US 12,322,028 B2
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium
Chiaki Kaneko, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/056,098.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-188574 (JP), filed on Nov. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0162427 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 15/04 (2011.01); B29C 33/38 (2006.01); B29C 37/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 15/04 (2013.01) [B29C 37/00 (2013.01); B29C 33/3835 (2013.01); B29C 2037/903 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus for designing a mold for forming a molded product, comprising:
a processor; and
memory storing program instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the information processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:
acquiring shape data indicating a three-dimensional shape of the mold prior to a processing to be applied to a surface of the mold;
acquiring a mold release direction in separating the molded product from the mold;
acquiring a processing parameter for the processing to be applied to the surface of the mold;
generating a first processing parameter map and a second processing parameter map;
calculating, based on the shape data, the mold release direction, and the processing parameter, a difference between the first processing parameter map and the second processing parameter map, the first processing parameter map and the second processing parameter map each indicating a correspondence between a position on the surface of the mold and the processing parameter;
based on information about the difference, acquiring an adjustment parameter based on a user instruction via a user interface, the adjustment parameter indicating a balance between emphasis on fidelity of surface texture of the molded product and emphasis on continuity of the surface texture of the molded product;
generating a third processing parameter map based on the adjustment parameter; and
notifying the information about the difference.