Three-dimensional printing based on a license

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10248109-B2
Application number	US-201615085240-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 30, 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 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 the modifying the at least one customizable characteristic of the object includes reducing, based on a 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.

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

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the modifying the at least one customizable characteristic of the object includes making the object static.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the modifying the at least one customizable characteristic of the object further includes selecting materials of the object, wherein the selecting the materials is based on the service life.

5. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:
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).

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the license is upgradable, wherein the method further comprises:
upgrading, by the user, the license to the object; and
modifying, based on the upgrading, a second at least one customizable characteristics of the object.

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

8. 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 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

• G05B2219/49007

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

• G05B2219/35134

  3-D cad-cam · CPC title

• G06F2119/18

  Manufacturability analysis or optimisation for manufacturability · CPC title

• G06F30/00

  Computer-aided design [CAD] · CPC title

• G06F17/50

  Physics · mapped topic