Patents by Inventor Rachael Ludwick
Rachael Ludwick 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).
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Patent number: 11860606Abstract: A method may include generating, by a camera having a view of an interior portion of a computer-numerically-controlled machine, an image comprising a pattern. The image can be transformed into a set of machine instructions for controlling the computer-numerically-controlled machine to effect a change in a material. The change can correspond to at least a portion of the pattern. At least one machine instruction from the set of machine instructions can be executed to control the computer-numerically-controlled machine to effect at least a portion of the change. The execution can include operating, in accordance with the at least one machine instruction, a tool coupled with the computer-numerically-controlled machine. The tool can be configured to effect the change on the material. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Glowforge, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Shapiro, Mark Gosselin, Anthony Wright, Jonathan Park, Kevin McVey, Scott Haug, Rachael Ludwick, Daniel Martinec
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Publication number: 20220276632Abstract: A method may include generating, by a camera having a view of an interior portion of a computer-numerically-controlled machine, an image comprising a pattern. The image can be transformed into a set of machine instructions for controlling the computer-numerically-controlled machine to effect a change in a material. The change can correspond to at least a portion of the pattern. At least one machine instruction from the set of machine instructions can be executed to control the computer-numerically-controlled machine to effect at least a portion of the change. The execution can include operating, in accordance with the at least one machine instruction, a tool coupled with the computer-numerically-controlled machine. The tool can be configured to effect the change on the material. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Daniel Shapiro, Mark Gosselin, Anthony Wright, Jonathan Park, Kevin McVey, Scott Haug, Rachael Ludwick, Daniel Martinec
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Publication number: 20220171366Abstract: A method for computer numerically controlled processing may include receiving configurations for a fabrication in which a computer numerically controlled machine processes a material to achieve one or more designs. An analysis may be performed to determine whether a thermal event occurs during the fabrication. The analysis may include performing one or more of a time-variant simulation and a time-invariant simulation of the fabrication. The thermal event may include one or more regions of the material exhibiting an undesirable response to the electromagnetic energy delivered to the material. One or more outputs may be generated based on the result of the thermal verification. The outputs may include a visualization of the quantity of energy exposure across the material, an alert if a thermal event is determined to occur during the fabrication, and corrective actions for resolving potential thermal events.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2020Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Daniel Shapiro, Mark Gosselin, Nicodemus Paradiso, Penelope Ackerman, Rachael Ludwick, Will Simons, John Peter Tapsell
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Patent number: 11338387Abstract: A method for dithering can include receiving, at a computer numerically controlled machine comprising a laser, a motion plan corresponding to a first image. The output of the laser can be dithered, in accordance with the motion plan, to effect a change in a material within an interior space of the computer numerically controlled machine. The change can substantially reproduce at least a portion of the first image on the material. The dithering can include providing laser energy to the material at a native resolution based at least on a spot size of the laser. The spot size can be determined based at least on one or more parameters of the computer numerically controlled machine and/or one or more properties of the material. The laser energy can be delivered at locations separated by a distance no less than the spot size.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Glowforge Inc.Inventors: Daniel Shapiro, Mark Gosselin, Anthony Wright, Rachael Ludwick, Jonathan Park
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Patent number: 11249456Abstract: A method may include generating, by a camera having a view of an interior portion of a computer-numerically-controlled machine, an image comprising a pattern. The image can be transformed into a set of machine instructions for controlling the computer-numerically-controlled machine to effect a change in a material. The change can correspond to at least a portion of the pattern. At least one machine instruction from the set of machine instructions can be executed to control the computer-numerically-controlled machine to effect at least a portion of the change. The execution can include operating, in accordance with the at least one machine instruction, a tool coupled with the computer-numerically-controlled machine. The tool can configured to effect the change on the material. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2017Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Glowforge Inc.Inventors: Daniel Shapiro, Mark Gosselin, Anthony Wright, Jonathan Park, Kevin McVey, Scott Haug, Rachael Ludwick, Daniel Martinec
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Publication number: 20200331095Abstract: A method for dithering can include receiving, at a computer numerically controlled machine comprising a laser, a motion plan corresponding to a first image. The output of the laser can be dithered, in accordance with the motion plan, to effect a change in a material within an interior space of the computer numerically controlled machine. The change can substantially reproduce at least a portion of the first image on the material. The dithering can include providing laser energy to the material at a native resolution based at least on a spot size of the laser. The spot size can be determined based at least on one or more parameters of the computer numerically controlled machine and/or one or more properties of the material. The laser energy can be delivered at locations separated by a distance no less than the spot size.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventors: Daniel Shapiro, Mark Gosselin, Anthony Wright, Rachael Ludwick, Jonathan Park
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Patent number: 10737355Abstract: A method for dithering can include receiving, at a computer numerically controlled machine comprising a laser, a motion plan corresponding to a first image. The output of the laser can be dithered, in accordance with the motion plan, to effect a change in a material within an interior space of the computer numerically controlled machine. The change can substantially reproduce at least a portion of the first image on the material. The dithering can include providing laser energy to the material at a native resolution based at least on a spot size of the laser. The spot size can be determined based at least on one or more parameters of the computer numerically controlled machine and/or one or more properties of the material. The laser energy can be delivered at locations separated by a distance no less than the spot size.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2017Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Glowforge Inc.Inventors: Daniel Shapiro, Mark Gosselin, Anthony Wright, Rachael Ludwick, Jonathan Park