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Abstract

An apparatus and method for the control of laser beams in real time synchronization with the control of multi-axis machines that position laser beams in two or three dimensional space, including the positioning of a laser beam with respect to the object(s) to be affected, the timing of when the laser is turned on and off, and the amount of laser light produced when the laser is on. The apparatus consists of digital electronic circuitry to control the laser and the motion of each axis in a multi-axis machine. The digital electronic circuitry synchronizes the laser operation with the multi-axis movement by means of real time digital electronic synchronization signals between the motion control circuitry and the laser control circuitry. There is also non-real time software that handles image processing on an external computer and real time embedded software running on a microprocessor connected to the digital electronic circuitry that operates to covert commands and data from the image processing software into bit register information that is processed by the motion control circuitry and the laser control circuitry.

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