# US 2018/0022031 A1 · Information processing apparatus, fabricating system, and data processing method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0022031 A1 - Document ID: US20180022031A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/636,836 - Filed: 2017-06-29 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-19 - Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd. - Inventors: Shigeyuki ISHII; Reiji YUKUMOTO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180022031A1 ## CPC - B29C 64/386: Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing - B29C 64/393: for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes - B32B 38/1808: {characterised by the laying up of the layers} - B33Y 50/00: Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing - G05B 19/4099: Surface or curve machining, making three-dimensional [3D] objects, e.g. desktop manufacturing - H04N 1/40: Picture signal circuits (H04N1/387 takes precedence) - B29C 64/118: using filamentary material being melted, e.g. fused deposition modelling [FDM] - B33Y 10/00: Processes of additive manufacturing - 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) - B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM - 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 - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract An information processing apparatus sends fabrication data to a lamination fabricating apparatus configured to laminate the material to fabricate a three-dimensional (3D-) fabricated object. The information processing apparatus includes a display unit configured to display shape data of the 3D-fabricated object on the display device, a direction receiver configured to receive a direction regarding a strength of the 3D-fabricated object according to the shape data of the 3D-fabricated object on the display device, and a relocation unit configured to convert the data to rotate the shape of the 3D-fabricated object in the direction received by the direction receiver to reinforce the 3D-fabricated object. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing apparatus configured to send fabrication data to a lamination fabricating apparatus that laminates a material to fabricate a 3D-fabricated object, the apparatus comprising: a display unit configured to display shape data of the 3D-fabricated object displayed on a display device; a direction receiver configured to receive a direction regarding a strength of a shape defined by the shape data displayed on the display device; and a relocation unit configured to convert the shape data to rotate the shape to reinforce the 3D-fabricated object in the direction received by the direction receiver. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the relocation unit calculates an angle between the direction and a predetermined direction and converts the shape data to rotate the shape by the angle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a direction calculator configured to calculate one direction based on a plurality of directions received by the direction receiver, wherein the relocation unit converts the shape data to rotate the shape to reinforce the 3D-fabricated object in the one direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a priority receiver, wherein the direction receiver receives a plurality of directions, wherein the priority receiver receives a plurality of priorities of the plurality of directions, and wherein the direction calculator calculates one direction based on the plurality of directions weighted by the plurality of priorities. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a fabricating start receiver configured to receive a command to start fabricating according to the shape data converted by the relocation unit. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a fabrication time calculator configured to calculate a fabrication time for the lamination fabricating apparatus to fabricate the 3D-fabricated object according to the shape data, wherein the display unit displays the fabrication time on the display device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising a fabricating material amount calculator configured to calculate an amount of a fabricating material for the lamination fabricating apparatus to fabricate the 3D-fabricated object according to the shape data, wherein the display unit displays the amount of the fabricating material on the display device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising a selection receiver to receive a selection result indicating which of the shape data before rotation and the shape data after rotation by the relocation unit is used to fabricate the 3D-fabricated object by the lamination fabricating apparatus according to the shape data, wherein the display unit displays at least one of the fabrication time and the amount of the fabricating material before the rotation by the relocation unit and displays at least one of the fabrication time and the amount of the fabricating material after the rotation by the relocation unit on the display device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A fabricating system comprising: the information processing apparatus according to claim 1; and the lamination fabricating apparatus. ### Claim 10 A method for data processing to laminate a material to fabricate a 3D-fabricated object, the method comprising: displaying a shape data of the 3D-fabricated object displayed on a display device; receiving a direction regarding a strength of a shape displayed on the display device; and rotating the shape data of the 3D-fabricated object to reinforce the 3D-fabricated object in the received direction. ### Claim 11 A non-transitory recording medium storing a program which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method, the method comprising: displaying a shape data of a 3D-fabricated object displayed on a display device; receiving a direction regarding a strength of a shape displayed on the display device; and rotating the shape data of the 3D-fabricated object to reinforce the 3D-fabricated object in the received direction.