Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Determining object volumes in virtual object space
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Application No.: US16076111Application Date: 2017-07-10
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Publication No.: US11221609B2Publication Date: 2022-01-11
- Inventor: Matthew A. Shepherd , Josh Shepherd , Brent Ewald
- Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Current Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: HP Inc. Patent Department
- International Application: PCT/US2017/041298 WO 20170710
- International Announcement: WO2019/013739 WO 20190117
- Main IPC: G05B19/4099
- IPC: G05B19/4099 ; B33Y50/00 ; G06T7/00

Abstract:
In an example, a method includes acquiring, at a processor, object model data for an object to be generated in additive manufacturing, the object model data representing the object as a plurality of polygons. A virtual object space enclosing the object may be inspected from a plurality of discrete source points in a plane. For each of a plurality of distances from each source point, it may be determined if a polygon face is encountered, and if so, a counter may be set based on whether the polygon face is oriented towards the source point or away from the source point. Based on a content of the counter, it may be determined if a volume enclosed between two distances from a source point is a volume of the object.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210200185A1 DETERMINING OBJECT VOLUMES IN VIRTUAL OBJECT SPACE Public/Granted day:2021-07-01
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