US 12,228,908 B2
Apparatus, system and methods for CNC material cutting
Dustin Headley, Crystal Lake, IL (US); and Tyler Van Kirk, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by TURF DESIGN, INC., Gilberts, IL (US)
Filed on Mar. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/697,609.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/162,164, filed on Mar. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0299977 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G05B 19/4099 (2006.01); G05B 19/18 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/4099 (2013.01) [G05B 19/182 (2013.01); G05B 2219/33099 (2013.01); G05B 2219/35091 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45044 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of generating an image similar to a source image on a sheet of material, the method comprising:
converting a source image into a computer image file using a computer program, said converting of said source image based on one or more intensity values of the source image, the converting comprising;
generating a plurality of guide curves based on the one or more intensity values of the source image;
generating at least one control line using at least one of the plurality of guide curves; and
generating at least one variable line based on at least one of the plurality of guide curves;
storing said computer image file into a database;
accessing said computer image file for further processing;
processing said computer image file using a software program;
accessing a controller;
instructing said controller control a CNC cutting machine; and
controlling said CNC cutting machine to cut at least one slice of a surface of said sheet of material based on a changing deviation of the at least one variable line from the at least one control line, thereby creating at least part of an image on the surface of the sheet of material similar to the source image, the changing deviation of the at least one variable line from the at least one control line comprising:
a portion of maximum deviation of the at least one variable line from the at least one control line; and
a portion of minimum deviation of the at least one variable line from the at least one control line, the at least part of the image having an area of greater intensity corresponding to the portion of maximum deviation relative to an area of lesser intensity corresponding to the portion of minimum deviation, the controlling the CNC cutting machine further comprising cutting a larger amount of the at least one slice corresponding to the portion of maximum deviation relative to a smaller amount of the at least one slice corresponding to the portion of minimum deviation.