Three-dimensional shape generation apparatus, three-dimensional shape generation system, three-dimensional shape generation method, and non-transitory recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12380639-B2
Application number	US-202218070519-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 29, 2022
Priority date	Jan 13, 2022
Publication date	Aug 5, 2025
Grant date	Aug 5, 2025

Abstract

A three-dimensional shape generation apparatus includes circuitry configured to perform one of a first processing or a second processing to generate three-dimensional shape information using point-group information indicating three-dimensional point groups as a generation processing based on an instruction operation received at an instruction reception screen, the instruction operation designating one of the first processing or the second processing. The circuitry performs all processes or a part of processes of the generation processing based on an operation input received at the instruction reception screen in response to the instruction operation designating the first processing. The circuitry performs all processes of the generation processing using a stored processing previously stored in a memory without using the operation input received at the instruction reception screen in response to the instruction operation designating the second processing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A three-dimensional shape generation apparatus, comprising:
circuitry configured to
display an instruction reception screen including:
information identifying each generation process of a plurality of generation processes;
process selection options for each generation process, the process selection options including options for first processing and second processing, the first processing including a manual processing and a mixed processing and the second processing including an automatic processing; and
a sequence order input box for each generation process;

receive an instruction operation via the instruction reception screen, the instruction operation designating one of the first processing or the second processing for one or more generation process of the plurality of generation processes and designating an execution order via the sequence order input boxes; and
perform a generation processing based on the instruction operation to generate three-dimensional shape information using point-group information indicating three-dimensional point groups, wherein

in a case that the instruction operation indicates at least one of generation processes with the first processing, the circuitry performs the one or more generation processes of the generation processing based on the instruction operation input received at the instruction reception screen and according to the execution order, and
in a case that the instruction operation indicates the plurality of generation processes with the second processing, the circuitry performs all generation processes of the generation processing using a stored processing previously stored in a memory and according to a stored execution order without using any operation input received at the instruction reception screen.

2. The three-dimensional shape generation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the circuitry is further configured to transmit instruction reception screen information to a communication terminal communicable with the three-dimensional shape generation apparatus, and
the communication terminal to displays the instruction reception screen according to the instruction reception screen information.

3. The three-dimensional shape generation apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the circuitry further transmits operation screen information to the communication terminal, and
the communication terminal displays an operation screen, according to the operation screen information, to receive an operation input.

4. The three-dimensional shape generation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to receive a setting operation to set one of the first processing or the second processing, the setting operation input via a setting screen.

5. The three-dimensional shape generation apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the circuitry further transmits setting screen information to a communication terminal, and
the communication terminal displays the setting screen according to the setting screen information.

6. The three-dimensional shape generation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in the case that the instruction operation indicates the at least one of generation processes with the first processing the circuitry performs the one or more generation processes of the generation processing based on the operation input and the stored processing.

7. The three-dimension shape generation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
in the case that the instruction operation indicates the at least one of generation processes with the first processing the circuitry performs the one or more generation processes of the generation processing according to a preliminarily stored execution order.

8. The three-dimension shape generation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in the case that the instruction operation indicates the at least one of generation processes with the first processing, the circuitry performs the one or more generation processes of the circuitry is further configured to update the stored processing based on history information stored during performance of the one or more generation processes.

9. The three-dimensional shape generation apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising the memory which stores the three-dimensional shape information.

10. The three-dimensional shape generation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to transmit the three-dimensional shape information to a communication terminal.

11. A three-dimensional shape generation system, comprising:
a three-dimensional shape generation apparatus including circuitry; and
a communication terminal communicable with the three-dimensional shape generation apparatus, wherein
the circuitry of the three-dimensional shape generation apparatus is configured to:
transmit, to the communication terminal, instruction reception screen information to control the communication terminal to display an instruction reception screen including:
information identifying each generation process of a plurality of generation processes;
process selection options for each generation process, the process selection options including options for first processing and second processing, the first processing including a manual processing and a mixed processing and the second processing including an automatic processing; and
a sequence order input box for each generation process;

receive, from the communication terminal, an instruction operation input-to via the instruction reception screen, the instruction operation designating one of the first processing or the second processing for one or more generation process of the plurality of generation processes and designating an execution order via the sequence order input boxes; and
perform a generation processing based on the instruction operation to generate three-dimensional shape information using point-group information indicating three-dimensional point groups, wherein

in a case that the instruction operation indicates at least one of generation processes with the first processing, the circuitry performs the one or more generation processes of the generation processing based on the instruction operation received at the instruction reception screen and according to the execution order, and
in a case that the instruction operation indicates the plurality of generation processes with the second processing, the circuitry performs all generation processes of the generation processing using a stored processing previously stored in a memory and according to a stored execution order without using any operation input received at the instruction reception screen.

12. A three-dimensional shape generating method, comprising:
displaying an instruction reception screen including:
information identifying each generation process of a plurality of generation processes;
process selection options for each generation process, the process selection options including options for first processing and second processing, the first processing including a manual processing and a mixed processing and the second processing including an automatic processing; and
a sequence order input box for each generation process;

receiving, by circuitry, an instruction operation via an instruction reception screen, the instruction operation designating one of the first processing or the second processing for one or more generation process of the plurality of generation processes and designating an execution order via the sequence order input boxes; and
performing, by the circuitry, a generation processing based on the instruction operation to gen

Assignees

• Motohashi Naoki
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Motohashi Naoki

Classifications

• G06T2210/56

  Particle system, point based geometry or rendering · CPC title

• G06T2200/24

  involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs] · CPC title

• G06F2111/02

  CAD in a network environment, e.g. collaborative CAD or distributed simulation · CPC title

• G06F2111/20

  Configuration CAD, e.g. designing by assembling or positioning modules selected from libraries of predesigned modules · CPC title

• G06F30/17

  Mechanical parametric or variational design · CPC title