Smart energy emitting head
AssigneeGSI Lumonics Corporation
InventorsGagik Manukian, Alvaro Kaplan, Alfred Lee Ellis
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Abstract
An energy emitting system includes a housing with a controller, scanner and non-interruptible interface, having a bandwidth of at least 20 KHz and a latency of not more than 5 milliseconds, disposed therein. An interface port receives input at the housing. The controller issues command control signals, including trajectory control signals, corresponding to the received input. The non-interruptible interface interconnects the controller and the scanner, and communicates the issued trajectory control signals from the controller to the scanner. The scanner directs a continuous movement of energy simultaneously in two directions, in accordance with the communicated trajectory control signals.
Claims27
A system for directing energy, comprising:
- a housing;
- an input interface port configured to receive an input at the housing;
- a controller, disposed within the housing, configured to issue command control signals including trajectory control signals corresponding to the received input;
- a scanner, disposed within the housing, configured to direct energy;
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- a non-interruptible interface having a bandwidth of not less than 20 KHz and a latency of not more than 5 milliseconds, disposed within the housing and configured to communicate the issued trajectory control signals from the controller to the scanner;
- wherein the scanner is further configured to direct continuous movement of the energy, in two directions simultaneously, in accordance with the communicated trajectory control signals.
A multi-mode energy emitting system, comprising:
- a housing;
- a controller, disposed within the housing, configured to issue first command control signals in a first mode operation based on a first input and to issue second command control signals in a second mode of operation based on a second input;
- an emitter configured to emit energy having a first power responsive to the first command control signals and to emit energy having a second power, different than the first power, responsive to the second command control signals;
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- a scanner, disposed within the housing, configured to direct the emitted energy having the first power responsive to the communicated first command control signals and the emitted energy having the second power responsive to the communicated second command control signals.
A method of operating an optical scan head, comprising:
- receiving an input at the scan head;
- generating, at the scan head, command control signals, including trajectory control signals having a bandwidth of at least 20 KHz, corresponding to the received input;
- transmitting the generated command control signals with a maximum latency of 5 milliseconds;
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- directing energy in accordance with the transmitted trajectory control signals.
A method of operating a scan head in multiple modes, comprising:
- in a first operational mode, generating first command control signals at the scan head;
- in a second operational mode, generating second command control signals at the scan head;
- directing energy having a first power, responsive to the first command control signals;
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- directing energy having a second power, different than the first power, responsive to the second command control signals;
- wherein the first command control signals and the second command control signals are high bandwidth signals;
- wherein the directed energy having the first power is a write beam and the directed energy having the second power is a read beam.
A system for emitting energy, comprising:
- a housing;
- a wireless input interface port configured to receive an input at the housing;
- a controller, disposed within the housing, configured to generate emitter control signals corresponding to the received input and to issue trajectory control signals corresponding to the received input;
- an emitter configured to emit energy in accordance with the generated emitter control signals;
- a scanner, disposed within the housing, configured to direct the emitted energy;
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- a non-interruptible interface, disposed within the housing, configured to communicate the issued trajectory control signals from the controller to the scanner, and having a bandwidth of not less than 20 KHz and a latency of not more than 5 milliseconds;
- wherein the input received by the interface port is interruptible;
- wherein the scanner is further configured to direct continuous movement of the emitted energy, in two directions simultaneously, in accordance with the communicated trajectory control signals.
A method of operating an optical scan head, comprising:
- receiving, at the scan head, an input corresponding to one of a user command and data representing a sensed parameter;
- generating, at the scan head, command control signals, including trajectory control signals, corresponding to the received input;
- transmitting the generated command control signals;
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- directing energy in accordance with the transmitted trajectory control signals;
- wherein the time lapse between the receipt of the input and the directing of the energy in accordance with the transmitted trajectory control signals is less than one millisecond.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.