Patents by Inventor Alan Brunton

Alan Brunton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20220373993
    Abstract: A method for three-dimensional printing includes dithering a set surface of the printing object and printing the printing object with the dithered surface. The dithering includes determining the set surface of the printing object, providing a spatially high-frequent dithering signal, and modifying the set surface as a function of the dithering signal. A non-transitory computer-readable medium includes instructions that implement the method. A 3D printing device includes a printing device and a control unit configured to control the printing device using the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Alan Brunton, Philipp Urban, Mostafa Morsy
  • Publication number: 20220187790
    Abstract: A method is described for selecting voxels for producing a three-dimensional object with an additive manufacturing device. The additive manufacturing device has a building space that is discretized into virtual voxels. The method includes receiving a voxel-based approximation of a surface of the object. The voxel-based approximation includes multiple voxels. The method includes determining, for each voxel of a non-empty subset of the voxels, a signed distance value describing a distance between the voxel and at least one point defined by the voxel-based approximation. The signed distance value of the voxel is determined based on a displacement value describing a topographic characteristic of the voxel-based approximation. The method includes selecting voxels at which material should be added to produce the object. The selection is performed based on the signed distance values of the voxels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Alan Brunton, Lubna Abu Rmaileh
  • Patent number: 10717235
    Abstract: A method and a device for three-dimensional joint color and translucency printing, wherein at least a first non-transparent printing material with a first printing material color and at least one transparent printing material (6) is used to construct a printing object (7), wherein an arrangement of the printing materials is determined based on a desired color reproduction of the printing object (7), wherein the arrangement of the printing materials is determined based on a desired translucency reproduction of the printing object (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Alan Brunton, Can Ates Arikan, Philipp Urban, Tejas Madan Tanksale
  • Patent number: 10279545
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for three-dimensional color printing, wherein at least a first printing material with a first printing material color and at least another printing material with another printing material color is used to construct a printing object (7), wherein an arrangement of the printing materials in a surface region and a near surface interior region of the printing object (7) is determined based on a desired color reproduction of the printing object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Franuhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Philipp Urban, Alan Brunton, Can Ates Arikan
  • Patent number: 10176822
    Abstract: A computerized method for filtering a digital audio file to generate an output audio file that induces optimal health and cognitive ability in a listener of a playback of the output audio file is described herein. The method includes the steps of identifying a plurality of target frequencies that span within an octave, identifying a plurality of mid-point frequencies that are situated at mid-points between any two adjacent target frequencies, applying a peaking filter to the digital audio file centered around the plurality of mid-point frequencies to produce highest frequency attenuation at the plurality of mid-point frequencies, and generating the output audio file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Inventor: Alan Brunton
  • Publication number: 20180117849
    Abstract: A method and a device for three-dimensional joint color and translucency printing, wherein at least a first non-transparent printing material with a first printing material color and at least one transparent printing material (6) is used to construct a printing object (7), wherein an arrangement of the printing materials is determined based on a desired color reproduction of the printing object (7), wherein the arrangement of the printing materials is determined based on a desired translucency reproduction of the printing object (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Alan Brunton, Can Ates Arikan, Philipp Urban, Tejas Madan Tanksale
  • Publication number: 20180061430
    Abstract: A computerized method for filtering a digital audio file to generate an output audio file that induces optimal health and cognitive ability in a listener of a playback of the output audio file is described herein. The method includes the steps of identifying a plurality of target frequencies that span within an octave, identifying a plurality of mid-point frequencies that are situated at mid-points between any two adjacent target frequencies, applying a peaking filter to the digital audio file centered around the plurality of mid-point frequencies to produce highest frequency attenuation at the plurality of mid-point frequencies, and generating the output audio file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventor: Alan Brunton
  • Publication number: 20160151979
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for three-dimensional color printing, wherein at least a first printing material with a first printing material color and at least another printing material with another printing material color is used to construct a printing object (7), wherein an arrangement of the printing materials in a surface region and a near surface interior region of the printing object (7) is determined based on a desired color reproduction of the printing object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Philipp Urban, Alan Brunton, Can Ates Arikan