JP2012177954A - Three-dimensional surface figure manufacturing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently manufacture a three-dimensional surface figure by easily generating three-dimensional data of a surface figure in a short time, and to efficiently manufacture the three-dimensional surface figure with a stereoscopic effect by making the surface figure to be manufactured thick.SOLUTION: The three-dimensional data of the surface figure is generated on the basis of data specified by extracting outer shapes such as a length, a width and a thickness of a surface figure object from a front surface image and one side face image. Then, the three-dimensional data is made into a volume on the basis of a required offset value, and the thickness is imparted.

Description

  The present invention relates to a three-dimensional figure surface production method for producing a three-dimensional surface such as a three-dimensional surface or an image by a three-dimensional printer based on image data.

  For example, as shown in Patent Document 1, a 3D terrain model production system for producing a 3D terrain model with a 3D printer is known. The production system uses the three-dimensional terrain data defining a three-dimensional shape representing the three-dimensional terrain and the texture data representing the texture of the building to the texture shape portion included in the three-dimensional shape. Generating three-dimensional model data representing the three-dimensional model to which the three-dimensional model has been assigned, and assembling the three-dimensional appearance of the building shape portion to which the texture of the three-dimensional model has been assigned, based on the three-dimensional model data Generating a two-dimensional development map that can be formed and printing it on a sheet; performing a step of automatically modeling a three-dimensional terrain model based on the three-dimensional terrain data; and A three-dimensional terrain model is produced by assembling the development map and pasting the terrain model on the building shape portion corresponding to the development map. That.

  To generate 3D model data using the above method, if you have prepared a photograph of each side of an actual building as a texture for the building shape part included in the 3D shape, Texture mapping is performed on the surface of the building shape part of the shape to obtain a building object on the 3D model, and other objects such as buildings and roads on the 3D model are also surfaced by texture mapping and other methods. It is necessary to set the color to and complete the 3D model to generate 3D model data.

  In the case of producing a 3D surface figure by applying the 3D terrain model production method to the surface figure production method targeted by the present application, it takes time and effort to generate the model 3D data of the surface figure. Therefore, there is a problem that the surface figure cannot be efficiently manufactured. In addition, in the three-dimensional surface figure targeted by the present application, it is necessary to produce a three-dimensional image having a thickness, but the three-dimensional surface figure produced by the above three-dimensional terrain model production method has a thickness. The above method has a problem that a three-dimensional surface figure targeted by the present application cannot be manufactured because it has no surface and does not have a three-dimensional effect.

JP 2007-280157 A

  The problem to be solved is that it takes time and effort to generate the three-dimensional data of the surface figure, and the three-dimensional figure cannot be produced efficiently. Further, the figure to be produced has a surface shape lacking a three-dimensional effect, and a three-dimensional figure having a three-dimensional effect cannot be produced.

  The present invention relates to an image extraction step of extracting the surface figure image by specifying the length, width, thickness, etc. of the surface figure object from the front image and one side image, and the surface extracted by the image extraction step. A 3D data generation process for generating 3D data of a surface figure object based on the image data of the figure, and the 3D data generated by the 3D data generation process is volumeified based on a required offset value to obtain a thickness. Generated by the solidification process for generating the three-dimensional solidified data with the mark, the print data conversion process for converting the three-dimensional solidified data generated by the solidification process into the three-dimensional print data, and the print data conversion process 3D printing worker who performs 3D printing based on the 3D printing data and forms a surface figure And most major characterized in that it consists of a.

  According to the present invention, a three-dimensional surface figure can be efficiently produced by generating three-dimensional data of a surface figure in a short time from a front image and at least one side image. In addition, it is possible to produce a three-dimensional surface figure having a three-dimensional feeling by giving the surface figure a thickness.

1 is an electrical block diagram of a three-dimensional surface figure production system embodying the present invention. It is a schematic flowchart of a three-dimensional surface figure production process. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of step 21 in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of an extraction state of a front image. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of an extraction state of a side image. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of step 23 in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows a solidification process. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of step 25 in FIG.

  After generating the three-dimensional data of the surface figure based on the data identified by extracting the outer shape such as the length, width and thickness of the surface figure object from the front image and one side image, the three-dimensional data is It is an optimal embodiment to apply a thickness by adding a volume based on a required offset value.

The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings showing examples.
As shown in FIG. 1, a three-dimensional figure production system that embodies the method of the present invention includes a three-dimensional data processing apparatus 1, a three-dimensional printer 3 that forms a figure based on three-dimensional data, a display apparatus 5, It is comprised from input devices 7, such as a keyboard and a mouse | mouth.

  The three-dimensional data processing apparatus 1 includes a CPU 9, a program data storage unit 11, a work data storage unit 13, an input / output control unit 15, an image data processing unit 17, and a print data processing unit 19. In the program data storage means 11, program data for executing extraction processing for extracting contour data based on extraction points designated in the stored image data, stored image data, contour data extracted from the image data, etc. Program data for controlling display processing, program data for generating 3D data for the figure surface to be produced based on the extracted contour data, and the required thickness for the generated 3D data for the figure surface Program data for executing solid processing for providing (offset), program data for generating three-dimensional print data based on the three-dimensional data on the figure surface, and offset data are stored.

  The work data storage means 13 stores an input front image and at least one side image data, an image data storage area 13a, and an extraction point storage for storing preset extraction point data extracted from the image data. Area 13b, extracted image data storage area 13c for storing extracted image data surrounded by extraction points from each image data, three-dimensional data of the surface figure generated based on the image data extracted from the front image and the side image Three-dimensional data storage area 13d for storing, offset data storage area 13e for storing set offset data, three-dimensional print data storage for storing three-dimensional print data generated based on the three-dimensional data and offset data of the surface figure Area 13f, print data buffer area 13g It has various storage areas.

The three-dimensional printer 3 selects a liquid adhesive colored in Y (yellow), M (magenta), C (cyan) and, if necessary, B (black) for a thin powder layer made of gypsum base powder. This is an inkjet device that forms three-dimensional structures by sequentially forming layers by adhering the powders in a state of being colored by mixing them with a desired color by spraying them with an inkjet method. Is well known in the art and will not be described in detail.

  The display device 5 is a device that displays a front image in which a modeling object of a surface figure is imaged, one side image, a three-dimensional image of a surface figure, a three-dimensional image of a solid surface figure, and the like. The input device 7 is composed of a keyboard, a mouse, and the like, and designates an extraction point of a front image and one side image on which a modeling target of a surface figure displayed on the display device 5 is captured, or inputs an offset value It is a device to do.

Next, a method for producing a person's face figure imaged based on the person's image data will be described as an example.

First, the outline of the production of the human figure will be explained. As shown in FIG. 2, the figure of the figure of the figure from the front image and one side image of the figure creation target person captured by the digital camera or the like in step 21 is obtained. After extracting and generating three-dimensional data (image extraction process and three-dimensional data generation process of the present invention), the three-dimensional data generated in step 23 is solidified according to the desired thickness of the figure (the present invention Next, the 3D data solidified in step 25 is converted into 3D print data and output to the 3D printer 3 (print data conversion process and 3D printing process of the present invention). A surface figure is formed.

  Next, step 21 in FIG. 2 will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, the image data processing unit 17 stores the front image data and one side image data of the person imaged by the digital camera or the like in step 31 as image data. It memorize | stores in the area | region 13a. Next, in step 33, the front image data is read from the image data storage area 13a and the front image is displayed on the display device 5. At this time, the display device 5 displays a sample front image showing extraction points together with the front image.

The operator, for example, in the front image displayed by the input device 7 based on the extraction point in the sample front image displayed on the display device 5, for example, the vertex position, the jaw position, the face end positions, the eye position (eye width position). ), Nose position (including nose width position), mouth position (including mouth width position), hair position (including hair hair width position), ear position (including ear width position), etc. When designated, the image data in the coordinate data designated by each extraction point in the front image is stored in the extracted image data storage area 13c in step 35. (See Figure 4)

Next, it is determined in step 37 whether or not the front image extraction process has been completed. If the determination in step 37 is NO, the process returns to step 35. On the other hand, if step 37 is YES, step 39 reads the side image data from the image data storage area 13a and switches the image data displayed on the display device 5 to the side image. At this time, the display device 5 displays a sample side image in which extraction points are shown together with the side image, in the same manner as the image display of the front image.

  Next, for example, the top position, the jaw position, the eye position (including the eye width position), the nose position (including the nose height width position) displayed in the sample side image displayed on the display device 5 in step 41, Sides displayed by the input device 7 based on extraction points such as mouth position (including mouth width position), hair position (including head hair width position), ear position (including ear width and ear height position), etc. An extraction point in the image is designated, and a side image in each extraction point is extracted and stored in the extracted image data storage area 13c. (See Figure 5)

  Next, it is determined in step 43 whether or not the side image extraction processing has been completed. If step 43 is NO, the process returns to step 41. On the other hand, when the above step 43 is YES, three-dimensional data of the face figure is generated based on the coordinate data of the extracted front image and the extracted side image stored in the extracted image data storage area 13c in step 45, and the three-dimensional data is stored. It memorize | stores in the area | region 13d and complete | finishes.

  Referring to step 23 in FIG. 2, the three-dimensional data stored in the three-dimensional data storage area 13d is a three-dimensional surface, which is surface data with no thickness alone, and as it is, a surface figure having a thickness is produced. Can not do it. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, the image data processing unit 17 stores the offset value (thickness) set corresponding to the desired thickness in step 51 in the offset data storage area 13e, and then the step Based on the offset data stored in the offset data storage area 13e by 53, the three-dimensional data stored in the three-dimensional data storage area 13d is calculated using the offset value and copied to generate the three-dimensional data on the back surface. The space between the three-dimensional data on the surface and the three-dimensional data on the slope is three-dimensionally printed and solidified so as to have a thickness by increasing the volume. (See Figure 7)

That is, assuming that the three-dimensional surface is located at a location displaced based on the offset value with respect to the three-dimensional surface based on the three-dimensional data, a process of volumeizing the space between both surfaces is executed. In step 55, the three-dimensional data of the surface figure solidified in step 53 is converted into three-dimensional print data and stored in the three-dimensional print data storage area 13f, and the solidification process is completed.

  Next, step 25 in FIG. 2 will be described. As shown in FIG. 8, the print data processing unit 19 selects a desired tertiary from the plurality of 3D print data stored in the 3D print data storage area 13f in step 61. After the original print data is selected and stored in the print data buffer area 13g, the three-dimensional print data stored in the print data buffer area 13g is transferred to the three-dimensional printer 3 in step 63, and the three-dimensional printer 3 is transferred in step 65. Is printed based on the three-dimensional print data to produce a surface figure, and the process ends. As described above, the three-dimensional printing operation of the surface figure by the three-dimensional printer 3 is well known, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted.

  The surface figure three-dimensionally shaped by the three-dimensional printer 3 is finished into a product by forming a hole for chamfering the end face or inserting a string as necessary. The surface figure can be used for, for example, a key ring, a name tag, a mobile phone strap, and the like. In addition, when used for dolls, May dolls, etc., the dolls and the like can be personalized by attaching the child's face figure made according to the present invention to the faces of the dolls.

  In this embodiment method, after generating the three-dimensional data of the surface figure based on the input front image and one side image of the desired figure image, the three-dimensional data is solidified with a desired offset value, and the thickness is reduced. It is possible to efficiently produce a surface figure by using the three-dimensional print data that is generated and volume-converted.

  Although the above description has been described with respect to an example of producing a three-dimensional figure in which a person imaged based on a front image and one side image is viewed from the front, the method of the present invention is not limited to a person figure. Of course not.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 3D data processor 3 3D printer 5 Display device 7 Input device 9 CPU
11 Program data storage means 13 Work data storage means 13a Image data storage area 13b Extraction point storage area 13c Extracted image data storage area 13d Three-dimensional data storage area 13e Offset data storage area 13f Three-dimensional print data storage area 13g Print data buffer area 15 Input / output control means 17 Image data processing unit 19 Print data processing unit 21-43 Step 51-55 Step 61-65 Step

The present invention displays on the display device one or both of the front image data and at least one side image data of the surface figure object stored in the image data storage area, and a plurality of the surface figure objects on the display device. Display the sample image on which the extraction points are displayed, and set the plurality of extraction points in the front image and the side image corresponding to the plurality of extraction points in the sample image to set the length, width, An extraction point setting step for specifying the thickness and the like, an image extraction step for extracting image data surrounded by a plurality of extraction points in the front image and the side image as surface figure image data, and each of the extracted surface figures 3D data generation process for generating 3D data of surface figure objects based on image data A solidification step for generating a three-dimensional solidified data in which the generated three-dimensional data is volume-based based on a required offset value to give a thickness, and the three-dimensional solidified data is converted into three-dimensional print data The main features include a print data conversion step and a three-dimensional print step of forming a surface figure by executing a three-dimensional print based on the three-dimensional print data generated by the print data conversion step.

Claims (2)

An image extraction step of extracting the surface figure image by specifying the length, width, thickness, etc. of the surface figure object from the front image and one side image;
A three-dimensional data generation step of generating three-dimensional data of the surface figure object based on the image data of the surface figure extracted by the image extraction step;
A solidification step for generating three-dimensional solidified data in which the three-dimensional data generated by the three-dimensional data generation step is volume-based based on a required offset value to give a thickness;
A print data conversion step for converting the three-dimensional solidified data generated by the solidification step into three-dimensional print data;
A three-dimensional printing step of forming a surface figure by executing a three-dimensional print based on the three-dimensional print data generated by the print data conversion step;
3D surface figure production method consisting of 2. The image extraction process according to claim 1, wherein the image extraction step displays one or both of the selected front image and side image on the display device, and displays a sample image on which the extraction points of the surface figure object are displayed. A method for producing a three-dimensional surface figure in which an extraction point of a surface figure object in a front image and a side image can be specified based on the extracted points.

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