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7606630 Method for electronically operating two machine tools  
There is described a method for electronically operating a machine tool which comprises an electronic machine tool control and is positioned on a working place. Said machine tool is connected,...
7513027 Process and apparatus for producing service blades  
A process for machining a blank from all directions with a machine tool, such as a milling machine, involves the machining from all directions being based on a three-dimensional template. In a...
7317992 Method and apparatus for inspecting dovetail edgebreak contour  
A method and tooling for inspecting a contour of an edge of a cutout formed in a disk, each cutout fixedly receiving a turbine blade. A first device receives the disk containing the cutouts. A...
7245977 Systems and methods for mass customization  
A method facilitates mass customization of an object by generating a template representing data common to the object; generating specific data to customize the object in conjunction with the...
7231277 Surface shape determining device for a machining apparatus and surface shape determining method  
In a state of separating a front end face of an air injecting nozzle 23 from a worked work W by a predetermined interval h, the air injecting nozzle 23 is moved at a constant speed in an X axis...
7225050 Method and apparatus for precisely fitting, reproducing, and creating 3-dimensional objects from digitized and/or parametric data inputs using computer aided design and manufacturing technology  
A high-technology method for creating, reproducing, and or precisely fitting custom appendages to topographically complex structures. The method comprises a combination of novel measurement...
7123983 System and process for creating custom fit artificial fingernails using a non-contact optical measuring device  
A system and process for creating custom fit artificial fingernails using a non-contact measuring device is disclosed. A fingernail is measured for its topographical configuration by an optical...
7103441 Calibration procedures and such using an erosion and grinding machine  
A method for calibration of grinding and/or erosion machines assumes an initial calibration process and corresponding re-calibration processes. Calibration of the machine is performed with a...
7082349 Machining apparatus for machining a workpiece to reproduce a model shape  
A machining apparatus capable of easily machining a workpiece to reproduce a shape of a machining model or with alternation of a scale in a scanning or profiling direction. A non-contact...
6832877 Dental measuring and machining system  
A dental measuring and machining system includes a measuring and machining unit for preparing measurement data by measuring a prosthesis model based on a predetermined algorithm and for producing a...
6820346 Method, system and storage medium for providing an executable program to a coordinate measurement system  
An exemplary embodiment of the invention is a method of providing an executable program from an executable program provider to a customer for use in a controller of a three dimensional coordinate...
6801829 Key information registration procedure assisting system, recorded medium, and key plate cutter  
The key plate image ( 141 ), a guide lines ( 142 ) and ( 14 3) for specifying the position and the depth of cutting a key groove is formed, and the shape of a key groove ( 144 ) are displayed on a...
6747750 Method for operating an engraving member  
In a method for engraving a printing cylinder using an engraving member in an electronic engraving machine, an engraving tool of an engraving member controlled by an engraving signal engraves a...
6687565 Key identification code and manufacturing method  
After making measurements of a key, the measurements are converted into a compact format which can be read back at a later date or at a different location by apparatus capable of accurately...
6633797 Automated reconfigurable object manipulation device with an array of pins  
An apparatus for manipulating an object to a desired state. The object is received by a grid of retractable pins. A control component determines, through employment of a manipulation algorithm, one...
6597966 Machine tool driving control apparatus  
Every time the cumulative number of revolutions of a spindle rotating motor reaches a cumulative number of revolutions set in a data table, a CPU reads out, from a data memory section, moving...
6571008 Reverse engineering of polymeric solid models by refractive index matching  
A reverse engineering technique allows the creation of 3-D CAD files from a solid model. A solid model of a part to be reverse engineered is created from polymers having an index of refraction...
6543972 Device to help determine key cut attributes  
The invention relates to a key decode apparatus for helping to automatically extracting and measurement depths and spacings of cuts an object key and decodes when duplicating an original key. A key...
6424877 Reproduction apparatus  
In order to produce a reproduction of an object such as a human face, a three-dimensional form of the object is measured with a three-dimensional measuring device, and the measured form is...
6406227 Key measurement apparatus and method  
In a method and apparatus for measuring an original key, a line of the light is focused onto the key surface in a direction perpendicular to the key surface. A camera, or other type of detector is...
6363298 Method and apparatus for generating tool paths  
An apparatus and method for generating tool paths for cutting a physical part. The present invention includes storing geometric data indicative of the geometric configuration of the part. A...
6360143 Error recovery methods for controlling robotic systems  
A method of controlling a dispensing system, having a robot that moves along a motion segment and applies a material to a workpiece, automatically determines a backup distance for the robot after...
6286517 Fingernail and toenail decoration using ink jets  
Inkjet printing technology is used to apply selected designs on fingernails or toenails. The nail-printing device applies highly detailed, customized, multicolored designs that are scaled to...
6224249 Compound design system and method for mechanism parts  
A drawing apparatus is connected to a compound design apparatus. The design apparatus includes at least a display for displaying a drawing, a data base device for storing therein reference data to...
6212442 Compressing device in association with a dental product or other product related to the human body, or tool for this product  
A device for compressing information sensed from a model of a product is provided. The compressed quantity of information is a subset of the control information that can be transferred, by way of a...
6205370 Method of making a nest of cuts  
For making a nest of cuts (N) for cutting blanks out of flat, irregular workpieces (W), the contour (U) and the flaws (F) of the spread workpieces (W) together with a workpiece characteristic are...
6076953 Digitizing probe  
A digitizing probe and method is disclosed for accurately locating the edges and determining the orientation of a generally planar, metal workpiece relative to the orthogonal axes of a computer...
6067996 Nail decoration using ink jets  
Inkjet printing technology is used to apply a selected design on a fingernail or toenail. The nail printing device applies highly detailed, customized, multicolored designs that are scaled to the...
6065969 Computer game for designing and printing nail coverings  
A computer game for designing and printing nail coverings includes a set of stored software instructions receivable within the processor unit of the computer to control operation of a color printer...
6052628 Method and system for continuous motion digital probe routing  
A method and system for routing a digital probe which signals either a triggered or non-triggered state to continuously scan a part surface without having to return to a rest position each time the...
6038489 Machine tools  
In a machine tool, a component such as a grinding wheel acts on a workpiece to form the latter into a circularly asymmetric shape, for example, a crankpin. Movement of the grinding wheel is...
6038488 Catheter simulation device  
A device for tracking the translational and rotational displacement of an object having two degrees of freedom using a single point of contact with the object. The device is particularly useful in...
5953232 Method of cutting out blanks from, irregular workpieces of sheet material  
A method of cutting out blanks from workpieces of a sheet material comprises the steps of spreading the workpieces on a supporting surface of an imaging apparatus, manually marking the...
5940304 Controlling a laser texturing tool having two handling stations for disks to be textured and a single texturing station  
A disk texturing tool is used, for example, to provide textured spots in an annular portion of both sides of a hardfile disk. Disks are moved into and out of the texturing process in cassettes,...
5856924 Processor and method for developing a set of admissible fixture designs for a workpiece  
Methods and apparatus are provided for developing a complete set of all admissible Type I and Type II fixture designs for a workpiece. The fixture processor generates the set of all admissible...
5793947 Programmable controller for synchronously tracing the execution of operation blocks and SFC program execution method using the programmable controller  
The present invention provides a programmable controller for executing an SFC program. The programmable controller has a memory which stores a step trace program for storing and tracing a history...
5771181 Generation for virtual reality simulator systems  
A system for producing realistic tactile feedback forces in a tool operation simulator. Sensors sense the location and direction of movement of a simulated tool in a simulated landscape environment...
5751585 High speed, high accuracy multi-stage tool positioning system  
A multi-rate positioner system (50) receives unpanelized positioning commands from a database storage subsystem (64), profiles the commands (72) into a half-sine positioning signal, and further...
5742138 Control method for servo system with adjustable softness in rectangular coordinate system  
A control method for a servo system capable of adjusting softness to provide a robot with a soft floating function for each axis of a rectangular coordinate system. A force (Fx, Fy, Fz) acting on a...
5740058 Automatic positioning system  
An automatic positioning system in which a divider element divides the space between the initial position and the required final position into a predetermined number of well defined measurement...
5711643 Portable semi-automatic computer code key cutting machine  
This invention relates to a programmable semiautomatic portable key cutting machine. More particularly, this invention pertains to a portable key cutting machine which semi-automatically cuts key...
5676504 Key cutting machine with key tracing and electronic code cutting duplication modes  
A key cutting machine includes a cutter wheel, a key follower and a key positioning fixture for retaining a master key and a key blank in defined positions. Longitudinal and lateral displacement...
5652709 Scanning device for use in manufacturing implants  
A sensing device senses a contour (3a) of a model (3) and generates, in response to the sensing, a representation (i1). The representation is used to control tool equipment for producing, for...
5646493 Robot profile control method  
A method of obtaining a force of each axis of a robot from the product of positional deviation and positional gain. A vector having components of the forces as many as the number of axes is defined...
5617323 Key identifier method and apparatus  
An electronic key identifier includes first and second opposing surface segment sensors which can be clamped into engagement with the opposite sides of the blade of an unknown key blank. Each side...
5583409 Numerical control apparatus and method for controlling a machine  
A numerical control apparatus allows a portion of a prototype or the like to be easily machined without an operator being concerned with a coordinate system, origins, and other data. A guidance...
5581483 Measurement of shot peening coverage by correlation analysis of surface line data  
A method of measuring shot peening coverage includes correlation analysis of surface line data. The method comprises the use of cross correlation of two or more parallel profile traces of a shot...
5556491 Method and device for manufacturing adhesive elements to be applied to a three-dimensional surface for the purpose of decorating it  
A method for manufacturing adhesive elements intended to be applied to a three-dimensional surface for the purpose of decorating it involves, starting from a three-dimensional model representing...
5543103 Process of surface shaping  
A process of surface shaping involving creating an accurate three-dimensional depiction of an object; selection a portion of said three-dimensional depiction; and incorporating said selected...
5521829 Path tracing apparatus for a robot  
The invention provides a path tracing apparatus in which a microcomputer is connected to a robot controller and digitizer. A displayer shows the actual path of the digitizer and the intended path...
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