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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
May. 16, 2023
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Amir Ahmadi, Savannah, GA (US);
Frederick J. Arsenault, Stillwater, MN (US);
Andrew P. Baussan, West St. Paul, MN (US);
Brian E. Brooks, St. Paul, MN (US);
Christopher M. Brown, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Glenn E. Casner, Woodbury, MN (US);
Landon B. Davis, Woodbury, MN (US);
Joseph Horowitz, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Brett P. Krull, St. Anthony, MN (US);
Maya Pandurangan, Edison, NJ (US);
Travis W. Rasmussen, Rosemount, MN (US);
Robert W. Shannon, Stillwater, MN (US);
Margaret M. Sheridan, Woodbury, MN (US);
Gautam Singh, Woodbury, MN (US);
Lori A. Sjolund, Stillwater, MN (US);
Nader Tavaf, Minneapolis, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A method includes detecting, via object detection hardware, a portion of at least one of a plurality of objects, receiving object attributes for the at least one of a plurality of objects, providing at least one contact area, based upon the object attributes, on each of a plurality of object representations corresponding to each of the at least one of a plurality of objects, providing a surface representation, displaying, via display hardware, the plurality of object representations each residing upon the surface representation, and displaying at least one support area on the surface representation corresponding to the at least one contact area associated with the plurality of object representations.