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US 8,122,352 B2Granted
Parts marking system and method
AssigneeForce-A
InventorNancy Regan
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Abstract
A parts marking system has memory for storing data indicative of at least one algorithm associated with at least one object material and logic configured to display the at least one algorithm to a display device and receive a user input for at least one part in response to the displayed algorithm.
Claims29
A parts marking system for determining a type of direct parts marking (DPM) to be used for a particular part, comprising:
- memory for storing data indicative of a plurality of materials out of which the part can be made and storing in memory for each material a plurality DPM techniques and a plurality of technical limitations associated with the DPM technique, the technical limitations including data for determining whether each DPM technique can be used based upon each material;
- logic configured to receive data, via a graphical user interface (GUI), identifying a part and a material out of which the part is made, the logic further configured to display, via the GUI, data identifying at least one of the DPM techniques and the technical limitations associated with the DPM technique, each limitation displayed in the form of a question, the DPM technique and the technical limitations displayed based upon the data identifying the part and the material out of which the part is made.
A parts marking method for determining a type of direct parts marking (DPM) to be used for a particular part, comprising:
- storing data indicative of a plurality of materials out of which the part can be made and storing in memory for each material a plurality DPM techniques and a plurality of technical limitations associated with the DPM technique, the technical limitations including data for determining whether each DPM technique can be used based upon each material;
- receiving data, via a graphical user interface (GUI), identifying a part and a material out of which the part is made;
- displaying, based upon the data identifying the part and the material out of which the part is made via the GUI, data identifying at least one of the DPM techniques and the technical limitations associated with the DPM technique, each limitation displayed in the form of a question.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.