US 12,455,552 B2
Dynamic element compositing
Nathan Moroney, Palo Alto, CA (US); Craig Peter Sayers, Palo Alto, CA (US); Ji Won Jun, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Paulo Abner Aurelio Mesquita, Porto Alegre (BR)
Assigned to Peridot Print LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/022,079
Filed by Peridot Print LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/046679
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 17, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/039715, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0305523 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. G05B 19/4099 (2006.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01); G06T 17/20 (2006.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01)
CPC G05B 19/4099 (2013.01) [B33Y 50/00 (2014.12); G06T 17/20 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01); G05B 2219/49023 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2016 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving dynamic content to be printed on an identified region of a digital mesh of an object during three-dimensional (3D) printings of the object;
generating a digital mesh of each discrete element of the dynamic content to be 3D printed during the 3D printings of the object;
transmitting print information to a 3D printer that includes:
(i) the digital meshes of the discrete elements of the dynamic content,
(ii) the digital mesh of the object, and
(iii) instructions defining a unique composition of a subset of the digital meshes of the discrete elements to be dynamically composited during printing and printed in the identified region of the digital mesh of the object in each 3D printing of the object, wherein the instructions includes geometrically transforming instructions for scaling and/or rotating at least one of the digital meshes of the discrete elements during printing based on fitting the at least one digital mesh of the discrete element within the identified region of the digital mesh of the object at which the discrete element is to be printed; and
printing a plurality of objects based on the digital mesh of the object, with each object having a unique composition of discrete elements in the identified region of the object based on the instructions.