System and method to derive structure from image
US9493024B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 16, 2008 |
| Grant date | Nov 15, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 7, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K2215/0082
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A method and system creates a printed substrate suitable for conversion into a three-dimensional object. A template generator identifies a printing template having die line data representing a cutting path and folding position data representing a folding path. Foreground image data representative of a first image is automatically applied the selected printing template to define a target location for the first image, and also to define a second die line around a portion of the target location to form a second cutting path based on the foreground image data. A printer prints the first image onto a substrate at the target location, a cutting device cuts the substrate along the first cutting path and the second cutting path, and a scoring device scores the substrate along the folding path to generate a printed substrate that will fold into a three-dimensional object.
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