Non-Fungible Tokens and Uses Thereof

    公开(公告)号:US20220309491A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-29

    申请号:US17701265

    申请日:2022-03-22

    Applicant: Glowforge Inc.

    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include rendering systems configured to: (i) after receiving a request from a user to render a creative work associated with a non-fungible token, determining (a) whether the user owns the non-fungible token and (b) a current render count corresponding to how many times the creative work associated with the non-fungible token has been previously rendered; and (ii) when the user owns the non-fungible token and the current render count indicates that the creative work has been previously rendered fewer than a maximum render count corresponding to a preconfigured total number of authorized renderings of the creative work associated with the non-fungible token, (a) obtaining an implementation file corresponding to the creative work, (b) rendering the creative work according to the implementation file, and (c) updating the current render count to reflect another rendering of the creative work.

    LASER FABRICATION WITH BEAM DETECTION

    公开(公告)号:US20220291039A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-15

    申请号:US17682942

    申请日:2022-02-28

    Applicant: Glowforge Inc.

    Abstract: A computer numerically controlled machine may include a source of electromagnetic energy. A beam of electromagnetic energy from the source may be delivered to a destination such as, for example, a material positioned in a working area of the computer numerically controlled machine. The beam of electromagnetic energy may be susceptible to interferences while traveling from the source to the destination. The computer numerically controlled machine may include a beam detector configured detect an interference of the beam by measuring a power of the beam of electromagnetic energy at a location between the source and the destination. An interference of the beam may be detected if the power of the beam is less than a threshold value. A controller at the computer numerically controlled machine may perform one or more actions in response to the beam detector detecting the interference of the beam of electromagnetic energy.

    Controlled deceleration of moveable components in a computer numerically controlled machine

    公开(公告)号:US11281189B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-22

    申请号:US16717730

    申请日:2019-12-17

    Applicant: Glowforge Inc.

    Abstract: A method of altering a rate of executing a motion plan by a computer-numerically-controlled machine can include: receiving, at a control unit of a computer-numerically-controlled machine and from a general purpose computer that is housed separately from the computer-numerically-controlled machine, a motion plan defining operations for causing movement of a moveable component of the computer-numerically-controlled machine; and altering, in response to a command received at the computer-numerically-controlled machine, a first execution rate of the operations to a second execution rate of the operations to change a rate of movement of the movable component. Systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.

    CALIBRATION OF A COMPUTER-NUMERICALLY-CONTROLLED MACHINE

    公开(公告)号:US20220057770A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-24

    申请号:US17463857

    申请日:2021-09-01

    Applicant: Glowforge Inc.

    Abstract: A method for calibrating a computer-numerically-controlled machine can include capturing one or more images of at least a portion of the computer-numerically-controlled machine. The one or more images can be captured with at least one camera located inside an enclosure containing a material bed. A mapping relationship can be created which maps a pixel in the one or more images to a location within the computer-numerically controlled machine. The creation of the mapping relationship can include compensating for a difference in the one or more images relative to one or more physical parameters of the computer-numerically-controlled machine and/or a material positioned on the material bed. Related systems and/or articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.

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