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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2015
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kohei Utsunomiya, Nagano, JP;
Satoshi Yamazaki, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid object shaping apparatus includes a head unit, and a curing unit, in which a model indicating a shape and a color of a solid object to be shaped is approximated with a set of voxels each having a predetermined rectangular parallelepiped shape, a unit shaping body formed by a single dot or a plurality of dots is formed in the voxel, and the solid object is shaped by using the plurality of unit shaping bodies, and in which the plurality of unit shaping bodies constituting the solid object include a first and second unit shaping body. In the second unit shaping body, two or more faces forming a surface of the second unit shaping body correspond to a surface of the solid object, and a proportion of an inner portion of the model occupying the second unit shaping body is equal to or less than a reference value.