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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Markem-imaje Corporation, Keene, NH (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Markem-Imaje Corporation, Keene, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/44 (2006.01); B41J 2/475 (2006.01); B23K 26/00 (2014.01); G06K 15/12 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/475 (2013.01); B23K 26/0066 (2013.01); B41J 2/442 (2013.01); G06K 15/128 (2013.01); G06K 15/1802 (2013.01); G06K 15/1847 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system directs a laser beam to mark a material with an alphanumeric code. Character and quality information corresponding to a mark to apply to the material with the laser beam can be received, a font definition that specifies character segments can be obtained, a set of multiple spaced locations can be generated from the character segments in accordance with the character and quality information, and the material can be marked with the laser beam by directing the laser beam to dwell at the locations and move between the locations without deactivating the laser beam.