Patent Document ID: 9950389
Application ID: 14490819
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of laser marking an object, the method comprising: transmitting, by a computing device, first instructions to a laser marking device, the first instructions being configured to cause the laser marking device to mark, using a laser, i) a grid pattern on a calibration object held in a marking fixture, and ii) an image within the grid pattern, the image being located at a current position within the grid pattern according to a current configuration of the laser marking device; receiving, by the computing device, a differential position by which the image is to be shifted within the grid pattern, the differential position being a difference between the current position of the image within the grid pattern and a desired position of the image on the calibration object; and transmitting, by the computing device, second instructions to the laser marking device, the second instructions being configured to change the current configuration of the laser marking device to a new configuration, the new configuration causing the laser marking device to mark the image using the laser according to the differential position; wherein receiving the differential position further includes: receiving a picture of the marked image in the marked grid pattern on the calibration object; identifying the desired position of the marked image in the marked grid pattern on the calibration object in the received picture; and counting a number of grid lines between the current position of the marked image in the marked grid pattern and the desired position of the image on the calibration object to form the differential position by which the image is to be shifted within the grid pattern.