Patent ID: 11964431
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method of forming an object from a material, the method comprising:
directing a first beam of light toward a first target location of the material to define a first portion of the object;
after directing the first beam of light toward the first target location:
determining an estimated phase-front shape change that will be induced on a second beam of light within an atmospheric distortion region proximate the first target location; and
determining an optical correction to be applied by an optical system, the optical correction based on an atmospheric change in the atmospheric distortion region due, at least in part, to interaction of the first beam of light and the material, wherein the optical correction is based on the estimated phase-front shape change; and

directing the second beam of light toward a second target location of the material to define a second portion of the object, wherein the second beam of light is directed through at least a portion of the atmospheric distortion region while the optical correction is applied.