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US 11,712,853 B2Granted
Three-dimensional apparatus and method outputting quality information of fabricated three-dimensional objects
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsKoji Kobayashi, Hanae Itabashi
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Abstract
A data output apparatus includes first circuitry configured to acquire predetermined information used for a three-dimensional fabrication; and second circuitry configured to output quality information for a three-dimensional object fabricated during the three-dimensional fabrication based on the predetermined information.
Claims20
A data output apparatus comprising:
- first circuitry configured to
- record codes used for a three-dimensional fabrication of a three-dimensional object,
- acquire sensor data, the sensor data corresponding to a respective one of the codes, the sensor data being based on a property of a three-dimensional fabrication device configured to execute a respective one of the codes, the property being at least one of a temperature, an electric current, and a speed, and
- record the sensor data relating each code with the sensor data of the respective code based on time information to form quality data;
- and
- second circuitry configured to
- generate quality information for the three-dimensional object fabricated during the three-dimensional fabrication based on assessing the quality data, the quality information including a determination on a presence of a quality defect,
- determine a cause of the quality defect, based on the quality defect being present, the quality information further including the cause, and
- output the quality information,
- the first circuitry being further configured to determine to end fabrication of the three-dimensional object based on the quality information of the three-dimensional object.
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A three-dimensional fabrication system comprising:
- a three-dimensional fabrication apparatus configured to perform a three-dimensional fabrication of a three-dimensional object in accordance with input data,
- the three-dimensional fabrication apparatus including:
- first circuitry configured to
- record codes used for the three-dimensional fabrication,
- acquire sensor data, the sensor data corresponding to a respective one of the codes, the sensor data being based on a property of a three-dimensional fabrication device configured to execute a respective one of the codes, the property being at least one of a temperature, an electric current, and a speed, and
- record the sensor data relating each code with the sensor data of the respective code based on time information to form quality data;
- and
- second circuitry configured to
- generate quality information for the three-dimensional object fabricated during the three-dimensional fabrication based on assessing the quality data, the quality information including a determination on a presence of a quality defect,
- determine a cause of the quality defect, based on the quality defect being present, the quality information further including the cause, and
- output the quality information,
- the first circuitry being further configured to determine to end fabrication of the three-dimensional object based on the quality of the three-dimensional object.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.