The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1994
Keyence Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A laser marking device for describing geometric forms such as characters and symbols including at least one line element on a surface that is being irradiated with laser light for two-dimensional scanning, comprises: a laser source; scanning optics for allowing the laser light from the laser source to be deflected two-dimensionally; and a control system for controlling both the ON/OFF operation of the laser source and the deflecting operation of the scanning optics. The control system includes ROM which stores graphic data on the line elements, CPU which retrieves the graphic data from ROM and constructs a command for graphic description, GDC which receives the command and constructs both coordinate data on a plurality of points of locus and laser ON/OFF data, and line memory which, in response to a WRITE command from GDC, receives the coordinate data and laser ON/OFF data while outputting the former to the scanning optics and the latter to laser source at a given speed.