US 12,072,299 B2
Systems and methods for synthesizing a diamond using machine learning
Rohan Reddy Mekala, Silver Spring, MD (US); Matthias Muehle, Haslett, MI (US); Adam Porter, Washington, DC (US); Mikael Lindvall, Greenbelt, MD (US); and Michael Becker, East Lansing, MI (US)
Assigned to FRAUNHOFER USA, INC., Plymouth, MI (US); and UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK, College Park, MD (US)
Filed by FRAUNHOFER USA, INC., Plymouth, MI (US); and UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK, College Park, MD (US)
Filed on Jul. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/220,150.
Application 18/220,150 is a continuation of application No. 17/327,456, filed on May 21, 2021, granted, now 11,698,347.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/029,177, filed on May 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0349835 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G01N 21/956 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/564 (2017.01)
CPC G01N 21/8851 (2013.01) [G01N 21/8803 (2013.01); G01N 21/95607 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); G06T 7/564 (2017.01); G01N 2021/8854 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8887 (2013.01); G01N 2021/95615 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for synthesizing a crystal using a synthesis machine, comprising:
receiving, by a processor, a plurality of images of a crystal during synthesis within a synthesis machine, the plurality of images captured;
generating, by the processor, a data object based on the plurality of images, the data object indicating a predicted state of the crystal within the synthesis machine at a time subsequent to the capture of the plurality of images;
detecting, by the processor, a predicted defect in the crystal based on the predicted state of the crystal; and
adjusting, by the processor, operation of the synthesis machine responsive to detecting the defect.