Visual preview for laser fabrication by assembling multiple camera images

A system, comprising:

• at least one data processor;
• at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium;
• and
• program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium that are executable by the at least one processor such that the system is configured to:
• generate, via a camera coupled to a moveable gantry of a computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine at a first position within an interior space of the CNC machine, a first image including a first portion of a working area inside the interior space, wherein the CNC machine comprises a head configured to deliver an electromagnetic energy, the head coupled to the gantry;
• cause the gantry to move the camera to a second position within the interior space;
• after causing the gantry to move the camera to the second position, generate, via the camera, a second image including a second portion of the working area;
• generate a third image by combining at least the first image and the second image, the third image being two-dimensional, the third image being generated to include at least a first portion of the first image and at least a second portion of the second image;
• wherein the generating the third image comprises stitching at least the first image and the second image, and wherein the third image includes a larger portion of the working area than either of the first image or the second image;
• and cause a user interface to display the third image.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a system to:

• generate, via a camera coupled to a moveable gantry of a computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine at a first position within an interior space of the CNC machine, a first image including a first portion of a working area inside the interior space, wherein the CNC machine comprises a head configured to deliver an electromagnetic energy, the head coupled to the gantry;
• cause the gantry to move the camera to a second position within the interior space;
• after causing the gantry to move the camera to the second position, generate, via the camera, a second image including a second portion of the working area;
• generate a third image by combining at least the first image and the second image, the third image being two-dimensional, the third image being generated to include at least a first portion of the first image and at least a second portion of the second image;
• wherein the generating the third image comprises stitching at least the first image and the second image, and wherein the third image includes a larger portion of the working area than either of the first image or the second image;
• and cause a user interface to display the third image.