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Device for processing data for additive manufacturing

US10751947B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

INRIA—INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET EN AUTOMATIQUE · FR
Universite de Lorraine · FR

Inventors

Sylvain Lefebvre · Quebec City, CA
Jeremie Dumas · Seattle, US
An-Hsu Lu · Villers-lès-Nancy, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 28, 2016
Grant date	Aug 25, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 21, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P90/02
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An additive manufacturing device processes voxels representing an object to be additively manufactured by determining two graphs depending on whether the voxels indicate full or empty spaces, and redefines some of the voxels indicating an empty space as full spaces in order to ensure mechanical stability.

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