ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,326, issued on June 17, was assigned to ZUND SYSTEMTECHNIK AG (Altstatten, Switzerland).
"Cutting machine with overview camera" was invented by Rolf Sutter (Appenzell, Switzerland) and Andreas Gruter (Balgach, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting machine for cutting a flat surface having a graphical design with optical registration features is disclosed. The cutting machine includes a working surface for receiving at least one object, a first camera unit arranged so that the field of vision encompasses the whole working surface, a working group above the working surface, and at least one cutting device for cutting the...