Patent ID: 9635908
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: A43D,B23K,G05B

Claim:
1. A system for removing unwanted portions of pliable items, the system comprising: an image capturing device operable to capture an image of a pliable item; a processor coupled to the image capturing device that identifies at least one critical image feature within the captured image of the pliable item, the at least one critical image feature usable to identify at least one pattern representation corresponding to the pliable item; a computer-readable memory retaining the at least one pattern representation corresponding to the pliable item, the pattern representation identifying: a processing system that overlays the proposed cut path onto the captured image and compares a distance between the at least one critical image feature and the at least one critical pattern feature to a predetermined distance tolerance, and generates an adjusted final cut path that satisfies the predetermined distance tolerance; and a cutting system moveable along the generated final cut path to trim the pliable item along the final cut path.