公开(公告)号：US20200298546A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-24

申请号：US16804222

申请日：2020-02-28

Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.

Inventor： Hideki TAKAHASHI ,  Satoshi KUROSAWA ,  Toshihiro OGAWA

IPC: B32B38/00 ,  B32B27/08

Abstract: A method of producing a shaped object includes preparing a formation sheet that includes a base and a thermally expansive layer that is laminated on a first main surface of the base, the thermally expansive layer containing a binder and a thermal expansion material; laminating, onto a second main surface on a side opposite to the first main surface of the base or onto the thermally expansive layer, a thermal conversion layer in predetermined pattern, the thermal conversion layer converting first electromagnetic waves into heat; and causing the thermally expansive layer to expand in a pattern that corresponds to the predetermined pattern by irradiating the formation sheet on which the thermal conversion layer is laminated with the first electromagnetic waves and second electromagnetic waves that cause the binder to become cross-linked.

公开(公告)号：US20200214125A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-02

申请号：US16813530

申请日：2020-03-09

Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.

Inventor： Kenji IWAMOTO ,  Satoshi KUROSAWA

IPC: H05K1/03 ,  H05K3/00 ,  H05K3/28 ,  H05K1/02 ,  H05K1/18 ,  H05K3/46

Abstract: A microcapsule includes a shell including a conducting component, and a thermally expandable component contained in the shell and having a property of expanding by heating. The shell is deformable in accordance with expansion of the thermally expandable component when the thermally expandable component is heated.

公开(公告)号：US20180174289A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-21

申请号：US15842657

申请日：2017-12-14

Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.

Inventor： Takayuki FUKUSHIMA ,  Satoshi KUROSAWA

IPC: G06T7/00 ,  G06T7/90 ,  B29C44/60

CPC classification number: G06T7/0002 ,  B29C44/022 ,  B29C44/04 ,  B29C44/60 ,  B29K2105/04 ,  B33Y50/00 ,  G06T7/90 ,  G06T2207/10024

Abstract: A three-dimensional image data reviewing device includes a processor that obtains first distension data for causing a thermally distensible layer of a thermally distensible sheet to distend from one of a front surface and a rear surface of the thermally distensible sheet and that obtains second distension data for causing the thermally distensible layer to distend from another of the front surface and the rear surface, a display unit connected to the processor, wherein the processor causes the display unit to display, on a preview screen, an appearance of the thermally distensible sheet after the thermally distensible layer is caused to distend in accordance with the first distension data and the second distension data, the processor also causing the display unit to identifiably display, in a prescribed manner, an abnormal region of the thermally distensible layer where the thermally distensible layer is predicted to distend abnormally.

公开(公告)号：US20170334214A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-23

申请号：US15451556

申请日：2017-03-07

Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.

Inventor： Youichi USHIGOME ,  Satoshi KUROSAWA ,  Junichi ONO

IPC: B41J2/447

CPC classification number: B41J2/447 ,  B29C44/022 ,  B29C44/0407 ,  B29K2105/0076 ,  B29L2031/767 ,  B41J2/435 ,  B41M3/06

Abstract: A system for forming a structure on a print medium 1 includes: a print unit (print device) 10 for printing an electromagnetic wave-heat conversion layer for converting electromagnetic waves into heat, on a medium including an expansion layer that expands by heating; an expansion unit (expansion device) 20 aligned laterally with the print unit 10, for expanding the expansion layer by irradiating the medium with electromagnetic waves; and a top plate 30 covering the print unit 10 and the expansion unit 20 from above.

公开(公告)号：US20200037444A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-30

申请号：US16508364

申请日：2019-07-11

Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.

Inventor： Kenji IWAMOTO ,  Satoshi KUROSAWA

IPC: H05K1/03 ,  H05K3/00 ,  H05K3/28 ,  H05K1/02 ,  H05K1/18

Abstract: A microcapsule includes a shell including a conducting component; and a thermally expandable component contained in the shell and having a property of expanding by heating, the shell deforming due to expansion of the thermally expandable component to come in contact with another capsule and have a conducting state with the other capsule.

公开(公告)号：US20180170086A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-21

申请号：US15710324

申请日：2017-09-20

Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.

Inventor： Takayuki FUKUSHIMA ,  Satoshi KUROSAWA

IPC: B41M7/00 ,  B41J2/205 ,  B41J11/00

CPC classification number: B41M7/009 ,  B29C64/20 ,  B29C64/205 ,  B29C64/268 ,  B29C64/386 ,  B29C64/393 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B41J2/205 ,  B41J11/002 ,  B41M3/00 ,  B41M5/0005

Abstract: A print data creation device creates, from two-dimensional image data, three-dimensional print data to be printed on a thermally distensible sheet. The device includes a processor programmed to receive the two-dimensional image data of prescribed gradations; divide the two-dimensional image data of prescribed gradations into a plurality of density layers that expand to different respective expansion heights when printed on the thermally distensible sheet; create, from the plurality of density layers, an expansion data set having a plurality of layer images to be printed on the thermally distensible sheet; and causes the expansion data set to be output to a printing unit that prints on the thermally distensible sheet.

公开(公告)号：US20200037445A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-30

申请号：US16514971

申请日：2019-07-17

Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.

Inventor： Kenji IWAMOTO ,  Satoshi KUROSAWA

IPC: H05K1/03 ,  H05K1/02 ,  H05K1/18 ,  H05K3/00 ,  H05K3/28

Abstract: A thermally expandable material includes microcapsules and a binder having a conducting property, each microcapsule including a shell having an insulating property, and a thermally expandable component contained in the shell and having a property of expanding by heating, the shell deforming due to expansion of the thermally expandable component to come in contact with another capsule and have an insulating state with the other capsule.

公开(公告)号：US20190047223A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-14

申请号：US16052837

申请日：2018-08-02

Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.

Inventor： Satoshi KUROSAWA

IPC: B29C64/264 ,  B29C64/112 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y70/00

Abstract: A shaped object includes a first shaped portion expressing a three-dimensional shape of an object in a first state by at least one bump on the surface of a first thermally expansive section that expands due to being heated, and second shaped portion expressing a three-dimensional shape of the object in a second state by at least one bump on the surface of a second thermally expansive section that expands due to being heated. The second state is a state in which the object is more deteriorated than in the first state. The height of the at least one bump on the surface of the second thermally expansive section at least partially differs from a height of the at least one bump on the surface of the first thermally expansive section.

公开(公告)号：US20180354274A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-13

申请号：US16107358

申请日：2018-08-21

Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.

Inventor： Youichi USHIGOME ,  Satoshi KUROSAWA ,  Junichi ONO

IPC: B41J2/447 ,  B41M3/06 ,  B41J2/435 ,  B29C44/04 ,  B29K105/00 ,  B29C44/02 ,  B29L31/00

CPC classification number: B41J2/447 ,  B29C44/022 ,  B29C44/0407 ,  B29K2105/0076 ,  B29L2031/767 ,  B41J2/435 ,  B41M3/06 ,  B41M3/16

Abstract: A system for forming a structure on a print medium 1 includes: a print unit (print device) 10 for printing an electromagnetic wave-heat conversion layer for converting electromagnetic waves into heat, on a medium including an expansion layer that expands by heating; an expansion unit (expansion device) 20 aligned laterally with the print unit 10, for expanding the expansion layer by irradiating the medium with electromagnetic waves; and a top plate 30 covering the print unit 10 and the expansion unit 20 from above.