US 12,441,105 B2
Line width control and trajectory planning for robot guided inkjet deposition
Nicholas R. Gans, Plano, TX (US); and Bashir H. Jafari, Dallas, TX (US)
Assigned to Board of Regents, the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US)
Filed by Board of Regents, the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/931,243.
Application 17/931,243 is a division of application No. 16/913,651, filed on Jun. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,440,317.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/868,334, filed on Jun. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0019331 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/387 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/04586 (2013.01) [B41J 2/04593 (2013.01); B41J 3/4073 (2013.01); G06K 15/1868 (2013.01); G06T 17/00 (2013.01); H04N 1/387 (2013.01); B41J 2202/21 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for printing a 2D pattern on a 3D surface comprising:
receiving a 2D pattern by a computing device;
causing a LiDAR device to capture a point cloud of a 3D surface by the computing device, wherein the point cloud comprises a plurality of points;
selecting a subset of the points of the point cloud by the computing device;
generating a mapping of the 2D pattern to the subset of points by the computing device;
generating a path on the 3D surface using generated mapping by the computing device; and
causing a printer to draw the 2D pattern on the 3D surface using the generated path by the computing device.