Appeal No. 2004-0532
Application No. 09/150,277
providing a camera for acquiring a plurality of
photographic image data frames, each frame being an
image of an areal portion of the sheet material, each
frame represented by a plurality of pixels in an X
direction and a perpendicular Y direction;
modifying each acquired image data frame to
correct for image distortions of the acquired image of
the areal portion;
incorporating flaw identification data in the
image data frames;
calibrating a brightness of the acquired image
data frames;
compiling the image data frames to form a
composite photographic image of the areal portions of
the sheet material;
displaying the composite image;
identifying at least a portion of a periphery of
the sheet material;
nesting a part periphery with respect to the
composite image; and
cutting the part from the sheet material in
accordance with said nesting.
18. An apparatus for cutting parts from a sheet
material comprising:
a support surface for supporting a sheet
material;
a cutting assembly coupled to the support surface
for movement with respect to the support surface;
a camera for obtaining photographic image data of
a sheet material on the support surface, the camera
selected to obtain the image data in a plurality of
frames, each frame including a plurality of pixels in
an X direction and a plurality of pixels in a
perpendicular Y direction; and
a process having storage means coupled to the
camera and cutting assembly;
means for calibrating said image data frames;
means for combining said calibrated image data
frames to obtain a composite photographic image of at
least a portion of the sheet material; and
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