Printed facets

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10377095-B2
Application number	US-201515752793-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 20, 2015
Priority date	Aug 20, 2015
Publication date	Aug 13, 2019
Grant date	Aug 13, 2019

Abstract

Methods and devices for a lenticular image product include a print media, a printed faceted surface disposed on the print media, an interlaced image printed on the printed faceted surface, and a printed lenticular lens printed on the printed interlaced image and the printed faceted surface. The lenticular lens can be disposed over the print media selectively.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printer comprising:
a printing mechanism;
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer readable medium coupled to the processor and comprising instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
print multiple layers of a base material using the printing mechanism to generate a surface comprising a plurality of facets on a surface of a print media; and
print an interlaced image on the plurality of facets using the printing mechanism.

2. The printer of claim 1 wherein the instructions further cause the processor to print multiple layers of a lenticular material using the printing mechanism to generate a plurality of lenticular lenses over the interlaced image.

3. The printer of claim 2 wherein the base material and the lenticular material are the same material.

4. The printer of claim 2 wherein the base material or the lenticular material comprise a white liquid electro-photographic ink.

5. The printer of claim 1 wherein the printing mechanism comprises a liquid electro-photographic digital press.

6. A method comprising:
printing multiple layers of a base material to generate a surface comprising a plurality of facets on a surface of a print media;
printing an interlaced image on the plurality of facets; and
printing multiple layers of a lenticular material to generate a plurality of lenticular lenses over the interlaced image.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein a first subset of the plurality of facets are at a first angle relative to the surface of the print media, and a second subset of the plurality of facets are at a second angle relative to the surface of the print media.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the first angle and the second angle corresponding to an optical profile associated with the lenticular lenses.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein printing the multiple layers of the base material or printing the multiple layers of lenticular material comprise using a liquid electro-photographic printing press.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein printing the multiple layers of the base material or printing the multiple layers of lenticular material are performed selectively over surface of the print media.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising printing an image other than the interlaced selectively over surface of the print media.

12. The method of claim 6 , wherein the multiple layers of lenticular material are ordered and dimensioned according to an optical model of the lenticular lenses.

13. The method of claim 6 , wherein the printing the multiple layers of the base material comprises the printing the interlaced image.

14. The method of claim 6 , further comprising printing multiple separate regions of lenticular material disposed over portions of the interlaced image, wherein different regions of the lenticular material comprise lenses with different optical profiles.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein lenses of a first region of lenticular material have a horizontally-oriented optical profile and lenses of a second region of lenticular material have a vertically-oriented optical profile.

16. The method of claim 6 , further comprising shifting an optical profile of the lenses away from centered toward an intended viewing angle.

17. A lenticular effect image product comprising:
a print media:
a printed faceted surface disposed on the print media, the printed faceted surface comprising multiple stacked layers of deposited material in a pattern that forms facets of the printed faceted surface; and
an interlaced image printed on the printed faceted surface.

18. The lenticular effect image product of claim 17 , wherein the faceted surface is printed selectively over regions of the print media, the faceted surface comprising regions of ridges oriented at different angles relative to one another.

19. The lenticular effect image product of claim 17 , further comprising multiple separate regions of lenticular material disposed over portions of the interlaced image, wherein different regions of the lenticular material comprise lenses with different optical profiles.

20. The lenticular effect image product of claim 19 , wherein lenses of a first region of lenticular material have a horizontally-oriented optical profile and lenses of a second region of lenticular material have a vertically-oriented optical profile.

Assignees

• Hp Indigo Bv

Inventors

• Manousakis Stylianos
• Gaash Amir
• Askeland Ronald A

Classifications

• G02B3/0043

  Inhomogeneous or irregular arrays, e.g. varying shape, size, height · CPC title

• G02B30/27

  involving lenticular arrays · CPC title

• G02B3/005

  arranged along a single direction only, e.g. lenticular sheets (G02B3/0043 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B33Y10/00

  Processes of additive manufacturing · CPC title

• B33Y80/00

  Products made by additive manufacturing · CPC title