Patent ID: 6182897
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: B82Y,G02B,G06K,G06Q,G07F,G07G

Abstract:
An Internet-enabled method for designing and manufacturing laser scanning systems comprising the steps of:(a) using an Internet-enabled client system to transmit end-user specified laser scanning system specifications to an Internet information server;(b) transmitting said end-user specified laser scanning system specifications from said Internet information server to a scanner design workstation operably connected to said Internet information server;(c) using said scanner design workstation to access a relational database management system over an information network, wherein said relational database management system contains a library of design specifications for predesigned modules and subcomponents of one or more previously designed laser scanning systems;(d) at said scanner design workstation, using said end-user specified laser scanning system specifications and said library of design specifications contained in said relational database management system, in order to create a finalized laser scanner design for a laser scanning system to be constructed;(e) updating said library of design specifications using said finalized laser scanner design;(f) manufacturing the modules and subcomponents for said laser scanning system to be constructed;(g) assembling said manufactured modules and subcomponents to construct one or more production units of said laser scanning system in accordance with said finalized laser scanner design.