Personalized prototyping
First Claim
1. A system for manufacturing a physical item, the system comprising:
- circuitry for capturing one or more digital photographic images of at least a portion of a first three-dimensional object;
circuitry for deriving a first input data set representing the at least a portion of the first three-dimensional object from the one or more digital photographic images of the at least a portion of the first three-dimensional object, the first input data set being configured to enable the system to manufacture the at least a portion of the first three-dimensional object;
circuitry for receiving a second input data set representing a second three-dimensional object, wherein the second three-dimensional object is user-selected after the first input data set is derived, the second input data set being configured to enable the system to manufacture the second three-dimensional object;
circuitry for adapting for combination at least one of the first input data set representing the at least a portion of the first three-dimensional object or the second input data set representing the second three-dimensional object;
circuitry for combining the first input data set representing the at least a portion of the first three-dimensional object with the second input data set representing the second three-dimensional object to obtain an item data set, the item data set being configured to enable the system to manufacture the physical item, the item data set further including at least identifier information defining at least one three-dimensional identifier that identifies the physical item, the at least one three-dimensional identifier to be embedded within the physical item; and
circuitry for manufacturing the physical item from the item data set.
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Abstract
A method for producing an item data set representing the three-dimensional configuration of an item includes accepting a first input data set, the first input data set including first data representing at least a first three-dimensional configuration of a first three-dimensional object; accepting a second input data set, the second input data set including second data representing at least a second three-dimensional configuration of a second three-dimensional object; adapting one or both of the first data input set and the second data input set to be combined to obtain an item data set representing a three-dimensional configuration of the item; and combining the first input data set and the second input data set to obtain the item data set. Other methods for producing item data sets and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.
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27 Claims
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1. A system for manufacturing a physical item, the system comprising:
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circuitry for capturing one or more digital photographic images of at least a portion of a first three-dimensional object; circuitry for deriving a first input data set representing the at least a portion of the first three-dimensional object from the one or more digital photographic images of the at least a portion of the first three-dimensional object, the first input data set being configured to enable the system to manufacture the at least a portion of the first three-dimensional object; circuitry for receiving a second input data set representing a second three-dimensional object, wherein the second three-dimensional object is user-selected after the first input data set is derived, the second input data set being configured to enable the system to manufacture the second three-dimensional object; circuitry for adapting for combination at least one of the first input data set representing the at least a portion of the first three-dimensional object or the second input data set representing the second three-dimensional object; circuitry for combining the first input data set representing the at least a portion of the first three-dimensional object with the second input data set representing the second three-dimensional object to obtain an item data set, the item data set being configured to enable the system to manufacture the physical item, the item data set further including at least identifier information defining at least one three-dimensional identifier that identifies the physical item, the at least one three-dimensional identifier to be embedded within the physical item; and circuitry for manufacturing the physical item from the item data set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for manufacturing a physical item, the system comprising:
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at least one computing device; and instructions that, when implemented in the at least one computing device, configure the at least one computing device for performing operations including at least; receiving a first input data set from a first provider, the first input data set representing a first three-dimensional configuration of at least a portion of a human figure, the first input data set derived from capturing one or more digital photographic images of at least a portion of the human figure, the first input data set being configured to enable the system to manufacture at least a portion of the physical item shaped like the at least a portion of the human figure; receiving a second input data set from a second provider different from the first provider, the second input data set representing a second three-dimensional configuration of a second three-dimensional object, the second input data set being configured to enable the system to manufacture the second three-dimensional object, wherein the second three-dimensional object is user-selected after the first input data set is derived, and wherein the second three-dimensional object is user-selected after the first input data set is received; adapting for combination at least one of the first input data set representing the at least one of a portion of the human figure or the second input data set representing the second three-dimensional configuration of the second three-dimensional object; combining the first input data set representing the at least a portion of the human figure with the second input data set representing the second three-dimensional object to obtain an item data set, the item data set being configured to enable the system to manufacture the physical item, the item data set further including at least identifier information defining at least one three-dimensional identifier that identifies the physical item, the at least one three-dimensional identifier to be embedded within the physical item; and controlling a rapid prototyping device to manufacture the physical item using the item data set. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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