System for imaging items produced by rapid prototyping
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- control electronics including a memory containing a plurality of data sets representing design items;
a user interface coupled to the control electronics and operative to select one or more of the data sets representing design items and operative to receive one or more user view selections;
a rapid prototyping device coupled to the control electronics and responsive to a selection of one or more data sets representing design items to produce physical items;
a positioning mechanism operable to accept physical items produced by the rapid prototyping device and to position the physical items produced by the rapid prototyping device in a field; and
an image capture device coupled to the control electronics and responsive to the one or more user view selections to selectively image at least a portion of the field corresponding to at least one received user view selection.
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Abstract
A system for imaging one or more items produced by rapid prototyping may include, but is not limited to: control electronics including a memory containing a plurality of data sets representing design items; a user interface coupled to the control electronics and operative to select one or more of the data sets representing design items and operative to receive user view selections; a rapid prototyping device coupled to the control electronics and responsive to the selected one or more data sets representing design items to produce physical items; a positioning mechanism operable to accept the produced physical items from the rapid prototyping device and to position the produced physical items in a field; and an image capture device responsive to the received user view selections electronics to selectively image at least a portion of the field corresponding to the received user view selection.
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9 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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control electronics including a memory containing a plurality of data sets representing design items; a user interface coupled to the control electronics and operative to select one or more of the data sets representing design items and operative to receive one or more user view selections; a rapid prototyping device coupled to the control electronics and responsive to a selection of one or more data sets representing design items to produce physical items; a positioning mechanism operable to accept physical items produced by the rapid prototyping device and to position the physical items produced by the rapid prototyping device in a field; and an image capture device coupled to the control electronics and responsive to the one or more user view selections to selectively image at least a portion of the field corresponding to at least one received user view selection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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selecting one or more data sets representing one or more design items; receiving at least one user view selection; producing one or more physical items via rapid prototyping in response to the selection of one or more data sets representing one or more design items; positioning the one or more physical items in a field; and imaging at least a portion of the field according to the user view selection.
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