Patents by Inventor Stéphane BARBE

Stéphane BARBE 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).

  • Method for laying out pieces to be cut automatically into a patterned fabric
    Patent number: 12377566
    Abstract: A method for placing pieces intended to be cut automatically from a fabric having a pattern that repeats at a predetermined pitch, called pattern pitch, involves the steps of determining a list of pieces to be placed on the fabric, for at least one piece of the placement, calculating a contour to be placed around the piece, the contour having a variable margin in order to avoid an overlap between adjacent pieces, the margin being a function of a predefined rate of variation of the fabric and of at least one predetermined constraint of placement of the piece on the fabric, and developing a theoretical placement of the pieces on the fabric taking into account the contour to be placed of each piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: LECTRA
    Inventors: Stéphane Barbe, Patrick Moreau, Sébastien Fernandes
  • METHOD FOR LAYING OUT PIECES TO BE CUT AUTOMATICALLY INTO A PATTERNED FABRIC
    Publication number: 20220234233
    Abstract: A method for placing pieces intended to be cut automatically from a fabric having a pattern that repeats at a predetermined pitch, called pattern pitch, involves the steps of determining a list of pieces to be placed on the fabric, for at least one piece of the placement, calculating a contour to be placed around the piece, the contour having a variable margin in order to avoid an overlap between adjacent pieces, the margin being a function of a predefined rate of variation of the fabric and of at least one predetermined constraint of placement of the piece on the fabric, and developing a theoretical placement of the pieces on the fabric taking into account the contour to be placed of each piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Stéphane BARBE, Patrick MOREAU, Sébastien FERNANDES