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US 11,023,794 · App. 16/586,712 · Granted Jun 1, 2021

Encoded geometry fabrication operation

Inventors: Richard W. Guzman (Austin, TX); Scott C. Lauffer (Austin, TX); Travis Gilbert (Round Rock, TX)
Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
G06K19/06037G06F16/258G06K7/1473
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,023,794
App. No.
16/586,712
Filed
Sep 27, 2019
Granted
Jun 1, 2021
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2876
USPC
235/437
Abstract

A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing an encoded geometry fabrication operation. In various embodiments, the encoded geometry fabrication operation comprises: identifying data to be encoded within the encoded geometry, the data to be encoded within the encoded geometry comprising a unique code to be associated with the encoded geometry; converting the data to be encoded to the encoded geometry; fabricating a part with the encoded geometry, the encoded geometry passively representing the unique code with a physical code; and, performing a computer vision operation to read the physical code of the encoded geometry, the computer vision operation confirming the unique code of the encoded geometry corresponds to the physical code of the encoded geometry.

Claims (58)

1. A computer-implementable method for fabricating an encoded geometry, comprising:

identifying data to be encoded within the encoded geometry, the data to be encoded within the encoded geometry comprising a unique code to be associated with the encoded geometry;

converting the data to be encoded to the encoded geometry;

fabricating a part with the encoded geometry, the encoded geometry passively representing the unique code with a physical code; and,

performing a computer vision operation to read the physical code of the encoded geometry, the computer vision operation confirming the unique code of the encoded geometry corresponds to the physical code of the encoded geometry.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the encoded geometry of the part uniquely identifies the part.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the computer vision operation performs a quality control operation.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the encoded geometry comprises a plurality of multi-dimensional symbols; and,

the plurality of multi-dimensional symbols are combined to provide a unique encoded geometry.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein:

each multi-dimensional symbol is a three dimensional symbol and the encoded geometry is a three dimensional part comprising a plurality of the three dimensional symbols.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the part is a passive part; and,

the passive part that is attached to a component being identified.

7. A system comprising:

a processor;

a data bus coupled to the processor; and

a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium being coupled to the data bus, the computer program code interacting with a plurality of computer operations and comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for:

identifying data to be encoded within an encoded geometry, the data to be encoded within the encoded geometry comprising a unique code to be associated with the encoded geometry;

converting the data to be encoded to the encoded geometry;

fabricating a part with the encoded geometry, the encoded geometry passively representing the unique code with a physical code; and,

performing a computer vision operation to read the physical code of the encoded geometry, the computer vision operation confirming the unique code of the encoded geometry corresponds to the physical code of the encoded geometry.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein:

the encoded geometry of the part uniquely identifies the part.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein:

the computer vision operation performs a quality control operation.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein:

the encoded geometry comprises a plurality of multi-dimensional symbols; and,

the plurality of multi-dimensional symbols are combined to provide a unique encoded geometry.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein:

each multi-dimensional symbol is a three dimensional symbol and the encoded geometry is a three dimensional part comprising a plurality of the three dimensional symbols.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein:

the part is a passive part; and,

the passive part that is attached to a component being identified.

13. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:

identifying data to be encoded within an encoded geometry, the data to be encoded within the encoded geometry comprising a unique code to be associated with the encoded geometry;

converting the data to be encoded to the encoded geometry;

fabricating a part with the encoded geometry, the encoded geometry passively representing the unique code with a physical code; and,

performing a computer vision operation to read the physical code of the encoded geometry, the computer vision operation confirming the unique code of the encoded geometry corresponds to the physical code of the encoded geometry.

14. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:

the encoded geometry of the part uniquely identifies the part.

15. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:

the computer vision operation performs a quality control operation.

16. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:

the encoded geometry comprises a plurality of multi-dimensional symbols; and,

the plurality of multi-dimensional symbols are combined to provide a unique encoded geometry.

17. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein:

each multi-dimensional symbol is a three dimensional symbol and the encoded geometry is a three dimensional part comprising a plurality of the three dimensional symbols.

18. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:

the part is a passive part; and,

the passive part that is attached to a component being identified.

19. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:

the computer executable instructions are deployable to a client system from a server system at a remote location.

20. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:

the computer executable instructions are provided by a service provider to a user on an on-demand basis.

Assignments (9)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (053546/0001) Recorded Jun 23, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL MARKETING L.P. (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.); DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; DELL MARKETING CORPORATION (SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC. AND WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.); EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (051302/0528) Recorded Jun 23, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC; DELL MARKETING CORPORATION (SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.); SECUREWORKS CORP.
Reel/Frame 060438/0593 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (053311/0169) Recorded Jun 23, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 060438/0742 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL 051449 FRAME 0728 Recorded Nov 2, 2021
From: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.; SECUREWORKS CORP.; EMC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058002/0010 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2020
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 053311/0169 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 22, 2020
From: CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES INC.; DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL MARKETING L.P.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
Reel/Frame 053546/0001 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 31, 2019
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.; SECUREWORKS CORP.; EMC CORPORATION
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
Reel/Frame 051449/0728 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (NOTES) Recorded Dec 16, 2019
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.; SECUREWORKS CORP.
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 051302/0528 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2019
From: GUZMAN, RICHARD W.; LAUFFER, SCOTT C.; GILBERT, TRAVIS
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Reel/Frame 050527/0457 →
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