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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018

Filed:

May. 19, 2016
Applicant:

X Development Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Johan Jessen, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jeff Linnell, Woodside, CA (US);

Kendra Byrne, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jonathan Proto, San Francisco, CA (US);

Brandon Kruysman, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

X Development LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23D 59/00 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); B29C 64/141 (2017.01); B29C 64/40 (2017.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23D 59/003 (2013.01); B29C 64/141 (2017.08); B29C 64/386 (2017.08); B29C 64/40 (2017.08); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); Y10S 901/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

Example implementations may relate to interactive object fabrication. In particular, a control system may receive model data defining a 3D shape of a physical object that is fabricable out of a substrate at a work site. The system may then direct a projection system to emit onto the substrate a projection illustrative of the 3D shape defined by the model data. Also, the system may transmit, to a robotic system, fabrication instructions that direct the robotic system to fabricate the physical object in accordance with the model data. subsequently, during fabrication of the physical object, the system may (i) receive progress data indicative of a portion of the physical object that has been fabricated from the substrate, and (ii) direct the projection system to update the projection of the 3D shape to remove a portion of the projection corresponding to the portion of the physical object that has been fabricated.


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