Abstract:
A method and system for regulatory compliance aggregates a set of report forms in a repository. Each report form is associated with one or more regulatory agencies. In response to a request for the compliance data of a product that is going to market, the system matches the product to the relevant form(s) in the repository. The system then guides the steps of populating and completion of regulatory compliance reports for each vendor (corresponding to the different source materials or operation used in producing the product or service) in the value chain. On a vendor-by-vendor basis, the system selectively redacts proprietary information from the compliance report, and transmits the partially redacted compliance report to the other vendors that are cooperating in the product production. Further, the system completes a report for each agency involved in the marketing and, more particularly, transmits only the data required by a corresponding agency thereto.
Abstract:
A method of producing a variable data design file for use in production of personalized copies of a reference 3D object may include receiving a plurality of fixed structural parameters for a reference object and receiving information for creation of a plurality of variable structural parameters corresponding to variable data regions on the reference 3D object. The method may include using the plurality of fixed structural parameters to develop an instruction set configured to cause a 3D printing device to form a 3D object that exhibits the plurality of fixed structural parameters; and including, in the instruction set, instructions for creating the plurality of variable structural parameters based on the received information that will cause the 3D printing device to render at least one of the plurality of variable data regions in the 3D object, wherein the variable data region differs from a corresponding region of the reference 3D object.
Abstract:
A method of extracting data embedded in a 3D object includes a 3D scanning device scanning a 3D object and extracting data embedded as physical representations in the 3D object. A processing device will identify, from the extracted data, instructions for performing an action on the data such as: displaying at least a portion of the data, transmitting at least a portion of the data to an external database, transmitting at least a portion of the data to an external application, or receiving user input for handling the data. The processing device may be part of the 3D scanning device or part of another device or system that is in communication with the 3D scanning device. The method includes performing the action, and returning a result of the action to a user of an electronic device. It may also include receiving a user selection of the portion of the data.
Abstract:
A method and system for embedding a database in a 3D object uses a 3D dimensional printing device and a computer-readable memory that stores a build sequence comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, will cause the 3D printing device to form a three-dimensional object with an embedded data structure by depositing layers of build material and by including, in one or more of the layers, physical representations that represent a data structure.