Image processing device, image processing system, non-transitory recording medium, and method of manufacturing object

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10377123-B2
Application number	US-201514946909-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 20, 2015
Priority date	Dec 2, 2014
Publication date	Aug 13, 2019
Grant date	Aug 13, 2019

Abstract

An image processing device includes a data receiver to receive three-dimensional object data of an object and a circuitry to create three-dimensional data from the three-dimensional object data when coloring at least part of a surface of the object, to conduct the coloring to the outer layer of the surface and multiple inner layers of the object.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image processing device comprising:
memory storing computer-readable instructions; and
one or more processors configured to execute the computer-readable instructions such that the one or more processors are configured to perform operations including
receiving three-dimensional object data of a three dimensional object having a colored layer composed of an outermost layer and multiple inner layers;
determining if the multiple inner layers of the three dimensional object has a color based on the received three-dimensional object data and when it is determined that the multiple inner layers have no color, creating data to color the multiple inner layers;
determining whether the outermost layer of a surface and at least one of multiple inner layers of the three-dimensional object have an identical dot pattern and whether the outermost layer of the surface and at least one of the multiple inner layers have different dot patterns; and
creating different dot pattern arrangements throughout the multiple inner layers and creating three-dimensional print data from the three-dimensional object data when coloring at least part of a surface of the object, conducting the coloring to the outermost layer of the surface and when coloring multiple inner layers of the object.

2. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to create three dimensional print data whereby the outermost layer and the multiple inner layers are adjacent to each other.

3. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to create three dimensional print data whereby a thickness of the outermost layer and the multiple inner layers is not less than 50 μm.

4. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to create three dimensional print data whereby at least one layer of the multiple inner layers has a dot arrangement pattern different from that of the outermost layer.

5. The image processing device according to claim 4 , wherein the three-dimensional data are created by using three dimensional dithermatrix that regulates dot arrangement.

6. The image processing device according to claim 4 , wherein the three-dimensional data are created by an error diffusion method using a three-dimensional weight matrix.

7. The image processing device according to claim 4 , wherein the three-dimensional data are created by changing noise positions that generates a random pattern for each of the multiple inner layers.

8. The image processing device according to claim 4 , wherein the three-dimensional data are created by at least rotating or parallel-shifting the dot arrangement pattern for each of the multiple inner layers.

9. An image processing system comprising:
the image processing device of claim 1 ; and
an additive manufacturing device to manufacture the object based on the three-dimensional data created by the image processing device.

10. A non-transitory recording medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to perform a control method of an image processing device, comprising:
receiving three-dimensional object data of a three dimensional object having a colored layer composed of an outermost layer and multiple inner layers;
determining if the multiple inner layers inner layer of the three dimensional object has a color based on the three-dimensional object data and when it is determined that the multiple inner layers have no color, creating data to color the multiple inner layers;
determining whether the outermost layer of a surface of the object and at least one of multiple inner layers of the object have an identical dot pattern and whether the outermost layer of the surface and at least one of the multiple inner layers have different dot patterns, and
creating different dot pattern arrangements throughout the multiple inner layers and creating three-dimensional data from the three-dimensional object data when at least part of a surface of the object is subject to coloring, applying the coloring to the outermost layer of the surface and multiple inner layers of the object.

11. A method of manufacturing an object comprising:
receiving three-dimensional object data of the object having a colored layer composed of an outermost layer and multiple inner layers;
determining if the multiple inner layers of the three dimensional object has a color based on the three-dimensional object data and when it is determined that the multiple inner layers have no color, creating data to color the multiple inner layers;
determining whether the outermost layer of a surface of the object and at least one of multiple inner layers of the object have an identical dot pattern and whether the outermost layer of the surface and at least one of the multiple inner layers have different dot patterns;
creating different dot pattern arrangements throughout the multiple inner layers and creating three-dimensional data from the three-dimensional object data when coloring at least part of a surface of the object, to conduct the coloring to the outermost layer of the surface and multiple inner layers of the object; and
manufacturing the object based on the three-dimensional data.

Assignees

• Hatanaka Shinichi
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hatanaka Shinichi

Classifications

• Y02P90/265

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• G05B2219/49007

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

• B33Y50/00

  Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing · CPC title

• H04N1/00827 Primary

  Arrangements for reading an image from an unusual original, e.g. 3-dimensional objects · CPC title

• B33Y10/00 Primary

  Processes of additive manufacturing · CPC title