System and method for generating a control program
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1. A system for automatically generating a control program for a machine from a drawing, comprising:
- an optical image acquisition device reading the drawing;
a machine control system connected to the image acquisition device and comprisingan image processing module that associates image data recorded by the image acquisition device with contour data and additional image data;
a code generator that automatically generates the control program based on the contour data;
an interactively controllable correction module that cooperates with the image processing module and the code generator; and
a memory that stores the control program,wherein the correction module automatically proposes several contours or contour transitions for an ambiguous contour segment and allows interactive selection of one of the contours or contour transitions or addition of a missing contour or contour transition.
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Abstract
A system for generating a control program for a machine includes an optical image acquisition device, in particular a scanner and a machine control system connected to the scanner. The machine control system includes an image processing module that associated image data read by the image acquisition device with contour data and additional image data, a code generator for automatically generating the control program based on the contour data, and a memory that stores the control program.
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1. A system for automatically generating a control program for a machine from a drawing, comprising:
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an optical image acquisition device reading the drawing; a machine control system connected to the image acquisition device and comprising an image processing module that associates image data recorded by the image acquisition device with contour data and additional image data; a code generator that automatically generates the control program based on the contour data; an interactively controllable correction module that cooperates with the image processing module and the code generator; and a memory that stores the control program, wherein the correction module automatically proposes several contours or contour transitions for an ambiguous contour segment and allows interactive selection of one of the contours or contour transitions or addition of a missing contour or contour transition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for generating a control program for a machine, comprising the steps of:
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with an optical image acquisition device, reading a technical drawing into an image acquisition module that forms a part of a machine control system; associating the image data acquired with the image acquisition module with contour data and additional data; with an interactive correction module, automatically proposing several contours or contour transitions for an ambiguous contour segment and allows interactive selection of one of the contours or contour transitions or addition of a missing contour or contour transition; and automatically generating from the contour data a control program capable of controlling the machine. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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