PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16146592
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["347", "014000"]

Abstract:
A method of collecting a metrology data set of a contoured surface with a metrology system and executing an automatic control plan for printing on a contoured surface is disclosed. The method includes attaching a work piece to a work piece frame and scanning a contoured surface of the work piece to obtain a metrology data set, a three-dimensional point cloud model is generated based on the metrology data set. Additionally, the method includes defining a spatial reference model of the work piece frame, and defining a print path for a print head assembly of a surface treatment assembly. Furthermore, the method includes discretizing the contoured surface into a plurality of regions and the print path is further defined into at least one independent regional print path for each region of the plurality of regions. Moreover, a computer software simulation verifies a control plan for printing on the contoured surface.

Claim (Index 15):
An automated surface treatment assembly communicably coupled to a metrology system for collecting a metrology data set along a contoured surface, the automated surface treatment assembly configured to utilize the metrology data set during printing of a surface treatment along the contoured surface, the automated surface treatment assembly comprising:\n a print head assembly configured for printing a surface treatment along the contoured surface; an automated robot assembly operably coupled to the print head assembly and configured to position and move the print head assembly along the contoured surface; at least one sensor operably coupled to the metrology system and configured to scan a work piece frame including at least one frame target, a work piece having the contoured surface, the work piece removably attached to the work piece frame, wherein the metrology system generates a metrology data set including the work piece frame, the at least one frame target, and the work piece having the contoured surface; a control system communicably coupled to the automated surface treatment assembly and the metrology system, the control system configured to control and execute a plurality of operational control signals for each of the automated surface assembly and the metrology system; and a computing device communicably coupled to the control system, the automated surface treatment assembly, and the metrology system, the computing device programmed to:\n receive the metrology data set, the computing device programmed to analyze the metrology data set and generate a three-dimensional point cloud model of the work piece frame and the work piece having the contoured surface, \n define a spatial reference model of the work piece frame based on the three-dimensional point cloud model and detection of the at least one frame target coupled to the work piece frame by the metrology system, \n define a print path for a print head assembly of the automated surface treatment assembly to follow as the automated surface treatment assembly prints along the contoured surface, the print path based off the three-dimensional point cloud model, \n discretize the contoured surface into a plurality of regions, wherein the print path is further defined into at least one independent regional print path for each region of the plurality of regions, and \n access a computer software including a simulation module, wherein the computer software receives the plurality of regions of the contoured surface and the at least one independent regional print path for each region of the plurality of regions, and wherein the simulation module executes a simulation to verify a control plan programmed to control the automated surface treatment assembly during printing along the contoured surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 6.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.31884
- Patent Class: 347.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15646705', '15287167', '15414154', '15251921', '15262597']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7387253214925421
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4947407140349418
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7143268607467821
- Mean Citation Score: 204.329784
- Max Citation Score: 287.29755
- Similarity Product: 254.2827139683366

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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