ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,697, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).
"Numerical control device" was invented by Hiroyuki Fujimoto (Yamanashi, Japan) and Nobuaki Aizawa (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The purpose is to provide a numerical control device that can easily suppress the occurrence of burrs. The numerical control device comprises: an analysis unit that analyses a processing program for processing a workpiece in a machine tool; and a corner specifying unit that specifies the corner that causes burrs on the workpiece based on the analyzed processing program."
The patent was filed on Sept. 9, 2021, under A...