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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2006
Alex A. Hanna, Ooltewah, TN (US);
Bruce W. Keen, Mount Bethel, PA (US);
Richard J. Barrett, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Alex A. Hanna, Ooltewah, TN (US);
Bruce W. Keen, Mount Bethel, PA (US);
Richard J. Barrett, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Mars Incorporated, McLean, VA (US);
Abstract
Confectionary image design system including a graphical user interface through which a user defines a pattern of confectionary pieces to be arranged on a substrate. A computer processor controls the graphical user interface through which the user defines the pattern, and provides instructions for arranging the confectionary pieces in the defined pattern. A container retains the confectionary pieces used to form the defined pattern. A robot receives from the computer processor the instructions for arranging the confectionary pieces, retrieves the confectionary pieces stored in the container, and arranges the pieces on the substrate in the pattern defined by the user.