# US 12,600,093 B2 · Information processing device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,600,093 B2 - Document ID: US12600093B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/340,987 - Filed: 2023-06-26 - Published: 2023-12-28 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2022-06-27 - Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation - Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation - Inventors: Keigo Ishikura - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12600093B2 ## CPC - B29C 64/393: for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes - B29C 64/386: Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing - B29C 64/40: Structures for supporting 3D objects during manufacture and intended to be sacrificed after completion thereof - B33Y 10/00: Processes of additive manufacturing - B33Y 40/20: Post-treatment, e.g. curing, coating or polishing - B33Y 50/00: Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing - B33Y 50/02: for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes - H04N 1/0044: {for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet} - B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00) - B33Y: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract An information processing device includes: a first processing unit configured to generate, according to a predetermined condition, a support structure for supporting a shaped object shaped by a three-dimensional shaping device; a display control unit configured to display, on a screen, a shape of the shaped object and a shape of the support structure generated by the first processing unit; a reception unit configured to receive removal information indicating a region to be removed from the support structure generated by the first processing unit; and a second processing unit configured to generate, based on the support structure generated by the first processing unit and the removal information received by the reception unit, support data for shaping the support structure by the three-dimensional shaping device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing device comprising: a communication interface configured to communicate with an external controller; a memory configured to store a program; and a processor configured to execute the program so as to: receive shaping data of a three-dimensional object shaped by a three-dimensional shaping device on a shaping surface, the shaping data including main body data representing a main body of the three-dimensional object and support data representing a support structure to support the main body; generate, according to a predetermined condition, a first virtual model of the three-dimensional object, the first virtual model representing the main body and the support structure based on the shaping data; display the first virtual model on a screen of a display; receive removal information indicating a removal region to be removed from the support structure via the communication interface; generate, based on the shaping data and the removal, a second virtual model showing the main body, the support structure, and the removal region, the second virtual model including a plurality of layer structures corresponding to the main body and the support structure; display the second virtual model on the screen of the display; create updated shaping data corresponding to the second virtual model; and transmit the updated shaping date to the external controller via the communication interface such that the external controller is configured to cause the three-dimensional shaping device to form the three-dimensional object based on the updated shaping date, wherein the removal region is in a columnar shape, and the removal region elongates from the shaping surface to a bottom of an overhang portion of the main body along a vertical direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to display the removal information in the columnar shape on the screen of the display. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to display the support structure and the removal information in a distinguishable manner on the screen of the display. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The information processing device according to claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to display the support structure with a higher degree of transparency than the removal information on the screen of the display. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to receive additional information indicating a region to be added to the support structure, and the processor is further configured to receive, when at least a part of a region designated by the removal information and a region designated by the additional information overlap, the support data based on information of the removal information and the additional information via the communication interface. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to display the removal region in the support structure to be distinguishable from other regions on the screen of the display. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to receive additional information indicating a region to be added to the support structure, and the processor is further configured to display a region which can be added to the support structure to be distinguishable from other regions on the screen of the display.