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US 2017/0072645 A1Published application
Methods and apparatuses for printing three dimensional images
AssigneeVirginia Venture Industries, LLC
InventorKenneth A. Abeloe
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Abstract
Systems and methods for printing a 3D object on a three-dimensional (3D) printer are described. The methods semi-automatically or automatically delineate an item in an image, receive a 3D model of the item, matches said item to said 3D model, and send the matched 3D model to a 3D printer.
Claims21
(canceled)
A computer-implemented method of three-dimensional (3D) printing of a 3D object of interest, the method comprising:
- obtaining, using a processor, a 3D wire-frame model of the object of interest;
- breaking the 3D wire-frame model into 3D components using a processor;
- and
- generating, using a processor, a 3D model of the object of interest by mapping information from a portion of an image that depicts the object of interest to the 3D components of the 3D wire-frame model.
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A system for three-dimensional (3D) printing, comprising:
- at least one processor configured to
- obtain, using a processor, a 3D wire-frame model of the object of interest;
- break the 3D wire-frame model into 3D components using a processor;
- and
- generate, using a processor, a 3D model of the object of interest by mapping information from a portion of an image that depicts the object of interest to the 3D components of the 3D wire-frame model.
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A non-transitory, computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that cause an apparatus to perform a method comprising:
- obtaining, using a processor, a 3D wire-frame model of the object of interest;
- breaking the 3D wire-frame model into 3D components using a processor;
- and
- generating, using a processor, a 3D model of the object of interest by mapping information from a portion of an image that depicts the object of interest to the 3D components of the 3D wire-frame model.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.