Three-dimensional printing based on a license

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10248108-B2
Application number	US-201614992052-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 11, 2016
Priority date	Jan 11, 2016
Publication date	Apr 2, 2019
Grant date	Apr 2, 2019

Abstract

A schematic for an object to print using a 3D printer is received. Based on the schematic, at least one customizable characteristic of the object that is licensed to a user identified. The at least one customizable characteristic of the object is modified to adjust the print instructions customized for the object. The modified object is printed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a processor; and a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by the processor to cause the system to:
receive a schematic for an object to print using a 3D printer;
identify, based on the schematic, at least one customizable characteristic of the object that is licensed to a user;
modify the at least one customizable characteristic of the object to adjust print instructions customized for the object, wherein modifying the at least one customizable characteristic of the object includes reducing, based on the license, service life, such that a service life of the modified object is less than a service life of the object described in the schematic; and
print the modified object.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the modifying the at least one customizable characteristic of the object further comprises:
identifying functionality of the object; and
determining a substantially similar functionality that reduces the service life of the object.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the program instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the system to make the object static.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein modifying the object further includes selecting materials of the object, wherein the selection of the materials is based on the service life.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the program instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the system to:
adjust, based on user input, the at least one customizable characteristic of the object,
wherein the schematic of the object can display the at least one customizable characteristic of the object in an interactive user-interface (UI).

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the license is upgradable, and wherein the program instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the system to:
upgrade, based user input, the license of the object; and
modify, based on the upgrade, a second at least one customizable characteristics of the object.

7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
calculating a customizable characteristic of the at least one customizable characteristic based on the service life.

8. A computer program product for printing a modified object using a 3D printer based on a schematic, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a computer to perform a method comprising:
receiving a schematic for an object to print using a 3D printer;
identifying, based on the schematic, at least one customizable characteristic of the object that is licensed to a user;
modifying the at least one customizable characteristic of the object to adjust print instructions customized for the object, wherein modifying the at least one customizable characteristic of the object includes reducing, based on the license, service life, such that a service life of the modified object is less than a service life of the object described in the schematic; and
printing the modified object.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the modifying the at least one customizable characteristic further includes:
identifying functionality of the object; and
determining a substantially similar functionality that reduces the service life of the object.

10. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises:
adjusting, by the user, the at least one customizable characteristic of the object,
wherein the schematic of the object can display the at least one customizable characteristic of the object in an interactive user-interface (UI).

11. A system comprising:
receiving a schematic for an object to print using a 3D printer;
identifying, based on the schematic, at least one customizable characteristic of the object that is licensed to a user;
modifying the at least one customizable characteristic of the object to adjust print instructions customized for the object, wherein modifying the at least one customizable characteristic of the object is further based on a service life of the object, wherein the service life is based on a license, wherein the service life is an amount of time that the object is functionally capable of completing a task, the quality, and an appearance of a printed modified object as described in a specifications sections of a modified schematic; and
printing the modified object.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Cudak Gary D
• Do Lydia M
• Hardee Christopher J
• Roberts Adam
• Weber John M

Classifications

• G06F2119/18

  Manufacturability analysis or optimisation for manufacturability · CPC title

• G06F30/00

  Computer-aided design [CAD] · CPC title

• G05B2219/35134

  3-D cad-cam · CPC title

• G05B2219/49007

  Making, forming 3-D object, model, surface · CPC title

• G06F2217/12

  Physics · mapped topic