Granted Patent
B2
US 12,591,144 · App. 18/636,766 · Granted Mar 31, 2026
Optical fiducial generation for galvanometric scanner calibration
Assignee:
nLIGHT, Inc.
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Abstract
A method includes producing a fiducial source beam with an optical source, and forming at least one transient optical fiducial on a laser processing target that is in a field of view of a laser scanner situated to scan a laser processing beam across the laser processing target, with an optical fiducial pattern generator that receives the fiducial source beam, to adjust a positioning of the laser processing beam relative to the at least one transient optical fiducial.
Claims (14)
1 . A method, comprising:
producing a fiducial source beam with an optical source; and
using an optical fiducial pattern generator, producing with the fiducial source beam at least one transient optical fiducial on a laser processing target made of powder material that is in a field of view of a laser scanner situated to scan a laser processing beam across the laser processing target, wherein the optical fiducial pattern generator is coupled to the laser scanner so that a positioning of the laser processing beam with the laser scanner becomes adjustable relative to the positioning of the at least one transient optical fiducial in the field of view of the laser scanner.
2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting the at least one transient optical fiducial with an optical detector optically coupled to the laser processing target through the laser scanner;
determining a position difference between the at least one transient optical fiducial and the laser processing beam; and
adjusting the positioning of the laser processing beam with the laser scanner in the field of view by reducing the position difference.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the producing with the fiducial source beam the at least one transient optical fiducial includes:
diffracting the fiducial source beam with a diffractive optical element to produce a plurality of transient optical fiducial beamlets; and
directing the plurality of transient optical fiducial beamlets to the laser processing target as a precalibrated array of the at least one transient optical fiducial in the field of view of the laser scanner.
4 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
detecting the at least one transient optical fiducial with an optical detector optically coupled to the laser processing target through the laser scanner;
wherein the producing with the fiducial source beam the at least one transient optical fiducial includes varying a position of the at least one transient optical fiducial on the laser processing target during processing of the target with the laser processing beam; and
wherein the determining a position difference and adjusting the positioning of the laser processing beam includes following a variable position of the at least one transient optical fiducial with the laser processing beam based on the detection of the at least one transient optical fiducial with the optical detector.
Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Jun 7, 2024
From: SMALL, JAY; MARTINSEN, ROBERT J.
To: NLIGHT, INC.
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Continuity (4)
Provisional Application
62481637
· Apr 4, 2017
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