Patent ID: 7912571
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: B26D,B26F,C14B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for patterning a sheet material by arranging a plurality of parts inside a rectangle, said patterning apparatus comprising: an inputting element configured to input an irregular shape of said sheet material; a dummy part creation element configured to make an area outside of the sheet material shape and within the rectangle a dummy part; an attribute provision element configured to provide a cutting-not-required attribute for the contour of the dummy part and to provide a cutting-required attribute for the contours of said plurality of parts; an arrangement element configured to arrange said plurality of parts on the inside of the sheet material shape by blocking the dummy part from overlapping with other parts; and a controller element configured to control a cutting element to cut said sheet material in accordance with the arrangement of said plurality of parts and to only cut the contours of the parts for which a cutting-required attribute has been provided.