Cutting Apparatus Time Estimation via Line Segment Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cutting apparatuses lack the ability to display the cutting time length required to cut a pattern and the remaining time length during the cutting operation, making them inconvenient for users.
Innovation Solution
A cutting apparatus equipped with a display unit and a control device that calculates and displays the cutting time length by obtaining line segment lengths from cutting data and relative movement speed, allowing users to understand the time required to cut a pattern.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If cutting data is generated with connected cutting lines to cut multiple patterns continuously, then cutting time length is shortened, but the cutting time length becomes unknown to the user before cutting starts
Solution Approach 1:
The control device calculates the cutting time length in advance based on the cutting data and relative movement speed before the cutting operation starts, and displays this information to the user. This preliminary calculation and display of time information resolves the contradiction by providing known cutting time while maintaining the efficient continuous cutting approach.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback to the user by displaying the calculated cutting time length before cutting starts and the remaining time during cutting operations. This feedback mechanism ensures users have temporal information while the system maintains optimized cutting paths.
2Productivity
If cutting lines of multiple patterns are connected together to perform continuous cutting, then cutting efficiency is improved, but the remaining time length during cutting operation becomes unknown to the user
Solution Approach 1:
The control device continuously monitors the cutting progress and calculates the remaining time length by subtracting elapsed time from the total cutting time. This real-time feedback is displayed to the user during the cutting operation, maintaining cutting efficiency while providing temporal information.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically tracks and displays remaining time information without requiring user intervention or external monitoring. The control device self-manages the time calculation and display, allowing efficient continuous cutting while keeping users informed.
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AI summary
A cutting apparatus includes a platen configured to receive and object, a cutting device having a cutter, a first moving mechanism configured to move the cutter so that the cutter comes close to or departs from the platen, and a second moving mechanism configured to move the object and the cutter on the platen relative to each other. The apparatus further includes a display unit and a control device. The control device is configured to cause the apparatus to obtain lengths of line segments composing a cutting line of the pattern for every line segment, to calculate a time length required to cut each line segment, to calculate a cutting time length required to cut the pattern by accumulating the time lengths required to cut the respective line segments, and to cause the display unit to display a calculated cutting time length required to cut the pattern.