COLOR DENSITY BASED THICKNESS COMPENSATION PRINTING

• Main Authors: Todd W. MILLER, Jeremy D. WALKER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 24.04.2018
• Subjects: COLOUR PRINTING; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; DYEING LEATHER, FURS, OR SOLID MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES INANY FORM; DYEING OR PRINTING TEXTILES; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LAUNDERING; LINING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TEXTILES; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; TYPEWRITERS

Methods and systems are provided for printing a three-dimensional object. For example, a method includes determining a target thickness for a region of the three-dimensional object. A color for the region is determined. The color is assigned a color density. A color thickness for the color is determined based on the color density. The target thickness is independent from the color thickness. A color layer having the color thickness in the region is printed. A structural thickness for a structural layer of the region is determined based on the color thickness and the target thickness. The structural layer having the structural thickness is printed directly onto the color layer. A combination of the color layer and the structural layer has the target thickness. Se proporcionan métodos y sistemas para imprimir un objeto tridimensional. Por ejemplo, un método incluye determinar un espesor objetivo para una región del objeto tridimensional. Se determina un color para la región. Se le asigna una densidad de color al color. Se determina un espesor de color para el color basado en una densidad de color. El espesor objetivo es independiente del espesor de color. Se imprime una capa de color que tiene el espesor de color en la región. Se determina un espesor estructural para una capa estructural de la región basado en el espesor del color y el espesor objetivo. La capa estructural que tiene el espesor estructural se imprime directamente en la capa de color. Una combinación de la capa de color y la capa estructural tiene el espesor objetivo.