公开(公告)号：US20190224999A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-25

申请号：US16371737

申请日：2019-04-01

Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.

Inventor： Fusao NISHIURA ,  Hideaki TERADA

IPC: B41M3/06 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B41J3/407

Abstract: A structure forming apparatus includes a printing unit which prints a photo-thermal conversion material, a white material, and a coloring material in order on an expanding layer in an overlapping manner, where the expanding layer is expanded when heated with thermal energy of light. The apparatus also includes a heating unit which irradiates light on the expanding layer from a side of the coloring material to expand the expanding layer, and a controlling unit which sets a printing density of the photo-thermal conversion material lower by a level corresponding to a quantity of heat conducted from the coloring material than the printing density of the photo-thermal conversion material to be printed when the coloring material has no photo-thermal conversion characteristic in the case in which the coloring material has photo-thermal conversion characteristic, and prints the photo-thermal conversion material of the set printing density.

公开(公告)号：US20170088943A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-30

申请号：US15208076

申请日：2016-07-12

Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.

Inventor： Fusao NISHIURA ,  Hideaki TERADA

IPC: C23C16/02

CPC classification number: B41M3/06 ,  B41J3/407 ,  B41J11/002 ,  B41M3/001 ,  B41M3/006 ,  B41M3/16 ,  B41M7/009

Abstract: A method of forming a structure, including forming a photo-thermal conversion material on a medium having an expanding layer by printing, before the expanding layer is expanded, wherein the expanding layer is expanded when heated, forming at least one of a white material and a coloring material on the photo-thermal conversion material formed on the medium, by printing, and expanding the expanding layer by heating.