Patents by Inventor Frederic Vignat

Frederic Vignat 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).

  • Patent number: 12053932
    Abstract: Systems devices, and methods including: an additive manufacturing component having tools for manufacturing parts and a support structure associated with a part being manufactured; a computing device configured to: identify a region to support on the part being manufactured; determine a set of one or more slices via an iterative process; determine a set of support lines based on the determined set of one or more slices; determine a density associated with the determined set of support lines; and transmit instructions to the additive manufacturing component to add a slice on to the support structure based on the determined set of support lines and associated density; and where the additive manufacturing component is configured to execute a series of instructions to connect the support structure to the region to support via the determined set of support lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignees: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH, L'INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE
    Inventors: Frederic Vignat, Christelle Grandvallet
  • Patent number: 11609546
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods including: receiving, by an interpreter component having a processor with addressable memory, a first state of a tool of a computer numerical control (CNC) machine; determining, by the interpreter component, a reward and a value of the reward based on the received first state, where the reward is at least one of: positive and negative; transmitting, by the interpreter component, a set of information comprising the determined reward and the value of the reward to an agent component; performing, by the agent component, at least one action to generate a tool path and to proceed to a second state, where the second state is combined with the first state; and determining, by the agent component, the generated tool path based on the determined reward and value associated with the at least one action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Inventors: Frederic Vignat, Rafael Magalhaes, Luc Manzetti
  • Publication number: 20220118713
    Abstract: Systems devices, and methods including: an additive manufacturing component having tools for manufacturing parts and a support structure associated with a part being manufactured; a computing device configured to: identify a region to support on the part being manufactured; determine a set of one or more slices via an iterative process; determine a set of support lines based on the determined set of one or more slices; determine a density associated with the determined set of support lines; and transmit instructions to the additive manufacturing component to add a slice on to the support structure based on the determined set of support lines and associated density; and where the additive manufacturing component is configured to execute a series of instructions to connect the support structure to the region to support via the determined set of support lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Frederic Vignat, Christelle Grandvallet
  • Publication number: 20210132580
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods including: receiving, by an interpreter component having a processor with addressable memory, a first state of a tool of a computer numerical control (CNC) machine; determining, by the interpreter component, a reward and a value of the reward based on the received first state, where the reward is at least one of: positive and negative; transmitting, by the interpreter component, a set of information comprising the determined reward and the value of the reward to an agent component; performing, by the agent component, at least one action to generate a tool path and to proceed to a second state, where the second state is combined with the first state; and determining, by the agent component, the generated tool path based on the determined reward and value associated with the at least one action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Frederic Vignat, Rafael Magalhaes, Luc Manzetti