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US 10,380,792 B2Granted
Three-dimensional model generation
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJack Hui He, Paul Howard Mazurkiewicz, Hang-Yan Yuen
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Abstract
Examples associated with three-dimensional model generation are disclosed. One example includes analyzing a structure of a first component of an object. The composition of the first component of the object is also analyzed. A three-dimensional model of the object is then generated. The three-dimensional model includes data based on the structure of the first component of the object and data based on the composition of the first component of the object.
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A method, comprising:
- analyzing a structure of a first portion of an object;
- analyzing a composition of the first portion of the object;
- and
- generating a three-dimensional model of the object, the three dimensional model including data based on the structure of the first portion of the object and data based on the composition of the first portion of the object;
- wherein the three-dimensional model comprises a number of voxels, each voxel representing and corresponding to a particular location in three-dimensional space within the object;
- wherein each voxel comprises location information specifying a particular location of that voxel in three-dimensional space;
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- wherein each voxel corresponding to a location in the first portion of the object also specifies both physical attributes and chemical attributes, including composition, of that location within the object.
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A system, comprising:
- an analysis module comprising at least one scanner to analyze a structure of an object and to analyze compositions of components of the object;
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- a modeling module comprising a processor receiving input from the analysis module to generate a three-dimensional model of the object based on the structure of the object and based on compositions of components of the object;
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- an additive manufacturing device to replicate the object by additive manufacture based on the three-dimensional module of the modeling module;
- wherein the three-dimensional model comprises a number of voxels, each voxel representing and corresponding to a particular location in three-dimensional space within the object;
- wherein each voxel comprises location information specifying a particular location of that voxel in three-dimensional space;
- wherein each voxel also specifies both physical attributes and chemical attributes, including composition, of that location within the object;
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- wherein the scanner of the analysis module further comprises a surface profiler to profile a surface of the object, the modeling module to incorporate data from the surface profiler into voxels of the three-dimensional model of the object that correspond to the surface of the object.
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A 3D modeler, comprising:
- a structure analysis module to analyze a physical structure of an object, including material density at various locations in the object;
- a composition analysis module to analyze a composition of the object;
- a modeling module to generate a three-dimensional model of the object, where the three-dimensional model includes data describing physical attributes of the object, including material density at various locations in the object, that are generated based on the physical structure of the object, and where the three-dimensional model includes data describing the composition of the object;
- wherein the three-dimensional model comprises a number of voxels, each voxel representing and corresponding to a particular location in three-dimensional space within the object;
- wherein each voxel comprises location information specifying a particular location of that voxel in three-dimensional space;
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- wherein each voxel also specifies both physical attributes, including material density, and chemical attributes, including composition, of the corresponding location within the object.
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