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

Claim 17:
18. A method carried out by a computer-numerically-controlled (CNC) machine comprising at least one camera, the method comprising:
capturing, 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, determining 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, determining 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;
executing 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
executing 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.