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System for processing a workpiece

US10449619B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Peddinghaus Corporation · US

Inventors

James F. Williams · Worthington, US
Edward J. Brzezniak · Orland Park, US
Peter Eckert · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 11, 2016
Grant date	Oct 22, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 3, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30164
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system (40) for processing a workpiece includes a support surface (88) for supporting a workpiece (44). The system (40) includes a processing tool (92) movable with respect to a processing path. The system (40) includes a sensor carriage (408) movable along a scan axis and having a light source (476, 515, 550, 586) located to emit a light beam at an angle to the scan axis onto a target surface of a workpiece (44), and a camera (484, 522, 558, 594) configured to record location data of the light beam on a target surface of a workpiece (44) as the sensor carriage (408) moves along the scan axis. The system (40) includes a control system for generating a three-dimensional point representation of a workpiece surface from the light beam location data, to control movement of the processing tool (92) based on the three-dimensional point representation of a workpiece (44).

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