System and method for transforming graphical images
First Claim
1. A method for creating a transformed graphical image, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a measurement article having a three-dimensional topography, said measurement article comprising a plurality of measurement points, wherein said plurality of measurement points collectively are suggestive of at least part of said topography of said measurement article;
obtaining at least one electronic representation of said at least one of said plurality of measurement points with a digitizing apparatus, said digitizing apparatus comprising at least one sensor electronically interconnected with a computer memory, said digitizing apparatus adapted to relocate said at least one sensor, and said measurement article in relation to each other, wherein said electronic representation is obtained in a manner not involving contact between said at least one sensor and said measurement article;
transforming, in said computer memory, at least one graphical image into at least one transformed graphical image using said topography of said measurement article;
applying said at least one transformed graphical image onto a substrate; and
producing a three-dimensional part from said substrate, wherein the an appearance of said at least one transformed graphical image on said substrate is altered such that said at least one transformed graphical image takes on an appearance that more closely resembles said graphical image, wherein said alteration only includes deformation of said substrate.
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Abstract
A system and a method for transforming graphical images. Graphical images are adapted by the present invention to be applied to a three-dimensional topography of a substrate. After the image is applied to the substrate, the image then appears in proportion and conforms to the (topography of the substrate. In an embodiment, the present invention comprises a method for creating at least one transformed graphical image. The topography of a substrate is measured by using a digitizing apparatus to obtain at least one image of the topography of a measurement article. The digitizing apparatus comprises at least one sensor that is electronically interconnected with a computer memory. The at least one image of the measurement article is transmitted into the computer memory. A graphical image is transformed in computer memory in accordance with the measurements of the topography of the measurement article to result in a transformed graphical image.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for creating a transformed graphical image, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a measurement article having a three-dimensional topography, said measurement article comprising a plurality of measurement points, wherein said plurality of measurement points collectively are suggestive of at least part of said topography of said measurement article; obtaining at least one electronic representation of said at least one of said plurality of measurement points with a digitizing apparatus, said digitizing apparatus comprising at least one sensor electronically interconnected with a computer memory, said digitizing apparatus adapted to relocate said at least one sensor, and said measurement article in relation to each other, wherein said electronic representation is obtained in a manner not involving contact between said at least one sensor and said measurement article; transforming, in said computer memory, at least one graphical image into at least one transformed graphical image using said topography of said measurement article; applying said at least one transformed graphical image onto a substrate; and
producing a three-dimensional part from said substrate, wherein the an appearance of said at least one transformed graphical image on said substrate is altered such that said at least one transformed graphical image takes on an appearance that more closely resembles said graphical image, wherein said alteration only includes deformation of said substrate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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