Method for storing layers' information of a layers-made object

• US 20060013471A1
• Filed: 03/17/2003
• Published: 01/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CIMS Hong Kong Co., Limited
• Original Assignee: Camtek Limited (Hexagon AB)
• Inventors: Pinhassi, Yossi, Buzaglo, Daniel, Yanuka, Moti, Chernomaz, Evgenia, Flieswasser, Roni
• Granted Patent: US 7,372,459 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/154
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 17/00 Three dimensional [3D] modelling, e.g. data description of 3D objects

Abstract

A method for storing and displaying a layers'"'"' information of a layer-made object, comprising: (a) forming a layer-image of each layer of said object layers, wherein said layer image is a real perpendicular view image of said layer; (b) aligning each of said layer-images in a common two-dimensions axis, wherein said layer-image location in said common axis is in correspondence with the location of said layer in said object when is assembled; (c) forming two dimension matrixes, a two dimension matrix for each layer-image, wherein each matrix element has three variables (x, y, j)—when “x” and “y” are representing a point location on said layer-image according to said common axis and “j” represents an appearance of material view in said point of said layer-image; and (d) adding said two dimension matrixes into a three-dimensions matrix, wherein each matrix element has four variables (x, y. z, j)—when “x” and “y” are representing said point location, “z” represents layer identification and “j” represents said appearance of material.

Claims

1. A method for storing and displaying a layers'"'"' information of a layer-made object, comprising:

a) forming a layer-image of each layer of said object layers, wherein said layer image is a real perpendicular view image of said layer;

b) aligning each of said layer-images in a common two-dimensions axis, wherein said layer-image location in said common axis is in correspondence with the location of said layer in said object when is assembled;

c) forming two dimension matrixes, a two dimension matrix for each layer-image, wherein each matrix element has three variables (x, y, j)—

when “

x” and

“

y”

are representing a point location on said layer-image according to said common axis and “

j”

represents an appearance of material view in said point of said layer-image; and

d) adding said two dimension matrixes into a three-dimensions matrix, wherein each matrix element has four variables (x, y. z, j)—

when “

x” and

“

y”

are representing said point location, “

z”

represents layer identification and “

j”

represents said appearance of material.

2. The method of claim 1, further includes:

e) representing each element of said three-dimensions matrix as a function (x, y, j [i]), wherein {overscore (J)}xy=F (x, y) represents information at location x, y in said common axis, where Jxy=(jxy1, jxy2, jxy3, . . . jxyn), which is an “

n”

number length vector wherein “

n”

is the number of said layers and jxy[i] is a data according to the i-th layer out of “

n”

layers at said location (x, y).

3. The method of claim 1, further includes:

f) storing layers information in a format x, y (j₁, j₂, j₃, . . j_n), wherein “

x” and

“

y”

are the location of each point according to said common axis, “

j”

is the appearance of a material or any other ingredient—

truth or false—

and the “

j”

index “

n”

is an identification of a layer.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein “

j”

is a character variable that represents a kind of material or ingredient and an appearance of said material or said ingredient or the non-appearance of said material or said ingredient.

5. The method of claim 1, further includes:

g) decoding each element of said three-dimensions matrix and storing layer'"'"'s information, wherein each element has a specific code.

6. The method of claim 1, further includes:

h) displaying said three-dimensions matrix as an image, wherein said image is arranged according to the variables “

x” and

“

y” and

wherein each combination of the variables “

z, j”

of a specific “

x” and

“

y”

has a specific and different color.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein each element of said three-dimensions matrix has an additional variable representing a level of interest of the represented point, said additional variable could be determined manually or be determined according to predetermined criteria.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein said additional variable is used to mark interesting regions when said three-dimensions matrix is displayed.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein layers'"'"' CAD\CAM are used instead of said layer-images.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said variable “

j”

represents a non-appearance of a material or an appearance of a material or any other ingredient and a kind of said material or said ingredient according to a layer'"'"'s information.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein said CAD\CAM are PCB layers CAD\CAM.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein said layer information is a PCB layers CAD\CAM information.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein said layer is a physical layer or a process layer, which is performed on a physical layer during the production sequence.