtures in communication with the driver and the POE switch, wherein the plurality of fixtures are light sources; and a local power source, wherein the local power source is in communication with the POE switch.

Method and system for managing power delivery and fixture operation for power over ethernet systems

The present invention is a system for providing power and controlling a plurality of ethernet devices, comprising: a driver, wherein the driver provides for the control of the system; a plurality of sensors, wherein the plurality of sensors collect sensor specific data and are in communication with the driver; a Power over Ethernet (POE) switch, wherein the POE switch is in communication with the plurality of sensors; a plurality of fixtures in communication with the driver and the POE switch, wherein the plurality of fixtures are light sources; and a local power source, wherein the local power source is in communication with the POE switch.

Method and system for managing power delivery and device operation for Power over Ethernet systems

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for computer aided design of physical structures using generative design processes, where the three dimensional (3D) models of the physical structures are produced in accordance with a design criterion that limits a minimum thickness of the generatively designed 3D models, include: obtaining a design space for an object to be manufactured and one or more design criteria including a thickness constraint; iteratively modifying a generatively designed 3D shape of the modeled object in the design space in accordance with the one or more design criteria, including measuring a current thickness for the 3D shape using an overall relationship of a volume of the 3D shape with respect to a surface area of the 3D shape; and providing the generatively designed model for use in manufacturing the physical structure using one or more computer-controlled manufacturing systems.

Computer aided generative design with overall thickness control to facilitate manufacturing and structural performance

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for computer aided design of physical structures using generative design processes, where the 3D models of the physical structures are produced so as to facilitate manufacturing of the physical structures using 2.5-axis subtractive manufacturing systems and techniques, include: obtaining a design space for an object to be manufactured, design criteria, and load case(s); iteratively modifying a generatively designed 3D shape of the modeled object, including generating 2D profile representations (corresponding to discrete layers) of an updated version of the 3D shape, extruding the 2D profile representations along the milling direction, and forming a next version of the 3D shape of the modeled object from a combination of the 3D representations produced by the extruding; and providing the generatively designed 3D shape of the modeled object for use in manufacturing the physical structure using a 2.5-axis subtractive manufacturing process.

Combined automatic reel, cable and hook for restraining bags

Raster image processing computer devices buffer pages of print-ready bitmaps waiting to be printed by a printing engine. A computer device monitors the printing speed of the printing engine and estimates the processing time for the raster image processing computer devices to produce the print-ready bitmaps, based on the complexity of the pages of the print job. The computer device compares the printing speed to the processing time to predict whether the number of pages of the print-ready bitmaps buffered by the raster image processing computer devices will increase or decrease. The computer device places one or more of the raster image processing computer devices in a reduced-power sleep mode when the number of pages of the print-ready bitmaps buffered is between a buffer minimum and a buffer maximum, and is predicted to not decrease.

Adaptive power states in a distributed raster image processing environment

A device and method to restrain a container against a vehicle seat with minimal conspicuousness of the container and obstruction by the container. The device is comprised of a vehicle fastener, strap, recoiling wheel, cable, and container fastener. The method uses the combinative effect of spring, frictional, and gravitational forces to limit the horizontal, vertical, and diagonal movement of the container during normal vehicle operations such as accelerating, decelerating, and turning. The device and method involve placing a container on the vehicle floor near the front edge of a seat, connecting a hook to a headrest pole, attaching an optional stabilizer to the front edge of the seat, extending a cable from the recoiling wheel, connecting a hook to the container handles, and releasing the device and container. The method provides stable and safe retention of a container and allows for the container to be partially hidden from view.

Device and method for restraining containers in a vehicle

A system and a method for adding, authorizing, or activating pre-paid wireless service for multiple users includes receiving one of a plurality of authorization codes associated with a single transaction, single authorization card, or a single account. The system and method further verifying that the received one of the plurality of authorization codes is authentic. The system and method further adding, authorizing, and/or activating wireless service in response to receiving and verifying the one of the plurality codes. A card, print out, and webpage having a plurality of authorization codes implementing the invention is disclosed as well.

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Hanover, MD, United States of America

Jesus Alejandro Rodriguez