US 2011/0213481 A1Published application

System and a method of fabricating protective masks for vehicles

AssigneeSlingerland Distribution SA.

InventorEric GANCI

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Abstract

The invention provides a method of controlling a machine for cutting out masks for protecting vehicle portions, which comprises the following operations: displaying on a display unit, the marques, models, and versions of vehicles for each of which the outlines of masks for protecting a plurality of bodywork parts are stored in a database; detecting a vehicle selection and displaying on the display unit a plurality of distinct representations of the vehicle corresponding to the vehicle, each representation including regions corresponding to protective masks stored in the database; detecting a mask selection and modifying the appearance of at least one region of the displayed representations as a function of said mask selection; detecting mask selection validation and storing the most recently selected mask in a list of masks for cutting out, and for each mask in the list of masks for cutting out, sending data for controlling the cutting out of the masks in question to a mask-cutter machine.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A system for cutting out masks for protecting a vehicle portion, the system comprising:

a mask-cutter machine for cutting masks out from sheet material, the machine including a movable tool for cutting the sheet material;
a data processor unit connected to the cutter machine and arranged to control relative movement between the cutter tool and the sheet material;
a first database of mask outlines, the first database being associated with the data processor unit;
a display unit and a data input unit coupled to the data processor unit;
a second database containing, for a plurality of vehicles, a plurality of representations of each vehicle from a plurality of distinct viewing angles, said second database being associated with the data processor unit;
and
a display unit control unit that is coupled to, in particular incorporated in, the data processor unit and that is arranged, in particular programmed
to extract from the second database the representations from a plurality of viewing angles of a vehicle as a function of at least one vehicle selection data input into the data processor unit via the data input unit;
to modify the representations from a plurality of distinct viewing angles of the selected vehicle as a function of at least one mask selection data input into the data processor unit via the data input unit;
and
to cause modified representations of the selected vehicle to be displayed substantially simultaneously on the display unit.

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