IP Library Granted Patent US 11,443,496
Granted Patent B2
US 11,443,496 · App. 16/589,182 · Granted Sep 13, 2022

Three-dimensional object data generation apparatus, three-dimensional object forming apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium for setting attributes of voxels representing object

Inventor: Takeshi Nagamine (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
G06T19/20B33Y50/00G06T15/08G06T2200/04G06T2219/2008
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Patent No.
US 11,443,496
App. No.
16/589,182
Granted
Sep 13, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A three-dimensional object data generation apparatus includes an attribute setting unit that sets, for each of plural voxels representing a three-dimensional object, an attribute of a voxel of a second three-dimensional object, which is obtained by combining plural first three-dimensional objects together, in accordance with a priority level set for an attribute of a voxel at a time when the plural first three-dimensional objects are combined together.

Claims (16)

1. A three-dimensional object data generation apparatus comprising:

a processor programmed to function as:

an attribute setting unit that sets, for each of a plurality of voxels representing a three-dimensional object, an attribute of a voxel of a second three-dimensional object, which is obtained by combining a plurality of first three-dimensional objects together, in accordance with a priority level set for an attribute of a voxel at a time when the plurality of first three-dimensional objects are combined together.

2. The three-dimensional object data generation apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the attribute setting unit sets an attribute having a higher priority level for a voxel in an overlap between the plurality of first three-dimensional objects.

3. The three-dimensional object data generation apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is further programmed to function as:

a first priority level setting unit that sets the priority level set in the overlap for at least one of voxels outside the overlap.

4. The three-dimensional object data generation apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the attribute setting unit sets, for a voxel located at a boundary between the overlap and a part other than the overlap, an intermediate attribute between attributes set for voxels facing each other across the boundary.

5. The three-dimensional object data generation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further programmed to function as:

a second priority level setting unit that sets the priority level for a virtual voxel set in a hollow part of the first three-dimensional objects.

6. The three-dimensional object data generation apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the attribute setting unit sets a material having adhesiveness as an attribute for a voxel located at a boundary between the plurality of first three-dimensional objects.

7. A three-dimensional object forming apparatus comprising:

a forming unit that forms a three-dimensional object on a basis of three-dimensional object data generated by a three-dimensional object data generation apparatus, the three-dimensional object data generation apparatus comprising an attribute setting unit that sets, for each of a plurality of voxels representing a three-dimensional object, an attribute of a voxel of a second three-dimensional object, which is obtained by combining a plurality of first three-dimensional objects together, in accordance with a priority level set for an attribute of a voxel at a time when the plurality of first three-dimensional objects are combined together.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising setting, for each of a plurality of voxels representing a three-dimensional object, an attribute of a voxel of a second three-dimensional object, which is obtained by combining a plurality of first three-dimensional objects together, in accordance with a priority level set for an attribute of a voxel at a time when the plurality of first three-dimensional objects are combined together.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 28, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056078/0098 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2019
From: NAGAMINE, TAKESHI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050573/0193 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-194494 · Oct 15, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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