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US 9,904,862 · App. 14/794,827 · Granted Feb 27, 2018

Three-dimensional printing modeling apparatus for hand-written characters and method thereof

Inventors: Yong-Ping Zheng (Shanghai, CN); Shih-Kuang Tsai (Shanghai, CN)
Assignees: Inventec Appliances (Pudong) Corporation; Inventec Appliances Corp.; Inventec Appliances (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
G06K9/00865G06K9/00416G06K9/224G06T17/00G06T2200/08
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Patent No.
US 9,904,862
App. No.
14/794,827
Granted
Feb 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A three-dimensional printing modeling apparatus for hand-written characters and a method thereof are disclosed. Based on the fact that hand-written characters can be finished in one stroke, the present disclosure includes identifying linking feature information of strokes inside or between the hand-written characters, forming a curve linked between the strokes inside or between the hand-written characters according to the linking feature information, and performing three-dimensional modeling of the hand-written characters to obtain a three-dimensional printing object.

Claims (50)

1. A three-dimensional printing modeling apparatus for hand-written characters, comprising:

a data capturing unit, configured for collecting a plurality of hand-written characters according to motion traces of the hand-written characters;

a stroke linking feature extraction unit, configured for identifying linking feature information of strokes inside and between the hand-written characters;

a stroke linking feature database, configured for storing the linking feature information of the strokes inside and between the hand-written characters;

an integration analyzing processing unit, configured for accessing the linking feature information of the strokes inside and between the hand-written characters in the stroke linking feature database, and forming a curve linked between the strokes inside and between the hand-written characters according to the linking feature information; and

a three-dimensional modeling unit, configured for performing three-dimensional modeling of the hand-written characters.

2. The three-dimensional printing modeling apparatus for hand-written characters of claim 1 , wherein the data capturing unit is further configured for displaying the collected hand-written characters in two dimensions.

3. The three-dimensional printing modeling apparatus for hand-written characters of claim 1 , wherein collecting parameters, utilized by the data capturing unit while collecting the hand-written characters, comprise a stroke amount, stroke order information and coordinate information of each stroke, wherein the coordinate information of each stroke comprises start-point coordinates and end-point coordinates of each stroke.

4. The three-dimensional printing modeling apparatus for hand-written characters of claim 1 , wherein the integration analyzing processing unit is further configured for forming the curve linked between the strokes inside and between the hand-written characters according to the linking feature information before or after the three-dimensional modeling unit models the hand-written characters.

5. The three-dimensional printing modeling apparatus for hand-written characters of claim 1 , wherein the linking feature information of the strokes inside and between the hand-written characters comprises names of the strokes in order, coordinate information of terminal points of the curve and a linking curve feature of the curve.

6. The three-dimensional printing modeling apparatus for hand-written characters of claim 5 , wherein the stroke linking feature extraction unit is further configured for segmenting the hand-written characters, analyzing a stroke order structure of each hand-written character, identifying the coordinate information of terminal points of the stroke order structure of each hand-written character, obtaining the linking curve feature between the terminal points of the stroke order structure, and generating the linking feature information of the strokes inside and between the hand-written characters according to the names of the strokes in order, the coordinate information of terminal points and the linking curve feature.

7. The three-dimensional printing modeling apparatus for hand-written characters of claim 5 , wherein the integration analyzing processing unit is further configured for accessing the linking feature information of the strokes inside and between the hand-written characters and confirming a stroke order structure of each hand-written character according to the linking feature information of the hand-written characters; confirming the coordinate information of terminal points of the stroke order structure of each hand-written character; confirming the linking curve feature between the terminal points of the stroke order structure; and forming the curve linked between the strokes inside and between the hand-written characters according to the confirmed linking curve feature.

8. A three-dimensional printing modeling method for hand-written characters, comprising:

collecting a plurality of hand-written characters according to motion traces of the hand-written characters;

identifying and storing linking feature information of strokes inside and between the hand-written characters; and

forming a curve linked between the strokes inside and between the hand-written characters according to the linking feature information in response to performing three-dimensional modeling of the hand-written characters.

9. The three-dimensional printing modeling method for hand-written characters of claim 8 , wherein the collected hand-written characters are displayed in two dimensions.

10. The three-dimensional printing modeling method for hand-written characters of claim 8 , wherein collecting parameters utilized while collecting the hand-written characters comprise a stroke amount, stroke order information and coordinate information of each stroke, wherein the coordinate information of each stroke comprises start-point coordinates and end-point coordinates of each stroke.

11. The three-dimensional printing modeling method for hand-written characters of claim 8 , wherein the curve, linked between the strokes inside and between the hand-written characters according to the stored linking feature information, is formed before or after the three-dimensional modeling unit models the hand-written characters.

12. The three-dimensional printing modeling method for hand-written characters of claim 8 , wherein the linking feature information of the strokes inside and between the hand-written characters comprises names of the strokes in order, coordinate information of terminal points of the curve and a linking curve feature of the curve.

13. The three-dimensional printing modeling method for hand-written characters of claim 8 , wherein the step of identifying the linking feature information of the strokes inside and between the hand-written characters comprises:

segmenting the hand-written characters;

analyzing a stroke order structure of each hand-written character;

identifying the coordinate information of terminal points of the stroke order structure of each hand-written character;

obtaining the linking curve feature between the terminal points of the stroke order structure; and

generating the linking feature information of the strokes inside and between the hand-written characters according to the names of the strokes in order, the coordinate information of terminal points and the linking curve feature; and

wherein the step of forming the curve linked between the strokes inside and between the hand-written characters according to the linking feature information of the hand-written characters comprises:

accessing the linking feature information of the strokes inside and between the hand-written characters and confirming a stroke order structure of each hand-written character according to the linking feature information of the hand-written characters;

confirming the coordinate information of terminal points of the stroke order structure of each hand-written character;

confirming the linking curve feature between the terminal points of the stroke order structure; and

forming the curve linked between the strokes inside and between the hand-written characters according to the confirmed linking curve feature.

14. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising a computer program, which, when executed, causes a device to perform a memory management method, wherein the method comprises:

collecting a plurality of hand-written characters according to motion traces of the hand-written characters;

identifying and storing linking feature information of strokes inside and between the hand-written characters; and

forming a curve linked between the strokes inside and between the hand-written characters according to the linking feature information in response to performing three-dimensional modeling of the hand-written characters.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the collected hand-written characters are displayed in two dimensions.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein collecting parameters utilized while collecting the hand-written characters comprise a stroke amount, stroke order information and coordinate information of each stroke, wherein the coordinate information of each stroke comprises start-point coordinates and end-point coordinates of each stroke.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the curve, linked between the strokes inside and between the hand-written characters according to the stored linking feature information, is formed before or after the three-dimensional modeling unit models the hand-written characters.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the linking feature information of the strokes inside and between the hand-written characters comprises names of the strokes in order, coordinate information of terminal points of the curve and a linking curve feature of the curve.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the step of identifying the linking feature information of the strokes inside and between the hand-written characters comprises:

segmenting the hand-written characters;

analyzing a stroke order structure of each hand-written character;

identifying the coordinate information of terminal points of the stroke order structure of each hand-written character;

obtaining the linking curve feature between the terminal points of the stroke order structure; and

generating the linking feature information of the strokes inside and between the hand-written characters according to the names of the strokes in order, the coordinate information of terminal points and the linking curve feature;

wherein the step of forming the curve linked between the strokes inside and between the hand-written characters according to the linking feature information of the hand-written characters comprises:

accessing the linking feature information of the strokes inside and between the hand-written characters and confirming a stroke order structure of each hand-written character according to the linking feature information of the hand-written characters;

confirming the coordinate information of terminal points of the stroke order structure of each hand-written character;

confirming the linking curve feature between the terminal points of the stroke order structure; and

forming the curve linked between the strokes inside and between the hand-written characters according to the confirmed linking curve feature.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2026
From: INVENTEC APPLIANCES (PUDONG) CORPORATION; INVENTEC APPLIANCES CORP.; INVENTEC APPLIANCES (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
To: INVENTEC APPLIANCES CORP.
Reel/Frame 075776/0806 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2015
From: ZHENG, YONG-PING; TSAI, SHIH-KUANG
To: INVENTEC APPLIANCES (PUDONG) CORPORATION; INVENTEC APPLIANCES CORP.; INVENTEC APPLIANCES (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036064/0275 →
Priority Claims (1)
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