Patent ID: 8209047

Claim:
A control device for i) operating a cutting tool ( 1 ) for cutting a flat printing medium ( 2 ) having previously printed inscriptions ( 3 , 4 ) relating to a pattern ( 3 ) to be cut and an identification mark ( 4 ) of the pattern to be cut, the identification mark printed in proximity to the inscriptions, and ii) operating a carrying device ( 38 ) carrying the printing medium ( 2 ), the control device being adapted for fitting on a machine for cutting the printing medium ( 2 ), the control device comprising: reading means ( 5 ) configured to read the printing medium ( 2 ) for the previously printed inscriptions ( 3 , 4 ) for ii) identification of a position of the identification mark ( 4 ) from a detection a density of pixels, the reading means ( 5 ) providing reading information items ( 10 ) as an output; learning means ( 9 ) associated with the reading means ( 5 ) and receiving the reading information items ( 10 ) output from the reading means ( 5 ), the learning means configured for providing cutting data ( 8 ), the learning means comprising a recognition means ( 11 ) and a comparison means ( 14 , 18 ), the recognition means ( 11 ) configured to receive the reading information items ( 10 ) and therefrom recognize identification information items ( 12 ) and provide position information items ( 13 ) relating to the inscriptions ( 3 , 4 ) previously printed on the medium ( 2 ), the comparison means ( 14 , 18 ) comprising a memory with previously stored set-point information ( 15 , 19 ,e,d ,D,C) relating to at least one of i) a definition of the inscriptions ( 3 , 4 ) and ii) framing information related to a separation distance (d,D), the comparison means ( 14 , 18 ) configured to compare respectively the identification information items ( 12 ) and the position information items ( 13 ) with the set-point information ( 15 , 19 , e,d ,D,C) based on the at least one of i) the density of pixels, and ii) framing information from a relative position between at least two of the inscriptions ( 3 , 4 ), the cutting data being based on results of the comparison; transcription means ( 7 ) configured to receive the cutting data ( 8 ) and to generate vector information; a cutting program ( 6 ) configured to receive the generated vector information for movement of at least the one of i) the cutting tool ( 1 ), and ii) the carrying device, the movement for creating a cutting program ( 6 ) based on the reading information items ( 10 ) of the reading means ( 5 ); and mobility means ( 29 ) for controlling movement, based on the cutting program ( 6 ) and the received vector information, of the one of i) the cutting tool ( 1 ) and ii) the carrying device.