Patents by Inventor Anthony James Buser

Anthony James Buser 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).

  • Grayscale rendering in 3D printing
    Patent number: 10682814
    Abstract: An article of manufacture formed by a three-dimensional printing process that uses multiple build materials with different optical properties (e.g., color, opacity, and the like) at different surface depths to achieve grayscale-rendered images on exterior surfaces thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: MakerBot Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Nathaniel B. Pettis, Adam G. Mayer, Anthony James Buser
  • Downloadable three-dimensional models
    Patent number: 10150248
    Abstract: A server is configured to store a number of different models of an object in machine-ready form corresponding to a number of different three-dimensional printers having differing capabilities and/or hardware configurations. When a user at a client device or a printer requests the object, the server automatically determines a printer type and selects a suitable, corresponding machine-ready model for immediate fabrication by the printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: MakerBot Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Nathaniel B. Pettis, Anthony James Buser, Justin Day, Jonah Gold, Bryan Vaccaro, Joseph Neal
  • DOWNLOADABLE THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS
    Publication number: 20180311890
    Abstract: A server is configured to store a number of different models of an object in machine-ready form corresponding to a number of different three-dimensional printers having differing capabilities and/or hardware configurations. When a user at a client device or a printer requests the object, the server automatically determines a printer type and selects a suitable, corresponding machine-ready model for immediate fabrication by the printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Nathaniel B. Pettis, Anthony James Buser, Justin Day, Jonah Gold, Bryan Vaccaro, Joseph Neal
  • GRAYSCALE RENDERING IN 3D PRINTING
    Publication number: 20180290385
    Abstract: An article of manufacture formed by a three-dimensional printing process that uses multiple build materials with different optical properties (e.g., color, opacity, and the like) at different surface depths to achieve grayscale-rendered images on exterior surfaces thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Nathaniel B. Pettis, Adam G. Mayer, Anthony James Buser
  • Grayscale rendering in 3D printing
    Patent number: 10016943
    Abstract: An additive three-dimensional fabrication process uses multiple build materials with different optical properties (e.g., color, opacity) at different surface depths to achieve grayscale-rendered images on exterior surfaces thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: MakerBot Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Nathaniel B. Pettis, Adam G. Mayer, Anthony James Buser
  • Downloadable three-dimensional models
    Patent number: 10005226
    Abstract: A server is configured to store a number of different models of an object in machine-ready form corresponding to a number of different three-dimensional printers having differing capabilities and/or hardware configurations. When a user at a client device or a printer requests the object, the server automatically determines a printer type and selects a suitable, corresponding machine-ready model for immediate fabrication by the printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: MakerBot Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Nathaniel B. Pettis, Anthony James Buser, Justin Day, Jonah Gold, Bryan Vaccaro, Joseph Neal
  • DOWNLOADABLE THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS
    Publication number: 20180104890
    Abstract: A server is configured to store a number of different models of an object in machine-ready form corresponding to a number of different three-dimensional printers having differing capabilities and/or hardware configurations. When a user at a client device or a printer requests the object, the server automatically determines a printer type and selects a suitable, corresponding machine-ready model for immediate fabrication by the printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Nathaniel B. Pettis, Anthony James Buser, Justin Day, Jonah Gold, Bryan Vaccaro, Joseph Neal
  • Downloadable three-dimensional models
    Patent number: 9844914
    Abstract: A server is configured to store a number of different models of an object in machine-ready form corresponding to a number of different three-dimensional printers having differing capabilities and/or hardware configurations. When a user at a client device or a printer requests the object, the server automatically determines a printer type and selects a suitable, corresponding machine-ready model for immediate fabrication by the printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: MakerBot Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Nathaniel B. Pettis, Anthony James Buser, Justin Day, Jonah Gold, Bryan Vaccaro, Joseph Neal
  • Voice-controlled three-dimensional fabrication
    Patent number: 9824690
    Abstract: An additive three-dimensional fabrication system includes voice control for user interaction. This voice-controlled interface can enable a variety of voice-controlled functions and operations, while supporting interactions specific to consumer-oriented fabrication processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: MarkerBot Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony James Buser, Nathaniel B. Pettis
  • Printer with laser scanner and tool-mounted camera
    Patent number: 9789649
    Abstract: A three-dimensional printer includes a laser line scanner and hardware to rotate the scanner relative to an object on a build platform. In this configuration, three-dimensional surface data can be obtained from the object, e.g., for use as an input to subsequent processing steps such as the generation of tool instructions to fabricate a three-dimensional copy of the object, or various surfaces thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: MakerBot Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony James Buser, Ariel Douglas, Nathaniel B. Pettis
  • Displays for three-dimensional printers
    Patent number: 9473760
    Abstract: A variety of techniques are disclosed for incorporating displays into three-dimensional printers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: MakerBot Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony James Buser, Ariel Douglas, Jennifer J. Lawton, Robert M. McGuire, Nathaniel B. Pettis
  • VOICE-CONTROLLED THREE-DIMENSIONAL FABRICATION
    Publication number: 20160260432
    Abstract: An additive three-dimensional fabrication system includes voice control for user interaction. This voice-controlled interface can enable a variety of voice-controlled functions and operations, while supporting interactions specific to consumer-oriented fabrication processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Anthony James Buser, Nathaniel B. Pettis
  • Voice-controlled three-dimensional fabrication
    Patent number: 9349374
    Abstract: An additive three-dimensional fabrication system includes voice control for user interaction. This voice-controlled interface can enable a variety of voice-controlled functions and operations, while supporting interactions specific to consumer-oriented fabrication processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: MakerBot Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony James Buser, Nathaniel B. Pettis
  • GRAYSCALE RENDERING IN 3D PRINTING
    Publication number: 20160136901
    Abstract: An additive three-dimensional fabrication process uses multiple build materials with different optical properties (e.g., color, opacity) at different surface depths to achieve grayscale-rendered images on exterior surfaces thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Nathaniel B. Pettis, Adam G. Mayer, Anthony James Buser
  • Grayscale rendering in 3D printing
    Patent number: 9248623
    Abstract: An additive three-dimensional fabrication process uses multiple build materials with different optical properties (e.g., color, opacity) at different surface depths to achieve grayscale-rendered images on exterior surfaces thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: MakerBot Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Nathaniel B. Pettis, Adam G. Mayer, Anthony James Buser
  • VOICE-CONTROLLED THREE-DIMENSIONAL FABRICATION
    Publication number: 20150348557
    Abstract: An additive three-dimensional fabrication system includes voice control for user interaction. This voice-controlled interface can enable a variety of voice-controlled functions and operations, while supporting interactions specific to consumer-oriented fabrication processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Anthony James Buser, Nathaniel B. Pettis
  • Three-dimensional printer with laser line scanner
    Patent number: 9172829
    Abstract: A three-dimensional printer includes a laser line scanner and hardware to rotate the scanner relative to an object on a build platform. In this configuration, three-dimensional surface data can be obtained from the object, e.g., for use as an input to subsequent processing steps such as the generation of tool instructions to fabricate a three-dimensional copy of the object, or various surfaces thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: MakerBot Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Hugo Boyer, Anthony James Buser, Ariel Douglas, Nathaniel B. Pettis
  • Voice-controlled three-dimensional fabrication system
    Patent number: 9108450
    Abstract: An additive three-dimensional fabrication system includes voice control for user interaction. This voice-controlled interface can enable a variety of voice-controlled functions and operations, while supporting interactions specific to consumer-oriented fabrication processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: MakerBot Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony James Buser, Nathaniel B. Pettis
  • THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING WITH CONTROL OF THERMOALTERABLE BUILD MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20140265035
    Abstract: A variety of thermoalterable build materials are disclosed for use in three-dimensional printing, along with techniques for controlling properties of such materials in a fabricated object. In particular, changes in material flow rate permit instantaneous changes in heat transfer and resulting variations in the amount of thermoalteration, without requiring any changes to the temperature of a heater or extruder used to extrude the material. In this manner, flow rate facilitates spatial control of properties within a fabricated object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: MakerBot Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony James Buser, Christine Jan Lawrence Sumerel
  • MOBILE DEVICE ACCESSORY FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCANNING
    Publication number: 20140043441
    Abstract: A variety of techniques are disclosed for enabling three-dimensional scanning with mobile devices. In general, an accessory provides additional optics, image sensors, lighting and/or processing to complement preexisting device hardware in support of a variety of three-dimensional imaging techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventors: Gregory Alan Borenstein, Anthony James Buser, Ariel Douglas, Charles E. Pax