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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2011
Bernd Bickel, Zürich, CH;
Wojciech Matusik, Lexington, MA (US);
Miguel A. Otaduy, Madrid, ES;
Markus Gross, Uster, CH;
Hanspeter Pfister, Arlington, MA (US);
Bernd Bickel, Zürich, CH;
Wojciech Matusik, Lexington, MA (US);
Miguel A. Otaduy, Madrid, ES;
Markus Gross, Uster, CH;
Hanspeter Pfister, Arlington, MA (US);
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Abstract
In an object generation system, consumable base materials are characterized in a characterization process wherein an object generation system can use a plurality of so-characterized base materials. User input representing a desired object and set of characteristics for that desired object are processed, using a computer or computing device, to derive a mapping of locations for placement of portions of the plurality of base materials such that when the mapping is provided to an object generator, the generated object approximates the representing a desired object and set of characteristics. The characterization of a base material might include elasticity of the base material, the user input might be a desired shape and elasticity, the object generator might be a 3D multi-material printer and the generated object might at least approximate the desired shape and elasticity as a result of being constructed from the plurality of base materials used by the printer.