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Patent No.:

US 10552095 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 15, 2018

Bin packing in 3d printers

Applicant:

Wiivv Wearables Company, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Colin M. Lawson, Vancouver, CA;

Michael C. Salmon, West Vancouver, CA;

Carly M Fennell, Vancouver, CA;

Christopher W. Bellamy, Vancouver, CA;

Amy J. Vanden Eynde, Vancouver, CA;

Christopher M. Owen, San Diego, CA (US);

Shamil N. Hargovan, San Jose, CA (US);

Hsiao Ting Lin, Coquitlam, CA;

Aron Tremble, North Vancouver, CA;

Assignee:

Wiivv Wearables Inc., Vancouver, CA;

Attorneys:

Perkins Coie LLP

Jordan M. Becker

Primary Examiner:

Mark A Connolly

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/402 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); G05B 19/4155 (2006.01); G05B 19/4099 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01); G06F 16/51 (2019.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1204 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); G06F 3/126 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G05B 19/4099 (2013.01); G05B 19/4155 (2013.01); G05B 2219/49023 (2013.01); G06F 16/51 (2019.01); G06F 17/5009 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a technique to efficiently pack a print volume of 3D printers having print jobs with a large number of objects. The technique positions unique objects that adhere to a similar structural pattern more closely when the degree of variation between the objects is small. Thus, while each object is unique, a greater extent of similarity between the objects causes a given group of objects to be positioned more closely to one another in the print area of the 3D printer.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Lawson, Colin. (2020). Bin packing in 3d printers (U.S. Patent No. 10552095). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10552095

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