Design-to-order performance equipment
First Claim
1. A method for customizing a performance device, comprising:
- providing a baseline model defining modifications to a base device necessary to obtain a master device, including at least one modification calculated to improve performance of the master device over the base device;
receiving at least one change to a parameter of the baseline model from a customer;
responsive to the at least one changed parameter, modifying a plurality of other parameters in the baseline model to obtain a customized device having the improved performance of the master device, including modifying certain of the other parameters based on information received from a community of users;
providing the baseline model to the community of users, including providing metadata to the community of users, including one or more of a technical analysis, a hydrodynamic flow analysis, a computational fluid dynamics analysis and a finite element analysis, wherein certain of the community of users create other customized devices from the baseline model; and
generating manufacturing instructions, the instructions when executed by an automated production machine, causes the production machine to manufacture the customized device.
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Abstract
Customization systems and methods are described in relation to performance devices and apparatus using a closed-loop feedback process for exploration, design and improvement of devices including performance devices. Crowdsourced knowledge bases, iterative improvements and centralized statistical, semantical and other technical analyses are employed to modify a baseline design. A baseline model defining modifications to a base device necessary to obtain a master device including modifications calculated to improve performance of the master device over the base device. Manufacturing instructions including CNC code can be produced and used to causes the production machine to manufacture the customized device. A design-to-order system is described as having of a simplified user interface, a queuing system, CAD/CAM capability and a repository of stored baseline models.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for customizing a performance device, comprising:
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providing a baseline model defining modifications to a base device necessary to obtain a master device, including at least one modification calculated to improve performance of the master device over the base device; receiving at least one change to a parameter of the baseline model from a customer; responsive to the at least one changed parameter, modifying a plurality of other parameters in the baseline model to obtain a customized device having the improved performance of the master device, including modifying certain of the other parameters based on information received from a community of users; providing the baseline model to the community of users, including providing metadata to the community of users, including one or more of a technical analysis, a hydrodynamic flow analysis, a computational fluid dynamics analysis and a finite element analysis, wherein certain of the community of users create other customized devices from the baseline model; and generating manufacturing instructions, the instructions when executed by an automated production machine, causes the production machine to manufacture the customized device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for customizing a performance device, comprising:
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providing a baseline model defining modifications to a base device necessary to obtain a master device, including at least one modification calculated to improve performance of the master device over the base device; receiving at least one change to a parameter of the baseline model from a customer; responsive to the at least one changed parameter, modifying a plurality of other parameters in the baseline model to obtain a customized device having the improved performance of the master device, including modifying certain of the other parameters based on information received from a community of users; providing the baseline model to the community of users, including providing metadata to the community of users, including one or more of a recommendation derived from statistical analysis of sets of historic data provided by users, wherein certain of the community of users create other customized devices from the baseline model; and generating manufacturing instructions, the instructions when executed by an automated production machine, causes the production machine to manufacture the customized device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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