System for Controlling an Electronic Cutting Machine
AssigneeProvo Craft and Novelty, Inc.
InventorsMatthew B. Strong, Mark L. Gray, Andrew J. Olsen, Paul J. Hepworth, Tim Pruss
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Abstract
A system for controlling an electronic cutting machine. The system comprises a cartridge having an interfacing connector and memory and a controller device. The controller device comprises a cartridge connector for establishing an electrical connection with the interfacing connector, memory, and a processor executing a controller application. The controller application writes a controller device identifier to the memory of the connected cartridge, writes a cartridge identifier to the memory of the controller device, and permits usage on the controller device of content associated with the cartridge.
Claims22
A system for controlling an electronic cutting machine, the system comprising:
- a cartridge having an interfacing connector and memory;
- and
- a controller device comprising:
- a cartridge connector for establishing an electrical connection with the interfacing connector;
- memory;
- and
- a processor in communication with the cartridge connector and the controller device memory, the processor executing a controller application, the controller application
- writing a controller device identifier to the memory of the connected cartridge,
- writing a cartridge identifier to the memory of the controller device, and
- permitting usage on the controller device of content associated with the cartridge.
A system for controlling an electronic cutting machine, the system comprising:
- a cartridge having an interfacing connector and memory;
- and
- a controller device comprising:
- a cartridge connector for establishing an electrical connection with the interfacing connector;
- memory;
- and
- a processor in communication with the cartridge connector and the memory, the processor executing a controller application executing a controller application, the controller application
- receiving a cutting operation for cutting a design on the electronic cutting machine, the design including content associated with at least one cartridge;
- identifying each cartridge associated with the content of the design;
- obtaining a cartridge identifier for each identified cartridge;
- searching memory of the controller device for the cartridge identifier of each identified cartridge;
- and
- allowing execution of the cutting operation after each cartridge identifier of each identified cartridge is located in the memory of the controller device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.