Patent ID: 11865745
Assignee: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method for manufacturing an article, comprising:
providing a blueprint of a mold corresponding to an article;
storing the mold blueprint in a memory module of an augmented reality apparatus;
receiving scanned information regarding an area available for manufacturing the article;
receiving user-input on amounts and types of mold-forming material and mold-filling material available, wherein the mold-filling material is a substance that can be one of sprayed poured, and painted;
generating an updated blueprint utilizing the scanned information regarding the area available for manufacturing the article the user-input on the amounts and types of mold-forming material and mold-filling material available, and at least one of the provided blueprint and the stored mold blueprint;
projecting one of the stored mold blueprint and the updated blueprint onto an area where the article is to be manufactured, using a projector in communication with the augmented reality apparatus;
forming a physical mold comprising a void having a shape corresponding to the article by removing material from the area where the article is to be manufactured, or building up material in the area where the article is to be manufactured, where the removed or built up material creates a physical mold;
filling the physical mold with a mold-filling material to form the article; and
removing the article from the physical mold.