System and Method of Pointillist Painting
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1. A system of pointillist painting, comprising:
- an automated 3-D positioning system disposed proximate a painting surface;
a colorant dispenser coupled to the gantry structure and having a dispensing tip in fluid communication with a colorant chamber, the gantry structure operable to move the colorant dispensing tip to a specified position of the painting surface, where the colorant dispenser is operable to apply a specified amount of a colorant to the painting surface and creating a dot having a two-dimensional coverage and three-dimensional profile at the specified position, wherein the colorant dispenser further comprises;
a piston disposed in the colorant chamber; and
a push rod coupled to the piston operable to advance the piston toward the dispensing tip to exude the specified amount of colorant onto the painting surface; and
an air nozzle coupled to the colorant dispensing tip operable to direct pressurized air to modify at least one of the two-dimensional coverage and three-dimensional profile of the colorant dot on the painting surface.
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Abstract
A system of pointillist painting comprises an automated 3-D positioning system disposed proximate a painting surface, a colorant dispenser coupled to the gantry structure and having a dispensing tip in fluid communication with a colorant chamber, the gantry structure operable to move the colorant dispensing tip to a specified position of the painting surface, where the colorant dispenser is operable to apply a specified amount of a colorant to the painting surface and creating a dot having a two-dimensional coverage and three-dimensional profile at the specified position.
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1. A system of pointillist painting, comprising:
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an automated 3-D positioning system disposed proximate a painting surface; a colorant dispenser coupled to the gantry structure and having a dispensing tip in fluid communication with a colorant chamber, the gantry structure operable to move the colorant dispensing tip to a specified position of the painting surface, where the colorant dispenser is operable to apply a specified amount of a colorant to the painting surface and creating a dot having a two-dimensional coverage and three-dimensional profile at the specified position, wherein the colorant dispenser further comprises; a piston disposed in the colorant chamber; and a push rod coupled to the piston operable to advance the piston toward the dispensing tip to exude the specified amount of colorant onto the painting surface; and an air nozzle coupled to the colorant dispensing tip operable to direct pressurized air to modify at least one of the two-dimensional coverage and three-dimensional profile of the colorant dot on the painting surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of pointillist painting, comprising:
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receiving a dot list including the specification of color, position, size, and texture of a plurality of dots; selecting a first set of dots having a first color; moving a colorant dispenser to a first position of a first dot of the first color specified in the dot list; advancing a piston disposed in the colorant dispenser to apply a predetermined amount of colorant of the first color to create a colorant dot having a two-dimensional coverage and three-dimensional profile at a specific position on the painting surface; moving the colorant dispenser to subsequent positions of subsequent dots of the first color specified in the dot list until all dots of the first color have been processed; selecting a second set of dots having a second color; moving the colorant dispenser to all positions of all dots of the second color in the dot list to apply a predetermined amount of colorant of the second color onto the painting surface until all dots of the second color have been processed; and processing all subsequent sets of dots of subsequent colors in the dot list until all dots of all colors have been processed. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of pointillist painting, comprising:
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receiving a computer-readable file containing a specification of color, position, size, and texture of a plurality of dots; for each dot of each color specified in the computer-readable file; moving a colorant dispenser to each position of each dot of each color specified in the computer-readable file; advancing a piston disposed in the colorant dispenser to apply a predetermined amount of colorant to create a colorant dot having a two-dimensional coverage and three-dimensional profile at a specified position on the painting surface; effecting a manipulator to modify at least one of the two-dimensional coverage and three-dimensional profile of the colorant dot; and moving the colorant dispenser to subsequent positions of subsequent dots of the specified in the computer-readable file until all dots specified in the computer-readable file have been applied to the painting surface. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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