Radiation amount determination for an intended surface property level
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsKrzysztof Nauka, Andrew E. Fitzhugh, Lihua Zhao
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Abstract
According to examples, an apparatus includes a processor and a memory on which is stored machine readable instructions. The instructions may cause the processor to identify an intended surface property level for a surface of a three-dimensional (3D) object, determine an amount of radiation to be applied as a flash of radiation onto the surface to obtain the intended surface property level, and output the determined amount of radiation to be applied as a flash of radiation, in which a radiation source is to flash apply the determined amount of radiation onto the surface of the 3D object.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- detecting a surface property level of a fabricated three-dimensional (3D) object;
- identifying an intended surface property level for the surface of the 3D object, wherein the surface property comprises at least one of roughness, texture, color, gloss, electrical conductivity, electrical resistivity, and tribological properties;
- accessing data identifying correlations between a plurality of surface property levels and flash applied radiation amounts;
- determining, based on the identified correlations and using the detected surface property level as an initial surface property level, an amount of radiation to be applied as a flash of radiation by a radiation source onto the surface that modifies the initial property level to obtain the intended surface property level;
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- outputting to the radiation source the determined amount of radiation to be applied as a flash onto the surface.
A non-transitory computer readable medium on which is stored machine readable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to:
- identify an intended surface property level for a surface of a fabricated three-dimensional (3D) object, wherein the surface property comprises at least one of roughness, texture, color, gloss, electrical conductivity, electrical resistivity, and tribological properties;
- access data identifying correlations between a plurality of surface property levels and flash applied radiation amounts;
- determine, based upon the identified correlations and using a detected surface property level of the surface as an initial surface property level, an amount of radiation to be applied by a radiation source as a flash of radiation onto the surface that modifies the initial property level to obtain the intended surface property level;
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- output to the radiation source the determined amount of radiation to be applied as flash of radiation.
A system comprising:
- a radiation source that applies radiation;
- a processor;
- a sensor that collects data associated with a surface of a fabricated three-dimensional (3D) object and communicates the data to the processor;
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- a memory that stores machine readable instructions that cause the processor to:
- identify an intended surface property level for the surface of the 3D object, wherein the surface property comprises at least one of roughness, texture, color, gloss, electrical conductivity, electrical resistivity, and tribological properties;
- using the data collected by the sensor, determine a detected surface property level of the surface;
- access data identifying correlations between a plurality of surface property levels and flash applied radiation amounts;
- determine, based upon the identified correlations and using the detected surface property level as an initial surface property level, an amount of radiation to be applied as a flash of radiation onto the surface that modifies the initial surface property level to obtain the intended surface property level;
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- cause the radiation source to apply the determined amount of radiation as the flash of radiation onto the surface of the 3D object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.