Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Kota Fujimura

Osamu Ota

Yukinori Matsumoto

Kazuhide Sugimoto

Yasuhiro Oue

Toru Kitamura

For an apparatus effectively providing a real three-dimensional model to a customer, three-dimensional shape data of a target is obtained at a data input section (). The data is managed by a server which is connected to a network. A suitable formation section () is selected to form a real three-dimensional model based on the data. In addition, the formation completion is automatically notified to the customer via a completion display panel (), a cellular phone (), or the like.

3-D model providing device

A three-dimensional model providing apparatus in which a customer can easily modify the input three-dimensional data. The apparatus comprises an input section () for inputting three-dimensional data, a server section () for managing the processes on the three-dimensional data from input to output, a providing section () for providing three-dimensional data, a communicating section for communicating the three-dimensional data between the input section, server section, and providing section, a receiving section () for receiving instruction contents from the customer, and a converting section () for modifying, processing, or converting the three-dimensional data according to the instruction contents.

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Moriguchi, Japan

Kota Fujimura