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US 12,006,073 B1Granted
Space printer
AssigneeRKF Engineering Solutions, LLC
InventorsJeffrey Freedman, Ted Kaplan, Phil Rubin, David Marshack, David Milliner
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Abstract
An item to write on a surface of a celestial body that has less atmosphere than Earth is received at a communications station and from a user device. An instruction that triggers the robot to write the item on the surface of the celestial body is provided by the communications station and to a robot on the surface of the celestial body. An image of the item written on the surface of the celestial body is received by the communications station and from the robot. The image of the item written on the surface of the celestial body is provided by the communications station and to the user device.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- receiving, at a communications station from a user device distinct from the communications station and that is communicably coupled to the communications station, data corresponding to content to generate on a surface of an extraterrestrial object;
- determining, by the communications station, a target location on the surface of the extraterrestrial object for generating the content;
- providing, by the communications station to an electronic device of one or more electronic devices on the surface of the extraterrestrial object, an instruction to generate the content at the target location on the surface of the extraterrestrial object;
- receiving, by the communications station from the electronic device, an indication of the content having been generated at the target location on the surface of the extraterrestrial object;
- and
- providing, by the communications station to the user device, confirmation that the content has been generated on the surface of the extraterrestrial object.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, at an electronic device from a user device that is communicably coupled to the electronic device, data corresponding to content to generate on a surface of an extraterrestrial object;
- in response to receiving the data corresponding to content to generate on the surface of the extraterrestrial object, determining, by the electronic device, a target location on the surface of the extraterrestrial object for generating the content;
- generating, by the electronic device using one or more instruments coupled to the electronic device, the content at the target location on the surface of the extraterrestrial object;
- and
- providing, by the electronic device to the user device, confirmation that the content has been generated on the surface of the extraterrestrial object.
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A system comprising:
- a communications station;
- one or more electronic devices on a surface of an extraterrestrial object that are communicably coupled to the communications station;
- and
- one or more computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed, are configured to cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, at the communications station from a user device distinct from the communications station and that is communicably coupled to the communications station, data corresponding to content to generate on the surface of the extraterrestrial object;
- determining, by the communications station, a target location on the surface of the extraterrestrial object for generating the content;
- providing, by the communications station to an electronic device of the one or more electronic devices, an instruction to generate the content at the target location on the surface of the extraterrestrial object;
- receiving, by the communications station from the electronic device, an indication of the content having been generated at the target location on the surface of the extraterrestrial object;
- and
- providing, by the communications station to the user device, confirmation that the content has been generated on the surface of the extraterrestrial object.
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A system comprising:
- one or more electronic devices on a surface of an extraterrestrial object;
- and
- one or more computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed, are configured to cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, at an electronic device of the one or more electronic devices and from a user device that is communicably coupled to the electronic device, data corresponding to content to generate on the surface of the extraterrestrial object;
- in response to receiving the data corresponding to content to generate on the surface of the extraterrestrial object, determining, by the electronic device, a target location on the surface of the extraterrestrial object for generating the content;
- generating, by the electronic device using one or more instruments coupled to the electronic device, the content at the target location on the surface of the extraterrestrial object;
- and
- providing, by the electronic device to the user device, confirmation that the content has been generated on the surface of the extraterrestrial object.
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One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed, are configured to cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, at a communications station from a user device distinct from the communications station and that is communicably coupled to the communications station, data corresponding to content to generate on a surface of an extraterrestrial object;
- determining, by the communications station, a target location on the surface of the extraterrestrial object for generating the content;
- providing, by the communications station to an electronic device of one or more electronic devices on the surface of the extraterrestrial object, an instruction to generate the content at the target location on the surface of the extraterrestrial object;
- receiving, by the communications station from the electronic device, an indication of the content having been generated at the target location on the surface of the extraterrestrial object;
- and
- providing, by the communications station to the user device, confirmation that the content has been generated on the surface of the extraterrestrial object.
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One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed, are configured to cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, at an electronic device of one or more electronic devices on a surface of an extraterrestrial object and from a user device that is communicably coupled to the electronic device, data corresponding to content to generate on the surface of the extraterrestrial object;
- in response to receiving the data corresponding to content to generate on the surface of the extraterrestrial object, determining, by the electronic device, a target location on the surface of the extraterrestrial object for generating the content;
- generating, by the electronic device using one or more instruments coupled to the electronic device, the content at the target location on the surface of the extraterrestrial object;
- and
- providing, by the electronic device to the user device, confirmation that the content has been generated on the surface of the extraterrestrial object.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.