Patents by Inventor Melanie M. Gottwals

Melanie M. Gottwals 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).

  • Patent number: 11691339
    Abstract: An example system includes an object and a support frame supporting the object. The support frame constrains movement of the object relative to the support frame, and the support frame includes at least one of a cage or a shackle to non-rigidly constrain movement of at least a part of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Wei Huang, Steven J. Simske, Ingeborg Tastl, Melanie M. Gottwals, Gary J. Dispoto
  • Publication number: 20230131764
    Abstract: In example implementations, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a light table, a camera, and a processor communicatively coupled to the light table and the camera. The light table is to emit light through an object on the light table. The camera is to capture an image of the light table. The processor is to receive an image of the light table without the object, receive an image of the light table with the object, and calculate a transmission value for each pixel of the object in the image of the light table with the object, wherein a mechanical property of the object is to be determined based on the transmission value of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Melanie M. GOTTWALS, Ingeborg TASTL
  • Publication number: 20220355543
    Abstract: A three-dimensional printing method can include iteratively applying polymer build material as individual layers; based on a three-dimensional object model, selectively jetting an electromagnetic radiation absorber and a translucency-modulating plasticizer onto individual layers of the polymer build material; and exposing the powder bed to electromagnetic energy to selectively fuse portions of individual layers of the polymer build material together to form a three-dimensional object. The polymer build material can include from about 60 wt % to 100 wt % polymeric particles having an average particle size from about 10 ?m to about 150 ?m and a degree of crystallinity from about 2% to about 60%, to a powder bed. At the locations where the polymer build material includes jetted translucency-modulating plasticizer, the three-dimensional object can exhibit an optical transmittance from about 5% to about 80%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kristopher J. Erickson, Melanie M. Gottwals, Ingeborg Tastl, Aja Hartman, Adekunle Olubummo
  • Patent number: 11298883
    Abstract: In an example, a method includes receiving, at a processor, a plurality of property parameter sets representing attainable property combinations in additive manufacturing and being associated with print material description. A constraint of a first property of the property parameter sets may also be received and a hull of a property mapping resource for use in determining additive manufacturing instructions for generating an object in which the first property meets the received constraint may be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Peter Morovic, Jan Morovic, Ingeborg Tastl, Melanie M. Gottwals
  • Publication number: 20220001596
    Abstract: A three-dimensional printing system includes a controller to instruct a fusing agent distributor to selectively apply a fusing agent to a first region of a layer of build material. The controller also determines a subset of voxels in the layer of build material to provide an opacifying agent based on an opacity value of an opacified region of an object to be generated and instructs an opacifying agent distributor to apply the opacifying agent to the determined subset of voxels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Aja Hartman, Alexandra Ju, Mary G. Baker, Lihua Zhao, Howard S. Tom, Melanie M. Gottwals, Ingeborg Tastl
  • Patent number: 11207838
    Abstract: According to an example, an apparatus may include a processor and a memory on which is stored instructions that are to cause the processor to identify features for a three-dimensional (3D) indicator object to be fabricated by a 3D fabricating device, in which the identified features define a shape and a pattern of colors for the 3D indicator object. The instructions may also cause the processor to instruct the 3D fabricating device to fabricate the 3D indicator object to have the identified features, in which the 3D indicator object has a shape having a plurality of surfaces on which a plurality of colors are arranged in a certain pattern as defined by the identified features, and in which each of the plurality of surfaces has the same certain pattern of the plurality of colors and determine properties of the fabricated 3D indicator object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Wei Huang, Ingeborg Tastl, Melanie M. Gottwals
  • Publication number: 20210347126
    Abstract: In example implementations, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a light table, a camera, and a processor. The light table is to hold an object. The camera is to capture images. The light table is positioned within a field of view of the camera. The processor is communicatively coupled to the camera to receive the images. The processor is to analyze the images to calculate an imaged transmission percentage at a plurality of different locations of the object based on a correlation function of the camera used to determine an amount of print agents to be dispense by a three dimensional printer to print the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ingeborg Tastl, Melanie M. Gottwals, Nathan Moroney, Jian Fan
  • Publication number: 20210209484
    Abstract: In an example, a method includes receiving, at a processor, a first matrix comprising a set of print coverage vectors, each print coverage vector specifying print materials for object generation using additive manufacturing and a second matrix comprising a corresponding set of properties for objects generated using the print coverage vectors. The method may further include determining, by the processor, a solution to an objective function relating the first and second matrices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Peter MOROVIC, Jan MOROVIC, Melanie M. GOTTWALS, Ingeborg TASTL
  • Publication number: 20210197486
    Abstract: In an example, a method includes receiving, at a processor, a plurality of property parameter sets representing attainable property combinations in additive manufacturing and being associated with print material description. A constraint of a first property of the property parameter sets may also be received and a hull of a property mapping resource for use in determining additive manufacturing instructions for generating an object in which the first property meets the received constraint may be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Peter MOROVIC, Jan MOROVIC, Ingeborg TASTL, Melanie M. GOTTWALS
  • Patent number: 10891782
    Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure a three-dimensional illumination chart is described. The chart includes a substrate divided into a number of portions. Each portion includes a raised relief pattern disposed thereon having a relief angle relative to a reference line. Each relief angle of the raised relief patterns of the number of portions is different from other relief angles of other raised relief patterns of other of the number of portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Nathan Moroney, Ingeborg Tastl, Melanie M. Gottwals
  • Publication number: 20200298494
    Abstract: According to an example, an apparatus may include a processor and a memory on which is stored instructions that are to cause the processor to identify features for a three-dimensional (3D) indicator object to be fabricated by a 3D fabricating device, in which the identified features define a shape and a pattern of colors for the 3D indicator object. The instructions may also cause the processor to instruct the 3D fabricating device to fabricate the 3D indicator object to have the identified features, in which the 3D indicator object has a shape having a plurality of surfaces on which a plurality of colors are arranged in a certain pattern as defined by the identified features, and in which each of the plurality of surfaces has the same certain pattern of the plurality of colors and determine properties of the fabricated 3D indicator object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Wei HUANG, Ingeborg TASTL, Melanie M. GOTTWALS
  • Publication number: 20190351612
    Abstract: An example system includes an object and a support frame supporting the object. The support frame constrains movement of the object relative to the support frame, and the support frame includes at least one of a cage or a shackle to non-rigidly constrain movement of at least a part of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Wei Huang, Steven J. Simske, Ingeborg Tastl, Melanie M. Gottwals, Gary J. Dispoto
  • Publication number: 20190152156
    Abstract: In an example, a processing apparatus includes an interface to receive data representing a three-dimensional object. The data includes an object description comprising object property data. The processing apparatus comprises a mapping module to map the object description to an object generation description which includes at least one print material instruction associated with a predetermined combination of print materials from a set of print materials. The mapping module includes a plurality of mapping resources and each mapping resource associates combinations of print materials from the set of print materials with values of at least one object property. At least one object property of one mapping resource is different to at least one object property of another mapping resource. The processing apparatus also includes a selection module to select, for at least part of the object, one of the plurality of mapping resources to carry out mapping of the object description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Peter MOROVIC, Jan MOROVIC, Ingeborg TASTL, Melanie M. GOTTWALS, Andrew E. FITZHUGH, Gary J. DISPOTO, Lihua ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20190147644
    Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure a three-dimensional illumination chart is described. The chart includes a substrate divided into a number of portions. Each portion includes a raised relief pattern disposed thereon having a relief angle relative to a reference line. Each relief angle of the raised relief patterns of the number of portions is different from other relief angles of other raised relief patterns of other of the number of portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Nathan Moroney, Ingeborg Tastl, Melanie M. Gottwals
  • Patent number: 10084941
    Abstract: A system including a memory to store instructions and initial color representations and a processor to execute the instructions in the memory to reference a database having a set of lexical color classifiers, transform each of at least a pair of initial color representations to color values associated with the set of lexical color classifiers, and generate a relative similarity measure related to the at least a pair of initial color representations based on the color values associated with the set of lexical color classifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Nathan Moroney, Melanie M Gottwals, Ingeborg Tastl
  • Publication number: 20170048419
    Abstract: A system including a memory to store instructions and initial color representations and a processor to execute the instructions in the memory to reference a database having a set of lexical color classifiers, transform each of at least a pair of initial color representations to color values associated with the set of lexical color classifiers, and generate a relative similarity measure related to the at least a pair of initial color representations based on the color values associated with the set of lexical color classifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Nathan Moroney, Melanie M Gottwals, Ingeborg Tasti
  • Patent number: 9165378
    Abstract: The present disclosure related to acquisition of color calibration charts. In at least some examples herein, an image of a calibration color chart is processed. A lighting condition of the color calibration chart may be automatically determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kok-Wei Koh, Ehud (Udi) Chatow, Melanie M Gottwals, Nathan Moroney
  • Publication number: 20150145989
    Abstract: The present disclosure related to acquisition of color calibration charts. In at least some examples herein, an image of a calibration color chart is processed. A lighting condition of the color calibration chart may be automatically determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Kok-Wei Koh, Ehud (Udi) Chatow, Melanie M. Gottwals, Nathan Moroney
  • Patent number: 8976252
    Abstract: The present disclosure related to acquisition of color calibration charts. In at least some examples herein, an image of a calibration color chart is processed. A lighting condition of the color calibration chart may be automatically determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kok-Wei Koh, Nathan Moroney, Ehud Chatow, Melanie M. Gottwals
  • Patent number: 8915435
    Abstract: Color chart characterization and techniques related therewith are described herein. In an example, an image including a reproduction of a color chart may be received by a computing system. Data associated with the color chart may be received. The data is encoded in an encoding element located in a substrate including the color chart. The color chart may be automatically characterized based on the received data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Melanie M. Gottwals, Ehud Chatow