Patents by Inventor Khai Nguyen Tran

Khai Nguyen Tran 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: 10543673
    Abstract: Described herein is a system and method for detecting and compensating for an anomaly in three-dimensional object fabrication. A wall thickness computation component computes a wall thickness of a three-dimensional object to be fabricated. An edge map generation component generates an edge map for one or more portions of the three-dimensional object to be fabricated satisfying one or more wall thickness criteria. The wall thickness criteria includes, for example, a computed wall thickness less than an extrusion width of a fabrication apparatus, a computed wall thickness greater than an extrusion width and less than twice the extrusion width and/or a computed wall thickness not an integer multiple of the extrusion width. A tool path generation component generates a tool path based on the generated edge map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Khai Nguyen Tran, Emmett Walter Lalish
  • Patent number: 10452056
    Abstract: Described herein is a system and method system for fabricating a three-dimensional object using a plurality of extruders. Information including two-dimensional segments of a layer of a three-dimensional object to be fabricated using the plurality of extruders is received. Closed contour, two-dimensional polygons are computed based on the two-dimensional segments. Tool path(s) are generated based on the computed closed contour two-dimensional polygons. The generated tool path(s) are provided to a fabrication apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Khai Nguyen Tran, Emmett Walter Lalish
  • Publication number: 20190033827
    Abstract: Described herein is a system and method system for fabricating a three-dimensional object using a plurality of extruders. Information including two-dimensional segments of a layer of a three-dimensional object to be fabricated using the plurality of extruders is received. Closed contour, two-dimensional polygons are computed based on the two-dimensional segments. Tool path(s) are generated based on the computed closed contour two-dimensional polygons. The generated tool path(s) are provided to a fabrication apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Khai Nguyen Tran, Emmett Walter Lalish
  • Publication number: 20180264751
    Abstract: Described herein is a system and method for detecting and compensating for an anomaly in three-dimensional object fabrication. A wall thickness computation component computes a wall thickness of a three-dimensional object to be fabricated. An edge map generation component generates an edge map for one or more portions of the three-dimensional object to be fabricated satisfying one or more wall thickness criteria. The wall thickness criteria includes, for example, a computed wall thickness less than an extrusion width of a fabrication apparatus, a computed wall thickness greater than an extrusion width and less than twice the extrusion width and/or a computed wall thickness not an integer multiple of the extrusion width. A tool path generation component generates a tool path based on the generated edge map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Khai Nguyen Tran, Emmett Walter Lalish