3d tooling machine
OwnerXuan-En Ko, Chun-Jen Yu +1inventors
InventorsXuan-En Ko, Chun-Jen Yu, Shang-Fon Chiang
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Abstract
Some embodiment includes a 3D tooling machine. The 3D tooling machine can include: a base station; slider blocks; rods that are adapted to support the top cap, run through the slider blocks and plug into the base station; slider arms with rounded ends that are adapted to magnetically attach to the slider blocks and magnetically attach to a tool head; and a controller configured to control movement of the slider blocks along the rods via one or more motors or actuators.
Claims20
A tooling machine assembly comprising:
- a top cap;
- a base station;
- slider blocks;
- rods that are adapted to support the top cap, run through the slider blocks and plug into the base station;
- slider arms with rounded ends that are adapted to magnetically attach to the slider blocks and magnetically attach to a tool head;
- and
- a controller configured to control movement of the slider blocks along the rods via one or more motors or actuators.
A method of operating a 3D tooling machine to scan a target object, comprising:
- projecting a linear light pattern from a light projector on a base station of the 3D tooling machine capable of 3D printing;
- capturing images via a camera directed at a space above an object platform on the base station while rotating the object platform, wherein the camera is attached to a camera arm extended from the base station;
- filtering the images based on a specific spectral characteristic of the light projector;
- analyzing attenuation of the linear light pattern reflected from a target object on the object platform;
- and
- constructing a 3D surface model based on the attenuation at different heights.
A method of operating a 3D tooling machine comprising:
- accessing a binary file indicating consecutive 3D coordinates and an indication of an operation mode;
- calibrating a 3D movement space of a tool head by moving the tool head vertically downwards until a force sensor, under a platform, detects that the tool head has made contact with an object on the platform or with the platform;
- and
- moving the tool head in the 3D movement space according to the binary file.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.