US 12,337,523 B2
Sensor deconfliction in multilaser additive manufacturing systems
R. Bruce Madigan, Butte, MT (US); Mark J. Cola, Santa Fe, NM (US); Scott Betts, Santa Fe, NM (US); Darren Beckett, Corrales, NM (US); Alberto M. Castro, Santa Fe, NM (US); Lars Jacquemetton, Santa Fe, NM (US); and Martin Piltch, Los Alamos, NM (US)
Assigned to Divergent Technologies, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/555,065.
Application 17/555,065 is a continuation of application No. 17/003,330, filed on Aug. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,260,456.
Application 17/003,330 is a continuation of application No. 16/282,016, filed on Feb. 21, 2019, granted, now 10,786,850, issued on Sep. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/643,457, filed on Mar. 15, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/633,487, filed on Feb. 21, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/633,496, filed on Feb. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0111444 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. B22F 12/00 (2021.01); B22F 10/00 (2021.01); B22F 10/31 (2021.01); B22F 12/44 (2021.01); B22F 12/45 (2021.01); B22F 12/90 (2021.01); B23K 26/03 (2006.01); B23K 26/06 (2014.01); B23K 26/082 (2014.01); B23K 26/342 (2014.01); B29C 64/00 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 10/36 (2021.01); B22F 10/366 (2021.01); B22F 12/41 (2021.01); B22F 12/49 (2021.01)
CPC B29C 64/00 (2017.08) [B22F 10/00 (2021.01); B22F 10/31 (2021.01); B22F 12/44 (2021.01); B22F 12/45 (2021.01); B22F 12/90 (2021.01); B23K 26/032 (2013.01); B23K 26/0608 (2013.01); B23K 26/0626 (2013.01); B23K 26/082 (2015.10); B23K 26/342 (2015.10); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 10/36 (2021.01); B22F 10/366 (2021.01); B22F 12/41 (2021.01); B22F 12/49 (2021.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An additive manufacturing system, comprising:
a build plane;
a plurality of energy sources each arranged to direct a respective beam of energy across the build plane;
a plurality of sensors arranged to sense energy emitted from the build plane; and
a processor adapted to receive data from each of the plurality of sensors and to adjust the data received from at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors based on a distance between at least two of the beams of energy at the build plane; and
wherein the processor is adapted to adjust the data when the distance is below a threshold distance and wherein each sensor of the plurality of sensors has a respective field of view and wherein the threshold distance is based on a size of the respective fields of view.