Patents by Inventor Andre Schmeing

Andre Schmeing 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: 20240383193
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for efficiently printing 3D articles from a photo-curable resin. The systems and methods may iteratively execute a print file having instructions for printing the article, where a subsequent iteration may begin before a prior iteration has completed printing. In some embodiments, multiple iterations of an article may be printed onto a substrate as the substrate is moved into a vat of resin at an acute angle relative to the surface of the resin. Different portions of the multiple iterations of the article at respective intersection cut heights may be printed simultaneously within the same merged projection plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: OPT Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Andre Schmeing, Mike Meichang Wang, Kai-Hong Anthony Chu, Jifei Ou
  • Publication number: 20240262041
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for 3D printing. The method can include providing a material model of a volume of photo-curable resin contained in a 3D printer, where a portion of the photo-curable resin is suitable for contact with radiation to cure a portion thereof. The systems and methods can further include providing a geometric model of a 3D object to be printed and choosing a printing methodology comprising a geometry and intensity of radiation to be projected onto the photo-curable resin as a function of time and a control parameter of the 3D printer. The systems and methods can further include minimizing an error between the cured portion of photo-curable resin as predicted by the material model of the photo-curable resin and the geometric model of the 3D object to be printed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: OPT Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Andre Schmeing, Jifei Ou
  • Patent number: 11681269
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and new file formats are provided for printing 3D microstructures. In some implementations, a new file format is provided that defines 3D objects by a wireframe model expressed as a collection of wires. Because wires and their parameters are defined within the new file format, objects may be processed more efficiently and quickly to support 3D rendering operations. Such methods may be used to print new articles, such as eyelashes, bushes, swabs and other novel items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: OPT Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Andre Schmeing, Kai-Hong Anthony Chu, Jifei Ou
  • Patent number: 11567474
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and new file formats are provided for printing 3D microstructures. In some implementations, a new file format is provided that defines 3D objects by a wireframe model expressed as a collection of wires. Because wires and their parameters are defined within the new file format, objects may be processed more efficiently and quickly to support 3D rendering operations. Such methods may be used to print new articles, such as eyelashes, bushes, swabs and other novel items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: OPT Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Andre Schmeing, Jifei Ou
  • Publication number: 20220244704
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and new file formats are provided for printing 3D microstructures. In some implementations, a new file format is provided that defines 3D objects by a wireframe model expressed as a collection of wires. Because wires and their parameters are defined within the new file format, objects may be processed more efficiently and quickly to support 3D rendering operations. Such methods may be used to print new articles, such as eyelashes, bushes, swabs and other novel items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: OPT Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kai-Hong Anthony Chu, Jifei Ou, Andre Schmeing
  • Patent number: 11275354
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and new file formats are provided for printing 3D microstructures. In some implementations, a new file format is provided that defines 3D objects by a wireframe model expressed as a collection of wires. Because wires and their parameters are defined within the new file format, objects may be processed more efficiently and quickly to support 3D rendering operations. Such methods may be used to print new articles, such as eyelashes, bushes, swabs and other novel items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: OPT Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kai-Hong Anthony Chu, Jifei Ou, Andre Schmeing
  • Publication number: 20210316510
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and new file formats are provided for printing 3D microstructures. In some implementations, a new file format is provided that defines 3D objects by a wireframe model expressed as a collection of wires. Because wires and their parameters are defined within the new file format, objects may be processed more efficiently and quickly to support 3D rendering operations. Such methods may be used to print new articles, such as eyelashes, bushes, swabs and other novel items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: OPT Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Andre Schmeing, Jifel OU
  • Publication number: 20210302938
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and new file formats are provided for printing 3D microstructures. In some implementations, a new file format is provided that defines 3D objects by a wireframe model expressed as a collection of wires. Because wires and their parameters are defined within the new file format, objects may be processed more efficiently and quickly to support 3D rendering operations. Such methods may be used to print new articles, such as eyelashes, bushes, swabs and other novel items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: OPT Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Andre Schmeing, Kai-Hong Anthony Chu, Jifei Ou
  • Publication number: 20210298464
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and new file formats are provided for printing 3D microstructures. In some implementations, a new file format is provided that defines 3D objects by a wireframe model expressed as a collection of wires. Because wires and their parameters are defined within the new file format, objects may be processed more efficiently and quickly to support 3D rendering operations. Such methods may be used to print new articles, such as eyelashes, bushes, swabs and other novel items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: OPT Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kai-Hong Anthony Chu, Jifei Ou, Andre Schmeing