US 10,372,108 B2Granted

Production of components of custom structures

AssigneePopUp Play Inc.

InventorsAmelia Cosgrove Thomas, Bryan Thomas, Paul Zain

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Abstract

One aspect of the technology relates to a method for production of components of a custom structure. A design is electronically received remotely from a client, where the design has a structure having one or more three-dimensional components, and a graphic positioned on the structure. At least one two-dimensional manufacturing drawing is acquired from a database corresponding to each three-dimensional component, where each manufacturing drawing defines a cut location. In response to acquiring the at least one two-dimensional manufacturing drawings, the graphic is mapped to the two-dimensional manufacturing drawing consistently with the position of the graphic on the structure. Each acquired manufacturing drawing and the mapped graphic is electronically sent to a computer numeric control (CNC) cutting system.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A method for production of components of a custom structure comprising:

electronically receiving a design remotely from a client, the design comprising:
a representation of a structure having two or more three-dimensional components, and
a representation of a graphic positioned on the structure;
acquiring, from a database, at least one two-dimensional manufacturing drawing corresponding to each three-dimensional component, wherein each manufacturing drawing defines a cut location;
in response to acquiring the at least one two-dimensional manufacturing drawing, mapping the graphic to the two-dimensional manufacturing drawing consistently with the position of the graphic on the structure;
electronically sending each acquired manufacturing drawing and the mapped graphic to a computer numeric control (CNC) cutting system;
and
the client displaying representations of a plurality of pre-defined three-dimensional components as options to a user through a user interface, wherein the representations of the two or more three-dimensional components are configured to be selected by the user through the user interface from the plurality of pre-defined three-dimensional components and the representations of the two or more three-dimensional components are configured to be coupled to each other by the user through the user interface to form the representation of the structure.

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A system for production of components of custom structures comprising:

a database having a plurality of two-dimensional manufacturing drawings each defining a cut location;
a server configured to receive a user design of a structure defined by a representation of one or more three-dimensional components and a graphic, wherein each of the three-dimensional components has at least one corresponding two-dimensional manufacturing drawing in the database;
a selection module configured to acquire each of the corresponding two-dimensional manufacturing drawings from the database in response to receiving the user design of the structure;
an instruction module configured to receive the two-dimensional manufacturing drawings and map the graphic to one or more of the acquired two-dimensional manufacturing drawings consistently with the user design of the structure;
wherein the server is further configured to send each acquired two-dimensional manufacturing drawing and the mapped graphic to a computer numeric control (CNC) cutting system;
and
a client configured to:
display representations of a plurality of three-dimensional components on a user interface as options for a user to design the structure;
and
allow the user to couple a selected representation of a three-dimensional component to another selected representation of a three-dimensional component on the user interface to design the structure.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/231,372Filed 8 Aug 2016 · us provisional application
Priority: 8 Aug 2015
Published: US 2017/0038766 A19 Feb 2017
Granted: 6 Aug 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G05B 19/4097
Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to…
G05B 15/02
Systems controlled by a computer: electric
G05B 2219/32035
Operator till task planning: compose, configure article and order
G05B 2219/32036
Operator till task planning: enter data, values for custom made articles