Patents by Inventor Vaclav Muchna

Vaclav Muchna has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Secure 3D printer and 3D printer management network
    Patent number: 10006225
    Abstract: A printer management system includes one or more printing devices having a printing area for printing according to a digital file, an access area through which a user may access the printing area, and a locking mechanism configured to lock the access area preventing access to the printing area. A management server is communicatively coupled to the one or more printing devices over a communication network and is configured to receive a print request from one or more user devices or one of the one or more printing devices to print the digital file, transmit the digital file to one of the one or more printing devices, and transmit commands to lock and unlock the locking mechanism of the one or more printing devices. In one embodiment the management system is configured to update a printing status of each of the one or more printing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Y Soft Corporation, a.s.
    Inventors: Vaclav Muchna, Ondrej Krajicek, David Miklas, Vladimir Coufal
  • SECURE 3D PRINTER AND 3D PRINTER MANAGEMENT NETWORK
    Publication number: 20170218660
    Abstract: A printer management system includes one or more printing devices having a printing area for printing according to a digital file, an access area through which a user may access the printing area, and a locking mechanism configured to lock the access area preventing access to the printing area. A management server is communicatively coupled to the one or more printing devices over a communication network and is configured to receive a print request from one or more user devices or one of the one or more printing devices to print the digital file, transmit the digital file to one of the one or more printing devices, and transmit commands to lock and unlock the locking mechanism of the one or more printing devices. In one embodiment the management system is configured to update a printing status of each of the one or more printing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Vaclav Muchna, Ondrej Krajicek, David Miklas, Vladimir Coufal