Patent ID: 6327514
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: G05B,G06K,G06Q,G06T,Y02P,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for developing a bend model of a part to be produced in an intelligent production facility, said part including a plurality of faces each face being defined in a single plane, and at least one bendline, the computer program comprising:a receiving source code segment for receiving initial part information relating to said part, said initial part information including data relating to a representation of said part within a first predetermined coordinate space;a face detecting source code segment for detecting, within said first predetermined coordinate space, said faces of said part based on said initial part information;a bendline identification source code segment for identifying at least one bendline of said part based on said faces detected by said face detecting source code segment; anda generating source code segment for generating additional part information, relating to said part and including data relating to a representation of said part within a second predetermined coordinate space, by performing a predetermined operation on each of said faces detected by said face detecting source code segment, said operation being performed based upon at least said initial part information and at least one bendline identified by said bendline identification source code segment.