Patents Assigned to XYZprinting, Inc.
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Patent number: 10571895Abstract: A 3D printing method adapted to a 3D printing apparatus is provided. The 3D printing apparatus is configured to edit a plurality of sliced images, and execute a 3D printing operation according to the edited sliced images. The 3D printing method includes: analyzing a plurality of sliced objects of the sliced images, so as to draw a plurality of sliced object casings according to individual contours of the sliced objects, where the sliced object casings respectively include a part of the sliced objects; and respectively deleting the other parts of the sliced objects outside the sliced object casings, and integrating the sliced object casings of the sliced images to obtain a 3D model casing. Moreover, the 3D printing apparatus applying the 3D printing method is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Ching-Hua Su, Ting-Yu Lu
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Patent number: 10573088Abstract: A three-dimensional model cutting method and an electronic apparatus are provided. The method includes: displaying a three-dimensional model; receiving a first user input performed on the three-dimensional model; generating a first vector and a second vector based on a first coordinate point resulting from the first user input performed on the three-dimensional model, wherein the first and second vectors are perpendicular to each other and intersect at the first coordinate point; extending the first vector to form a cutting line and cutting the three-dimensional model based on the cutting line to form a first partial model on a first side of the cutting line and a second partial model on a second side of the cutting line, wherein the first side is in a direction of the second vector, and the second side is in an opposite direction; and removing the first partial model and retaining the second partial model.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc.Inventor: Chien-Hung Tung
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Patent number: 10569472Abstract: A sub-printing method for a 3D printer (1) includes following steps: obtaining slicing data (3) of a printing layer by the 3D printer (1) when performing printing; executing a logical segmentation action on the slicing data (3) according to a default segment-template (101) for generating multiple printing blocks (4); labelling each printing block (4) according to a default printing rule for deciding printing orders of the multiple printing blocks (4); controlling the 3D printer (1) to perform multiple sub-printing actions successively according to the printing blocks (4) based on the decided printing orders; and, re-executing above steps before all printing layers of a 3D model are completely printed.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignees: XYZPRINTING, INC., KINPO ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventor: Yan-Rong Zhang
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Patent number: 10569471Abstract: A 3D object forming device and a method thereof are provided. The device includes a tank used for containing a liquid forming material. A light source irradiates the liquid forming material to cure a 3D object layer-by-layer on a moving platform. In the irradiation process, when a target position currently irradiated by the light source is located on a first layer next to the moving platform, the light source is maintained to an original intensity; when the target position is not located on the first layer next to the moving platform, and when it is determined that a non-cured hollow layer exists in a predetermined number of layers at one side of the target position opposite to the light source according to the slicing data, the intensity of the light source is correspondingly decreased according to the number of layers between the hollow layer and the target position.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Ming-Hsiung Ding, Tsung-Hua Kuo, Wei-Chun Jau
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Patent number: 10539949Abstract: A three-dimensional printing apparatus and a method for calibrating printing inaccuracy thereof are provided. A printing head of the three-dimensional printing apparatus is adapted for moving along a straight printing path on a datum plane and simultaneously feeding out forming material, so as to generate a layer object on a supporting surface of a platform. If a path distance of the straight printing path is greater than a threshold, a plurality of linear compensation relationships respectively corresponding to a plurality of first zones of the supporting surface are used for calculating a first compensation value of a starting point and a second compensation value of an ending point. If the path distance of the straight printing path is not greater than the threshold, a common compensation values is decided based on at least one of second zones and which is corresponding to the starting point and the ending point.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventors: Kwan Ho, Yu-Jie Yang
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Publication number: 20200009862Abstract: An inkjet width adjustment method adapting to three-dimensional printing equipment is provided. The method in one of exemplary embodiments is provided hereafter. A three-dimensional digital model is obtained, and a slicing procedure is performed on the three-dimensional digital model to produce a layer object, wherein the layer object has a cross-sectional contour. A surface tilt degree corresponding to the cross-sectional contour is obtained from the three-dimensional digital model, and an ideal inkjet width of the layer object is calculated according to the surface tilt degree corresponding to the cross-sectional contour. After a print module is controlled to print the layer object, an inkjet module is controlled to spray ink along the cross-sectional contour of the layer object according to the ideal inkjet width. In addition, the three-dimensional printing equipment is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2018Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicants: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Ko-Wei Shih, Hsin-Ta Hsieh, Yu-Ting Huang, Kuo-Yen Yuan
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Publication number: 20200009878Abstract: An inkjet position adjustment method and a three-dimensional printing equipment are provided. The inkjet position adjustment method includes the following steps. A three-dimensional digital model is obtained, and a slicing processing is performed on the three-dimensional digital model to generate a layer object having a cross-sectional contour. A normal direction of an object surface corresponding to the layer object is obtained from the three-dimensional digital model. When the normal direction points to a negative direction of a first axis, a surface tilt degree of the object surface corresponding to the layer object is obtained, and an inner-shift amount of an inkjet position of the layer object is calculated according to the surface tilt degree. An inkjet region of the layer object is obtained according to the inner-shift amount and the cross-sectional contour.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2018Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicants: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Ko-Wei Shih, Hsin-Ta Hsieh, Yu-Ting Huang, Kuo-Yen Yuan
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Patent number: 10528308Abstract: An aided design method of print layers for 3D printing is provided. The method is performed for rendering and displaying a GUI at a computer apparatus, selecting one of print layers, configuring an editable region and marking it on the GUI, configuring one or more print block(s) in the editable region according to an edit operation, generating one of multiple layers of object print data according to the print block(s) and performing above-mentioned steps repeatedly until all of the multiple layers of the object print data have been generated. The present disclosed example has an ability to aid the user to design multiple print layers and reducing a probability of failure of printing 3D physical model.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignees: XYZPRINTING, INC., KINPO ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventor: Peng-Yang Chen
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Patent number: 10525695Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) printing apparatus includes a tank containing a forming material in liquid, a platform dipped into or moved away the forming material, a curing device disposed besides the tank or the platform, and a control device electrically connected to at least one of the tank and the platform and the curing device. An inner bottom of the tank includes a forming area and a peeling area in a stepped shape, and the forming area is higher than the peeling area. A 3D printing method includes providing the 3D printing apparatus, then the liquid-state forming material between the platform and the forming area is cured to form a solidification layer. Afterwards, a position and an occupied proportion of the solidification layer corresponding to the inner bottom, and a movement range of a relative movement is determined according thereto so as to completely peel off the solidification layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Ting-Yu Lu, Peng-Yang Chen
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Patent number: 10518522Abstract: A printing method for shielding component adopted to print a shielding component (2) of a 3D model (20) having multiple printing layers (11) is disclosed. The method first obtains all candidate points of first layer of the shielding component (2) and chooses one of the candidate points as a start point (211) of the first layer according to a default rule, and prints the first layer from the chosen start point (211). Next, the method obtains all candidate points of next layer of the shielding component (2) and chooses one of the candidate points of the next layer which is closest to the start point (211) of last layer to be printed as a start point of the next layer, and prints the next layer from the chosen start point.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignees: XYZPRINTING, INC., KINPO ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Yu-Chuan Chang, Yu-Ting Huang
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Patent number: 10518470Abstract: A sealed type light curing 3D printer and a method using the same are provided. The 3D printer includes a reservoir; a microcontroller; a plunger for creating a sealed space between itself and a bottom of the reservoir by disposing in the reservoir; a printing platform releasably disposed on a bottom of the plunger wherein a bottom of the printing platform is flush with the bottom of the plunger; an illumination unit under the reservoir; a liquid material tank communicating with the reservoir; and a gas tank communicating with the reservoir. Both the plunger and the printing platform lift a first distance to draw liquid material into the reservoir. The plunger further lifts a second distance to draw gas into the reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2018Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignees: XYZPRINTING, INC., KINPO ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Matthew Hodgson, Tsung-Hua Kuo
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Patent number: 10513058Abstract: The invention provides a 3-D printing method including: providing a liquid-state forming material in a 3-D printing apparatus; detecting a temperature of the liquid-state forming material; and adjusting corresponding curing parameters according to the temperature and curing characteristics of the liquid-state forming material to cure the liquid-state forming material layer by layer, so as to form and stack multiple cured layers to form a 3-D object. The invention can ensure consistency of a molded object printed by the 3-D printing apparatus using the liquid-state forming material and thus, solve the issue of inconsistent quality occurring to the molded object printed by the 3-D printing apparatus using the liquid-state forming material due to the curing speed of the liquid-state forming material varying with temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2017Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Cheng-Kuan Chang, Meng-Chwen Lee
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Patent number: 10514679Abstract: A method of slicing and printing a colour 3D model is disclosed. The method includes following steps: loading a model data corresponding to a colour 3D model; adding a pollution-blocking structure next to the colour 3D model; executing a slicing process to the pollution-blocking structure and the colour 3D model for generating a plurality of pollution-blocking slices and a plurality of model slices and configuring colour of each of the model slices; and, controlling a modeling nozzle (100) of a multi-colour 3D printer (1) to print the pollution-blocking slices and the model slices layer by layer and controlling a coloring nozzle (102) of the multi-colour 3D printer (1) to color each of the model slices.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2017Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignees: XYZPRINTING, INC., KINPO ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Yang-Teh Lee, Jia-Yi Juang, Chun-Hsiang Huang, Ming-En Ho, Yu-Chuan Chang
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Publication number: 20190381730Abstract: A 3D printing device including a base, a gantry, a forming platform, a tank, an adjustable platform, a driving module and a control module is provided. The gantry and the tank are respectively disposed on the base. The forming platform is movably assembled to the gantry. The adjusting platform is disposed between the gantry and the forming platform or between the tank and the base. The driving module is connected to the forming platform and the gantry. The control module is electrically connected to the driving module to drive the forming platform to reciprocate along the gantry, so that the forming platform is moved into or out of the tank. Before 3D printing is performed, the control module moves the forming platform to lean against the tank through the driving module, so as to drive the adjustable platform to deform, and confirm consistency of contact surfaces of the forming platform and the tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2018Publication date: December 19, 2019Applicants: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Kuan-Yi Lu, Chun-Jui Chen, Chih-Ming Ni, Chen-Fu Huang, An-Hsiu Lee, Tsai-Yi Lin
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Patent number: 10507640Abstract: A three-dimensional printer includes: a machine mainframe, formed with a carrying plane; a three-dimensional printing module, installed on the machine mainframe, and used for forming a three-dimensional object on the carrying plane according to a three-dimensional model data; and a color spraying nozzle module, installed on the machine mainframe and used for coloring a surface of the three-dimensional object according to the three-dimensional model data, wherein the color spraying nozzle module includes at least one color spraying nozzle and at least one screen member, the color spraying nozzle is formed with at least one nozzle hole, the screen member is formed with at least one screen hole, the screen hole is arranged corresponding to the nozzle hole, and the area of the screen hole is smaller than the area of the nozzle hole thereby enabling the color spraying nozzle module to more efficiently color the three-dimensional object.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignees: XYZPRINTING, INC., KINPO ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Ming-En Ho, Yang-Teh Lee
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Patent number: 10500833Abstract: A 3D printing device and a resume printing method thereof are provided. The method includes: executing printing commands sequentially to control a print head for printing; obtaining a first printing command executed when a printing interruption occurs, and resuming printing according to the first printing command.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Chia-Yuan Chang, Yu-Jie Yang
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Publication number: 20190368913Abstract: A three-dimensional printing device including a body, a tank, an origin target, a sensor, and a control module is provided. The tank is rotatably assembled on the body, and the tank is filled with a liquid forming material. The origin target is disposed on the tank and rotates along with the tank. The sensor is disposed on the body and located above the liquid forming material to sense a liquid level of the liquid forming material. The control module electrically connects the tank and the sensor and drives the tank to rotate. The sensor is located above a rotation path of the origin target, and the control module senses the origin target through the sensor and positions a rotation origin of the tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2018Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicants: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Chen-Fu Huang, An-Hsiu Lee, Ching-Yuan Chou, Tsai-Yi Lin
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Patent number: 10493745Abstract: The invention provides a method for height difference measurement between the print heads and a 3D printer using the method. The 3D printer includes a printing module, a contact sensor, a movement sensor and a controller. The controller makes a 3D print head and the contact sensor contact to each other vertically for generating a contact signal, and obtains a first height value according to a vertical movement distance between the printing module and the contact sensor. The controller makes a color head and the contact sensor contact to each other vertically for generating the contact signal, and obtains a second height value according to a vertical movement distance between the printing module and the contact sensor. The controller obtains a height difference between the 3D print head and the color head according to the first height value and the second height value.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc.Inventor: Yu-Jie Yang
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Patent number: 10495459Abstract: An apparatus for producing 3D point-cloud model of physical objects includes a rotatable platform (11), multiple patterns asymmetrically arranged on the rotatable platform (11), a background curtain (13), and an image capturing unit (12) arranged facing toward the background curtain (13). A producing method includes: placing an object (2) to be scanned on the rotatable platform (11); setting a capturing amount during one-time rotation operation; controlling the rotatable platform (11) to perform the rotation operation, and controlling the image capturing unit (12) to capture corresponding images during the rotation operation according to the capturing amount, wherein each image includes the entire object (2) and multiple of the patterns, and records corresponding global coordinates; and, performing matching on multiple features of each of the images, and constructing a 3D point-cloud model of the object (2) according to a matching result of the features and the global coordinates of each of the images.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignees: XYZPRINTING, INC., KINPO ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Wei-Fan Chen, Waqar Shahid Qureshi
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Publication number: 20190358895Abstract: A 3D printing method including: obtaining a wavelength-absorptivity relationship of a liquid forming material, where the wavelength-absorptivity relationship includes absorptivity peaks of at least two corresponding wavelengths; forming a 3D object by using a 3D printing apparatus, where the 3D printing apparatus provides a first light to cure the liquid forming material layer-by-layer and stacks the same to form the 3D object, and a wavelength of the first light is one of the at least two corresponding wavelengths; and providing a second light by a post curing device to irradiate the 3D object, where the second light comprises the at least two corresponding wavelengths.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2018Publication date: November 28, 2019Applicants: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Wei-Chun Jau, Tsung-Hua Kuo, Ming-Hsiung Ding