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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2021
Addup, Cebazat, FR;
Antoine Anneton, Cebazat, FR;
Raphael Vernet, Cebazat, FR;
Olivier Lauwers, Cebazat, FR;
Ahmed-Amine Homman, Cebazat, FR;
ADDUP, Cebazat, FR;
Abstract
A removable image-capture apparatus () comprises an opening () intended to receive a calibration plate () bearing a reference marking () and possibly a test marking (). The apparatus () comprises a source () of backlighting visible light situated beneath the opening (), a sensor () for acquiring an image, in the backlighting visible light, of the plate (), a guiding and supporting device () for positioning the sensor () above the opening () relative to the surround (), a calculation device () configured to analyze the image, recognize the marking () and possibly the marking () in the image, and calculate aiming-command corrections intended for a firing system firing a powerful incident-radiation beam, which system belongs to an additive manufacturing apparatus, distinct and separate from the apparatus ().