Patent ID: 11860606
Assignee: GLOWFORGE, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A computer-numerically-controlled (CNC) machine comprising:
at least one camera;
at least one processor;
at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium; and
program instructions stored on the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium that are executable by the at least one processor such that the CNC machine is configured to:
capture, via the at least one camera, an image of a pattern disposed on a first material within an interior portion of the CNC machine;
based on a first characteristic of the image comprising a first line color, determine a first set of machine instructions for controlling a tool of the CNC machine to effect a first type of change to a surface of a second material and thereby cause a first portion of the pattern to be disposed on the second material;
based on a second characteristic of the image comprising a second line color, determine a second set of machine instructions for controlling the tool to effect a second type of change to the surface of the second material and thereby cause a second portion of the pattern to be disposed on the second material;
execute the first set of machine instructions to operate the tool to effect the first type of change to the surface of the second material and thereby cause the first portion of the pattern to be disposed on the second material; and
execute the second set of machine instructions to operate the tool to effect the second type of change to the surface of the second material and thereby cause the second portion of the pattern to be disposed on the second material.