Modeling process device, modeling process system, and medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10747203-B2
Application number	US-201816010693-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 18, 2018
Priority date	Jan 14, 2016
Publication date	Aug 18, 2020
Grant date	Aug 18, 2020

Abstract

A modeling process device for performing a three-dimensional object modeling process is provided. The modeling process device includes an accumulation unit configured to accumulate a plurality of three-dimensional object information sets each including corresponding surface shape information items for three-dimensional objects; a searching unit configured to, based on surface shape information of a three-dimensional object generated by a scanning unit that scans a surface of the three-dimensional object, search for a three-dimensional object information set used for modeling in the plurality of the three-dimensional object information sets accumulated in the accumulation unit; and an extraction unit configured to extract a modeling condition that has been used for modeling the three-dimensional object according to the surface shape information that has been generated by the scanning unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A modeling process device for performing a three-dimensional object modeling process, the modeling process device comprising:
a memory; and
a processor coupled to the memory, wherein
the processor accumulates a plurality of three-dimensional object information sets each including corresponding surface shape information items for three-dimensional objects in the memory,
based on surface shape information of a three-dimensional object generated by the processor that scans a surface of the three-dimensional object, searches for a three-dimensional object information set used for modeling in the plurality of the three-dimensional object information sets accumulated in the memory, and
extracts a modeling condition that has been used for modeling the three-dimensional object according to the generated surface shape information that has been generated by the processor, the modeling condition including at least one or more of a layer pitch and a layering direction that have been specified for modeling the three-dimensional object, and wherein
the processor transmits to a 3D printer the three-dimensional object information set that has been searched for by the processor and the extracted modeling condition that has been extracted by the processor to cause the 3D printer to model a modeling object as a copy of the three-dimensional object, the modeling condition including at least one or more of a layer pitch and a layering direction that have been specified for modeling the three-dimensional object.

2. The modeling process device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor further scans the surface of the three-dimensional object and generates the surface shape information of the three-dimensional object.

3. The modeling process device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor extracts the modeling condition by using the three-dimensional object information set that has been searched for by the processor in addition to the surface shape information generated by the processor.

4. The modeling process device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor further
obtains information on modeling conditions supported by the modeling unit, and
corrects the extracted modeling condition that has been extracted by the processor by using the information on the modeling conditions obtained by the processor.

5. The modeling process device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor further specifies search target three-dimensional object information sets of the plurality of the three-dimensional object information sets accumulated in the memory.

6. A modeling process system for performing a modeling process of a three-dimensional object, the modeling process system comprising:
a memory, and
a processor coupled to the memory, wherein
the processor scans a surface of the three-dimensional object and generate surface shape information of the three-dimensional object,
accumulates a plurality of three-dimensional object information sets each including corresponding surface shape information items for three-dimensional objects,
searches for a three-dimensional object information set used for modeling in the plurality of the three-dimensional object information sets based on the surface shape information of the three-dimensional object generated by the processor,
extracts a modeling condition that has been used for modeling the three-dimensional object according to the surface shape information generated by the processor, the modeling condition including at least one or more of a layer pitch and a layering direction that have been specified for modeling the three-dimensional object, and
outputs the three-dimensional object information set that has been searched for and the extracted modeling condition to a 3D printer to cause the 3D printer to model a modeling object as a copy of the three-dimensional object, the modeling condition including at least one or more of a layer pitch and a layering direction that have been specified for modeling the three-dimensional object.

7. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program used for causing a computer to perform a method of obtaining and outputting information used for modeling a modeling object as a copy of a three-dimensional object, the method comprising:
scanning a surface of the three-dimensional object and generating surface shape information of the three-dimensional object;
based on the generated surface shape information of the three-dimensional object, searching for a three-dimensional object information set used for modeling in a plurality of three-dimensional object information sets that have been accumulated in a memory that accumulates the plurality of the three-dimensional object information sets each including corresponding surface shape information items for three-dimensional objects;
extracting a modeling condition that has been used for modeling the three-dimensional object according to the generated surface shape information, the modeling condition including at least one or more of a layer pitch and a layering direction that have been specified for modeling the three-dimensional object; and
outputting the three-dimensional object information set that has been searched for and the extracted modeling condition to a 3D printer to cause the 3D printer to model the modeling object, the modeling condition including at least one or more of a layer pitch and a layering direction that have been specified for modeling the three-dimensional object.

Assignees

• Yukumoto Reiji
• Kobayashi Koji
• Maeda Hiroshi
• Yuji Yasuaki
• Yang Fei
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yukumoto Reiji
• Kobayashi Koji
• Maeda Hiroshi
• Yuji Yasuaki
• Yang Fei

Classifications

• G06F30/00 Primary

  Computer-aided design [CAD] · CPC title

• B33Y50/02

  for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes · CPC title

• B29C64/386

  Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing · CPC title

• H04N1/4092

  Edge or detail enhancement · CPC title

• B33Y50/00

  Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing · CPC title