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US 10,726,635 · App. 16/049,834 · Granted Jul 28, 2020

Three-dimensional shape data editing apparatus, three-dimensional modeling apparatus, three-dimensional modeling system, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing three-dimensional shape data editing program

Inventor: Yuji Ohmori (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
G06T19/20G06T2219/2021
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,726,635
App. No.
16/049,834
Filed
Jul 31, 2018
Granted
Jul 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Examiner
ZHAI, KYLE
Art Unit
2612
USPC
345/424
Abstract

A three-dimensional shape data editing apparatus includes an editing unit that edits three-dimensional shape data so that a three-dimensional shape represented by using a voxel having a height of a lamination interval is similar to an original three-dimensional shape represented by the three-dimensional shape data in a case where the height of the voxel in a lamination direction of the three-dimensional shape data representing the three-dimensional shape by a set of plural voxels is different from the lamination interval of a three-dimensional modeling apparatus that models the three-dimensional shape.

Claims (49)

1. A three-dimensional shape data editing apparatus comprising:

a processor, configured to:

obtain three-dimensional shape data representing a three-dimensional shape by a set of a plurality of voxels;

obtain a lamination interval of a three-dimensional modeling apparatus that models the three-dimensional shape;

determine whether a height of a voxel in a lamination direction of the three-dimensional shape data is different from the lamination interval; and

in a case where the height of the voxel in the lamination direction of the three-dimensional shape data is different from the lamination interval, edit the three-dimensional shape data so that the three-dimensional shape represented by using the voxel having the height of the lamination interval is similar to an original three-dimensional shape represented by the three-dimensional shape.

2. The three-dimensional shape data editing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor edits the three-dimensional shape data so that the lamination intervals are different in a plurality of modeling areas within an identical layer.

3. The three-dimensional shape data editing apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein each of the plurality of modeling areas is an area corresponding to each of a plurality of different three-dimensional shapes.

4. The three-dimensional shape data editing apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the processor edits the three-dimensional shape data so that the lamination intervals are different in a plurality of partial areas within the modeling area.

5. The three-dimensional shape data editing apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein the processor converts the three-dimensional shape into the plurality of voxels in a state in which the three-dimensional shape is inclined, in a case where the three-dimensional modeling apparatus models the three-dimensional shape in an inclined state.

6. The three-dimensional shape data editing apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the processor converts the three-dimensional shape into the plurality of voxels in a state in which the three-dimensional shape is inclined, in a case where the three-dimensional modeling apparatus models the three-dimensional shape in an inclined state.

7. The three-dimensional shape data editing apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the processor edits the three-dimensional shape data so that the lamination intervals are different in a plurality of partial areas within the modeling area.

8. The three-dimensional shape data editing apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein the processor converts the three-dimensional shape into the plurality of voxels in a state in which the three-dimensional shape is inclined, in a case where the three-dimensional modeling apparatus models the three-dimensional shape in an inclined state.

9. The three-dimensional shape data editing apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the processor converts the three-dimensional shape into the plurality of voxels in a state in which the three-dimensional shape is inclined, in a case where the three-dimensional modeling apparatus models the three-dimensional shape in an inclined state.

10. The three-dimensional shape data editing apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the processor edits the three-dimensional shape data so that as a tilt angle decreases, the height of the voxel in the lamination direction decreases, in an inclined portion of the three-dimensional shape.

11. The three-dimensional shape data editing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor converts the three-dimensional shape into the plurality of voxels in a state in which the three-dimensional shape is inclined, in a case where the three-dimensional modeling apparatus models the three-dimensional shape in an inclined state.

12. The three-dimensional shape data editing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor edits the three-dimensional shape data so that as a tilt angle decreases, the height of the voxel in the lamination direction decreases, in an inclined portion of the three-dimensional shape.

13. The three-dimensional shape data editing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor edits the three-dimensional shape data so that the lamination interval of an external area of the three-dimensional shape is different from the lamination interval of an internal area of the three-dimensional shape.

14. The three-dimensional shape data editing apparatus according to claim 13 ,

wherein the processor edits the three-dimensional shape data so that the lamination interval of the external area of the three-dimensional shape is smaller than the lamination interval of the internal area of the three-dimensional shape.

15. The three-dimensional shape data editing apparatus according to claim 14 ,

wherein the processor edits the three-dimensional shape data so that the lamination interval of a predetermined area required to have a smooth shape in the external area is smaller than the lamination interval of an area other than the predetermined area.

16. The three-dimensional shape data editing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor edits the three-dimensional shape data and support material data of a support material that supports the three-dimensional shape, so that a lamination interval of the support material is larger than the lamination interval of the three-dimensional shape.

17. The three-dimensional shape data editing apparatus according to claim 16 ,

wherein the processor edits the support material data so that a shape of the support material of a portion in contact with the three-dimensional shape is smaller than an area of a portion not in contact with the three-dimensional shape.

18. A three-dimensional modeling apparatus comprising:

a controller, configured to:

model a three-dimensional shape based on three-dimensional shape data edited by the three-dimensional shape data editing apparatus according to claim 1 .

19. A three-dimensional modeling system comprising:

a three-dimensional shape data editing apparatus comprising a processor configured to:

obtain three-dimensional shape data representing a three-dimensional shape by a set of a plurality of voxels;

obtain a lamination interval of a three-dimensional modeling apparatus that models the three-dimensional shape;

determine whether a height of a voxel in a lamination direction of the three-dimensional shape data is different from the lamination interval; and

in a case where the height of the voxel in the lamination direction of the three-dimensional shape data is different from the lamination interval, edit the three-dimensional shape data so that the three-dimensional shape represented by using the voxel having the height of the lamination interval is similar to an original three-dimensional shape represented by the three-dimensional shape; and

the three-dimensional modeling apparatus comprising a controller that models the three-dimensional shape based on the three-dimensional shape data edited by the three-dimensional shape data editing apparatus.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a three-dimensional shape data editing program causing a computer to function as the processor of the three-dimensional shape data editing apparatus according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 058287/0056 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2018
From: OHMORI, YUJI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046557/0905 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-073396 · Apr 5, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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