Patent ID: 9505072
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: B23D,B27B

Claim Text:
1. A method of automated auditing of sawmill operation, the method comprising: acquiring via at least one sensor a set of geometrical information from a number of pieces of lumber following at least partial completion of a sawing operation that forms the number of pieces of lumber from a log or cant; computationally determining by at least one processor original shape of the log or cant based at least in part on the acquired set of geometrical information; computationally simulating by at least one processor two or more simulated sawing solutions based at east in part on the original shape of the log or cant; and computationally determining by at least one processor a simulated amount of recovery from the log or cant for a given one of the simulated sawing solutions, wherein the given one of the simulated sawing solutions is different from an actual sawing solution used in the sawing operation.