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US 11,244,517 B2Granted
Device for generating printing information and method for generating printing information
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJae-hoon Lee
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Abstract
Provided are a device and a method of generating printing information. The method includes acquiring at least one image part by splitting a basic image acquired based on a user input; determining a target article corresponding to the basic image from a three-dimensional (3D) article list stored in a database (DB) by using the at least one image part; providing a graphical user interface (GUI) capable of editing a shape of the target article according to a user input; and editing the shape of the target article, based on a user input via the GUI, and generating printing information used to 3D print the edited target article.
Claims19
A method of generating printing information by a device, the method comprising:
- obtaining, by a controller of the device, an image by recognizing a sketch input via a touch on a screen of a display included in the device;
- obtaining, by the controller, a plurality of constituent article images by splitting the obtained image based on a predetermined criterion according to a type of an article included in the obtained image, the plurality of constituent article images indicating images corresponding to constituent articles of the article included in the obtained image;
- determining, by the controller, a plurality of target article images having a similar shape to the obtained image from a three-dimensional (3D) article list stored in a database (DB) of the device by comparing the constituent article images of the obtained image with constituent article images of each of each of 3D articles included in the 3D article list;
- controlling, by the controller, the display to display the plurality of target article images having the similar shape to the obtained image;
- receiving, via a receiver of the device, a user input selecting one from the plurality of target article images;
- determining, by the controller, a target article image in response to receiving of the user input;
- controlling, by the controller, the display to display information related to a plurality of constituent articles included in the determined target article image;
- editing, by the controller, a shape of the determined target article image, based on a user input selecting the displayed information related to the plurality of constituent articles included in the determined target article image;
- controlling, by the controller, the display to display a target article image edited during the editing of the shape of the determined target article image;
- generating printing information used to 3D print the edited target article image;
- and
- transmitting, via a communicator of the device, by the controller, the generated printing information to a 3D printer.
9 more elements
A device for generating printing information, the device comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive a user input;
- a DB configured to store a 3D article list;
- a display;
- a communicator;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- obtain an image by recognizing a sketch input via a touch on a screen of the display,
- obtain a plurality of constituent article images by splitting the obtained image based on a predetermined criterion according to a type of an article included in the obtained image, the plurality of constituent article images indicating images corresponding to constituent articles of the article included in the obtained image,
- determine a plurality of target article images having a similar shape to the obtained image from a 3D article list stored in the DB by comparing the constituent article images of the obtained image with constituent article images of each of 3D articles included in the 3D article list,
- control the display to display the plurality of target article images having the similar shape to the obtained image,
- receive, via the receiver, a user input selecting one from the plurality of target article images,
- determine a target article image in response to receiving of the user input,
- control the display to display information related to a plurality of constituent articles included in the determined target article image,
- edit a shape of the determined target article image, based on a user input selecting the displayed information related to the plurality of constituent articles included in the determined target article image,
- control the display to display a target article image edited during the editing of the shape of the determined target article image,
- generate printing information used to 3D print the edited target article image, and
- transmit, via the communicator, the generated printing information to a 3D printer.
14 more elements
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program which, when executed by a processor of a device for generating printing information by the device, causes the device to:
- obtain, by a controller of the device, an image by recognizing a sketch input via a touch on a screen of a display included in the device;
- obtain, by the controller, a plurality of constituent article images by splitting the obtained image based on a predetermined criterion according to a type of an article included in the obtained image, the plurality of constituent article images indicating images corresponding to constituent articles of the article included in the obtained image;
- determine, by the controller, a plurality of target article images having a similar shape to the obtained image from a three-dimensional (3D) article list stored in a database (DB) of the device by comparing the constituent article images of the obtained image with constituent article images of each of 3D articles included in the 3D article list;
- control, by the controller, the display to display the plurality of target article images having the similar shape to the obtained image;
- receive, via a receiver of the device, by the controller, a user input selecting one from the plurality of target article images;
- determine, by the controller, a target article image in response to receiving of the user input;
- control, by the controller, the display to display information related to a plurality of constituent articles included in the determined target article image;
- edit, by the controller, a shape of the determined target article image, based on a user input selecting the displayed information related to the plurality of constituent articles included in the determined target article image;
- control, by the controller, the display to display a target article image edited during the editing of the shape of the determined target article image;
- generate printing information used to 3D print the edited target article image;
- and
- transmit, via a communicator of the device, by the controller, the generated printing information to a 3D printer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.