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US 10,591,895 B2Granted
Information processing apparatus, three-dimensional fabrication apparatus, and three-dimensional fabrication system
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorKazuo Haida
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a display control unit, a receiving unit, a selecting unit, and a height-information setting unit. The display control unit displays image data on a display unit. The receiving unit receives specification of an arbitrary point on the displayed image data and specification of a color range in a three-dimensional color space that is based on the arbitrary point. The selecting unit selects a region having color included in the specified color range on the image data. The height-information setting unit sets height information to the selected region.
Claims20
An information processing apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor, configured to
- control display of image data on a display;
- receive specification of an arbitrary point on the image data displayed and specification of a color range in a three-dimensional color space based on the arbitrary point specified;
- automatically select a region having color information included in the color range specified on the image data;
- and
- set height information to the region automatically selected, wherein the height information is expressed relative to the color information, such that as the height information is relatively higher, the color information is relatively darker, and such that as the height information is relatively lower, the color information is relatively lighter;
- and
- generate layer information, including the height information in a relatively middle area of the layer information generated and including the color information in a relatively peripheral area of the layer information generated.
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A three-dimensional fabrication apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor, configured to
- control display of image data on a display;
- receive specification of an arbitrary point on the image data displayed and specification of a color range in a three-dimensional color space based on the arbitrary point specified;
- automatically select a region having color information included in the color range specified on the image data;
- set height information to the region automatically selected;
- and
- generate layer information including the height information in a relatively middle area of the layer information and the color information in a relatively
- peripheral area of the layer information;
- and
- a three-dimensional fabricator, configured to fabricate a three-dimensional image by three-dimensionally forming an image indicated by the image data based on the height information, the color information and the image data, wherein the height information is expressed relative to the color information, as the height information is relatively higher as the color information is relatively darker, and the height information is relatively lower as the color information is relatively lighter.
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A three-dimensional fabrication system comprising:
- an information processing apparatus;
- and
- a three-dimensional fabrication apparatus, wherein
- the information processing apparatus includes
- at least one processor, configured to
- control display of image data on a display,
- receive specification of an arbitrary point on the image data displayed and specification of a color range in a three-dimensional color space based on the arbitrary point specified,
- automatically select a region having color information included in the color range specified on the image data,
- set height information to the region automatically selected, and
- generate layer information including the height information in a relatively middle area of the layer information and the color information in a relatively peripheral area of the layer information;
- and
- the three-dimensional fabrication apparatus includes
- a three-dimensional fabricator, configured to fabricate a three-dimensional image by three-dimensionally forming an image indicated by the image data based on the height information, the color information and the image data, wherein the height information is expressed relative to the color information, as the height information is relatively higher as the color information is relatively darker, and the height information is relatively lower as the color information is relatively lighter.
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