Patents by Inventor Eli Wilson

Eli Wilson 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).

  • Techniques for binarizing images to determine jetting quality in additive manufacturing
    Patent number: 12400310
    Abstract: Image processing techniques for determining print quality for a 3D printer are disclosed. An example method includes obtaining an image of material jetted from a nozzle of the 3D printer. The method also includes binarizing the image to distinguish background features from foreground features contained in the image. The method also includes determining, by a processing device, a jetting quality based on the binarized image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Christoforos Somarakis, Robert R. Price, Svyatoslav Korneev, Matt Patterson, Adrian Lew, Brendan Mcnamara, Eli Wilson
  • Image processing techniques for jetting quality classification in additive manufacturing
    Patent number: 12198323
    Abstract: Techniques for determining print quality for a 3D printer are disclosed. An example method includes obtaining an image of a stream of material jetted from a nozzle of the 3D printer, and binarizing the image to distinguish background features from foreground features contained in the image. The method also includes identifying elements of jetted material in the foreground features, and computing statistical data characterizing the identified elements. The method also includes generating a quality score of jetting quality based on the statistical data and controlling the 3D printer based on the quality score. The quality score indicates a degree to which the elements of jetted material form droplets of a same size, shape, alignment, and jetting frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Christoforos Somarakis, Robert R. Price, Svyatoslav Korneev, Matt Patterson, Adrian Lew, Brendan Mcnamara, Eli Wilson
  • IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES FOR JETTING QUALITY CLASSIFICATION IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
    Publication number: 20230410277
    Abstract: Techniques for determining print quality for a 3D printer are disclosed. An example method includes obtaining an image of a stream of material jetted from a nozzle of the 3D printer, and binarizing the image to distinguish background features from foreground features contained in the image. The method also includes identifying elements of jetted material in the foreground features, and computing statistical data characterizing the identified elements. The method also includes generating a quality score of jetting quality based on the statistical data and controlling the 3D printer based on the quality score. The quality score indicates a degree to which the elements of jetted material form droplets of a same size, shape, alignment, and jetting frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Christoforos Somarakis, Robert R. Price, Svyatoslav Korneev, Matt Patterson, Adrian Lew, Brendan Mcnamara, Eli Wilson
  • TECHNIQUES FOR BINARIZING IMAGES TO DETERMINE JETTING QUALITY IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
    Publication number: 20230410278
    Abstract: Image processing techniques for determining print quality for a 3D printer are disclosed. An example method includes obtaining an image of material jetted from a nozzle of the 3D printer. The method also includes binarizing the image to distinguish background features from foreground features contained in the image. The method also includes determining, by a processing device, a jetting quality based on the binarized image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Christoforos Somarakis, Robert R. Price, Svyatoslav Korneev, Matt Patterson, Adrian Lew, Brendan Mcnamara, Eli Wilson