ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,908, issued on Feb. 18.
"Apparatus, system and methods for CNC material cutting" was invented by Dustin Headley (Crystal Lake, Ill.) and Tyler Van Kirk (Chicago).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques include converting an original or source image into a computer image file that uses guide curves to provide for a cutting of that image onto a surface of a material. One or more techniques comprise a process of converting the image into a computer image file, such as by pixelating or rasterizing the image. The process then controls a CNC knife to cut the surface of the material at different locations, different angles, different depth...