# US 2018/0022033 A1 · Data conversion device and additive manufacturing system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0022033 A1 - Document ID: US20180022033A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/548,795 - Filed: 2015-02-05 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2015-02-05 - Assignees: Fuji Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Fuji Machine Mfg, Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Masatoshi FUJITA; Seigo KODAMA; Kenji TSUKADA; Akihiro KAWAJIRI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180022033A1 ## CPC - B29C 64/393: for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes - B29C 64/386: Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing - B33Y 30/00: Apparatus for additive manufacturing; Details thereof or accessories therefor - B33Y 50/00: Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing - B33Y 50/02: for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes - B33Y 80/00: Products made by additive manufacturing - G06F 30/00: Computer-aided design [CAD] - G06F 30/39: Circuit design at the physical level (physical level design for reconfigurable circuits G06F30/347) - H05K 3/46: Manufacturing multilayer circuits - H05K 3/4644: {by building the multilayer layer by layer, i.e. build-up multilayer circuits (making via holes in the insulating layers H05K3/0011; special circuit boards as base or core whereon the multilayer is built H05K3/4602)} - 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) - 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 - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ## Abstract A data conversion device capable of generating data necessary for manufacturing electrical device from three-dimensional data using an additive manufacturing, and an additive manufacturing system which performs layered shaping using post-conversion data are provided. A layer information generation section detects members which are included in three-dimensional data and generates layer information for each of the detected members with respect to the three-dimensional data of an electronic device. A layer data division section generates layer data in which the members which are included in the layer information are divided into layer thicknesses which can be shaped using an additive manufacturing. A unit determination section generates unit information which relates to units to be shaped based on the layer data. A control content determination section generates control data which is control information of the units which perform the shaping based on the unit information and the layer data. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A data conversion device, comprising: a layer information generation section which, with respect to three-dimensional data of an electrical device, detects members which are included in the three-dimensional data and generates layer information for each of the detected members; a layer data division section which generates layer data in which the members which are included in the layer information are divided into layer thicknesses which can be shaped using materials using an additive manufacturing based on information of the materials of the members which are included in the three-dimensional data; a unit determination section which determines a unit to shape the members based on the layer data; and a control content determination section which generates control data for operating the unit which is determined by the unit determination section according to a shape of the layer data. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The data conversion device according to claim 1, further comprising: a first correction section which determines whether or not the members can be shaped using an additive manufacturing based on shapes of the members which are included in the three-dimensional data, and in a case in which the members cannot be shaped, corrects the members to shapes which can be shaped. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The data conversion device according to claim 1, further comprising: a second correction section which calculates electrical characteristics of the electrical device based on the three-dimensional data and corrects the three-dimensional data so as to improve the electrical characteristics based on a result of the calculation. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The data conversion device according to claim 1, wherein the unit determination section determines a unit which is necessary for shaping the members as the unit using, as targets, units of a stage unit which moves with a layered workpiece which is shaped being placed on a stage, a discharge unit which discharges either a conductive material or an insulating material onto the stage to shape a layered workpiece, a firing unit which fires the conductive material which is discharged onto the stage by the discharge unit to shape a wiring pattern, a curing unit which cures the insulating material which is discharged onto the stage by the discharge unit to shape an insulating layer, and a mounting unit which mounts an electronic component onto the layered workpiece which is shaped. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The data conversion device according to claim 1, further comprising: a support material shaping determination section which detects an external shape of the electrical device based on the three-dimensional data and determines whether or not it is necessary to shape a support material which conforms to the external shape of the electrical device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) An additive manufacturing system which shapes the electrical device using an additive manufacturing based an data which is converted by the data conversion device according to claim 1.