Patents by Inventor Todd Alan Rhodes

Todd Alan Rhodes 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).

  • Remote material yield optimization for leather and other heterogeneous material
    Patent number: 10338564
    Abstract: A system for processing a work-piece including a sheet of material into pieces includes a production environment configured for collecting data characterizing the work-piece and for subsequently cutting the work-piece into a plurality of products; and a development environment separate from the production environment, the development environment configured for receiving characterization data from the production environment, developing a nesting strategy for cutting the work-piece and providing the nesting strategy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: GERBER TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Thomas A. Gordon, William T. Lord, Todd Alan Rhodes
  • REMOTE MATERIAL YIELD OPTIMIZATION FOR LEATHER AND OTHER HETEROGENEOUS MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20170131703
    Abstract: A system for processing a work-piece including a sheet of material into pieces includes a production environment configured for collecting data characterizing the work-piece and for subsequently cutting the work-piece into a plurality of products; and a development environment separate from the production environment, the development environment configured for receiving characterization data from the production environment, developing a nesting strategy for cutting the work-piece and providing the nesting strategy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas A. Gordon, William T. Lord, Todd Alan Rhodes