US 2018/0297392 A1Published application

Generating mechanically rendered objects from digital input

AssigneeSanford, L.P.

InventorsSandeep Caberwal, Samuel Joseph Broe, Anthony Scott O'Brien, Grant Kenji Larsen

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Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for generating mechanically rendered objects from digital input. In one embodiment, an example method may include generating, by a computer processor(s) coupled to at least one memory, a digital handwriting file comprising one or more digital characters, wherein a first digital character has a first glyph and a second glyph. Example methods may include receiving digital text comprising a set of characters for conversion to physically written text, wherein the set of characters comprises a first instance of a first character corresponding to the first digital character and a second instance of the first character, selecting the second glyph for a first physically written conversion of the first instance of the first character, selecting the first glyph for a second physically written conversion of the second instance of the first character, and causing conversion of the digital text.

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Dependent claims

A mechanical drawing apparatus comprising:

an object holder configured to receive an object comprising a writing surface, wherein the object holder is configured to move the object in one or more directions;
a writing instrument comprising a writing tip at an end of the writing instrument, wherein the writing tip is configured to write on the writing surface;
a writing instrument carrier configured to move in at least two directions, wherein the writing instrument is positioned in the writing instrument carrier;
and
a controller configured to:
receive path instructions comprising a plurality of paths about which to move the object holder or the writing instrument carrier, wherein the plurality of paths comprises a first path at a first line and a second path at a second line;
identify a first starting location of the first line at the writing surface;
determine that the writing tip is in contact with the writing surface;
move the object holder or the writing instrument carrier along the first path;
move the object holder or the writing instrument to create a gap between the writing tip and the writing surface;
identify a second starting location of the second line;
determine that the writing tip is in contact with the writing surface;
and
move the object holder or the writing instrument carrier along the second path.

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A method comprising:

determining, by one or more computer processors coupled to at least one memory, a digital handwriting file comprising a set of one or more digital characters, wherein a first digital character of the set of one or more digital characters comprises a first glyph and a second glyph;
receiving digital text comprising a set of characters for conversion to physically written text, wherein the set of characters comprises a first instance of a first character corresponding to the first digital character and a second instance of the first character;
selecting the second glyph for a first physically written conversion of the first instance of the first character;
selecting the first glyph for a second physically written conversion of the second instance of the first character;
and
causing conversion of the digital text.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/767,346Filed 13 Oct 2016
Priority: 15 Oct 2015
Published: 18 Oct 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

B43L 13/026
Automatic: for writing characters or symbols
B43L 13/10
Drawing instruments, or writing or drawing appliances or accessories not otherwise provided for: pantographic instruments for copying, enlarging,…
B43L
Articles for writing or drawing upon

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Application62/242,108Us provisional application · filed 15 Oct 2015
US 2018/0297392 A1This patent

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