Patent ID: 11938649
Assignee: USNR, LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 14:
15. A method of modifying a log processing system, wherein the log processing system includes a first scanner optimizer and a second scanner optimizer, the method comprising:
operatively coupling a computer system with the first and second scanner optimizers, wherein the computer system is programmed with program instructions operable, upon execution by one or more processors of the computer system, to cause the computer system to:
receive a virtual model of a primary workpiece and a cut solution for the primary workpiece from the first scanner optimizer, wherein the primary workpiece is a log or a cant;
generate a virtual model of a predicted flitch based at least on the virtual model of the primary workpiece and the cut solution;
receive a virtual model of an actual flitch from the second scanner optimizer;
compare the virtual model of the predicted flitch to the virtual model of the actual flitch;
identify the primary workpiece as a source of the actual flitch based at least on the comparison;
determine a difference between the actual flitch and the predicted flitch; and
send control instructions to a controller, based at least in part on said difference, to cause the controller to adjust a cutting device, a cutting member, a workpiece positioning or handling device, or a workpiece transport.