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US 2010/0076582 A1Published application
System for making custom prototypes
AssigneeSearete LLC
InventorsBran Ferren, Edward K.Y. Jung, Clarence T. Tegreene
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Abstract
A system for making custom prototypes including devices for making the prototype, logic, software, firmware, hardware, circuitry or other components and responsive to user input.
Claims26
1-75. (canceled)
A method of providing an interactive representation for user, comprising:
- providing, in an artificial environment, one or more physical objects visually representative of a first set of design choices;
- accepting user selection of one or more virtual objects visually representative of a second set of design choices;
- responsive to the user selection of one or more virtual objects visually representative of a second set of design choices, fabricating by rapid prototyping one or more physical objects visually representative of the second set of design choices;
- positioning the fabricated one or more physical objects visually representative of the second set of design choices in the artificial environment;
- after positioning the fabricated one or more physical objects visually representative of the second set of design choices in the artificial environment, capturing one or more images of the artificial environment from a first position relative to the artificial environment;
- accepting user view positioning input with a control system;
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- responsive to accepting user view positioning input with the control system, capturing one or more images of the artificial environment from a second position relative to the artificial environment different from the first position.
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A method of providing an interactive representation for user, comprising:
- providing in an artificial environment including one or more physical objects visually representative of a first set of design choices;
- accepting user selection of one or more virtual objects visually representative of a second set of design choices;
- responsive to the user selection of one or more virtual objects visually representative of a second set of design choices, fabricating by rapid prototyping one or more physical objects visually representative of the second set of design choices;
- positioning the fabricated one or more physical objects visually representative of the second set of design choices in the artificial environment;
- after positioning the fabricated one or more physical objects visually representative of the second set of design choices in the artificial environment, capturing one or more images of the artificial environment from a first position relative to the artificial environment;
- accepting user view positioning input with a control system;
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- responsive to accepting user view positioning input with the control system, capturing one or more images of the artificial environment from a second position relative to the artificial environment different from the first position.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- control electronics including a memory containing a plurality of data sets representing design items;
- a user interface coupled to the control electronics and operative to select one or more of the data sets representing design items and operative to receive user view selections;
- a rapid prototyping device coupled to the control electronics and responsive to the selected one or more data sets representing design items to produce physical items;
- a positioning mechanism operable to accept the produced physical items from the rapid prototyping device and to position the produced physical items in a field;
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- an image capture device responsive to the received user view selections electronics to selectively image at least a portion of the field corresponding to the received user view selection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.