US 12,443,161 B2
Computer numerical control (CNC) machine and method for using
Joseph Honeck, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by G90 ENGINEERING, LLC, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/059,788.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/285,156, filed on Dec. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0176543 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. G05B 19/40 (2006.01); G05B 19/409 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/409 (2013.01) 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer numerical control apparatus, comprising:
an operably connected first user interface configured to send operating instructions to the computer numerical control apparatus;
an operably connected second user interface comprising a barcode scanner configured to send, to the computer numerical control apparatus, operating instructions that are encoded in a barcode and that include a clear command to clear one or more previous commands from a memory of the computer numerical control apparatus, and a find command to find a preloaded program identified by a string associated with the find command, in which the preloaded program defines one or more operations to be performed by the computer numerical control apparatus on a work piece disposed within a functional area of the computer numerical control apparatus;
a control board functionally connected to the computer numerical control apparatus, the first user interface, and the second user interface; and
a selection component for accepting operating instructions from at least one of the first user interface and the second user interface, wherein the selection component includes a program that is configured to be initiated to accept, in response to the barcode scanner reading the barcode, the operating instructions from the barcode scanner of the second user interface, and to accept, in response to a user utilizing the first user interface, the operating instructions from the first user interface.