ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,271, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Hexagon Metrology Inc. (North Kingstown, R.I.).
"CMM downtime system" was invented by Milan Kocic (Pawtucket, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments enable automation of non-production activities of a coordinate measuring machine by ascertaining, prior to executing such activities, that such activities could be safely executed in the machine's environment. Although making such a determination can be fully automated, some embodiments include a human decision-maker in the loop."
The patent was filed on June 12, 2024, under Application No. 18/740,801.
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