Apparatus and method for producing a personalized 3D object
a 3d object and personalized technology, applied in the direction of instruments, buying/selling/leasing transactions, commerce, etc., can solve the problems of uneven popularity of photo kiosks, limited success of attempts, and inability to meet the needs of customers,
Inactive Publication Date: 2006-08-24
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"The present invention provides a method and apparatus for producing a personalized 3D object. The method involves detecting a payment, allowing a user to select parameters, capturing images of a subject, calculating a 3D image, extracting a set of 3D data, and producing the personalized 3D object. The technical effect of this invention is that it allows for the creation of personalized 3D objects that meet the specific needs and parameters of individual users."
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The popularity of photo kiosks has been uneven throughout the past eighty years.
As a matter of fact, these attempts have had limited success because the early attempts were not profitable.
Several limitations to profitability were encountered such as high initial investment, high operations costs because of the need to have a salesperson.
Higher prices turned customers off the products, as the majority of them are not willing to pay premium prices even thought they are interested in the product.
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[0035] Referring now to FIGS. 1 to 8 there is shown an apparatus 10 according to one embodiment of the invention. In one embodiment, the apparatus is a kiosk including an optical 3D imaging device where a user can have his face, bust, or any other object captured in a 3D digital form with a color overlay. After some processing, the 3D images representing the subject can be engraved by a sub-surface laser engraver 90 within a crystal.
[0036] The apparatus 10 comprises a payment detector 16 for detecting whether a payment has been received and a user input device 20 and a display 18 for allowing a user to select parameters within a bank of parameters when a payment is received. The apparatus also comprises an image acquisition system 50 for capturing at least two images of a subject in view of the parameters selected by the user. In one embodiment, the image acquisition system 50 has a projector for projecting a pattern unto the subject and a camera 60 to acquire four images. In one e...
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The present invention relates to method and apparatus for producing a personalized 3D object. The method comprises steps of detecting whether a payment has been received, inviting a user to select parameters by means of a user input device and a display, capturing at least two images of a subject, calculating a 3D image with the images captured, producing and delivering the personalized 3D object to the user. In addition, a receipt comprising a web site address, a password and a set of instructions for ordering additional products are delivered to the user and the 3D image and data are transferred to a server via a network connection. The apparatus, or kiosk, comprises a payment detector, a user input device and a display, an image acquisition system, calculators for calculating a 3D image, a manufacturing device and an exit for delivering the personalized 3D object to the user.
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RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) from provisional application No. 60 / 646,987 filed Jan. 27, 2005, which is hereby incorporated by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates to method and apparatus to produce a personalized 3D object, such as photo vending machines hereafter named photo kiosks. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] Photo kiosks were invented in 1925 by a Siberian named Anatol Josepho. These machines could take affordable portraits anonymously and automatically. [0004] The popularity of photo kiosks has been uneven throughout the past eighty years. In their first 20 years, photo kiosks have had an explosive growth due largely to World War II, as soldiers and loved ones exchanged pictures. Later on, with the advent of the Polaroid and personal cameras, photo kiosks became less popular. [0005] Today, with the coming of digital photography, new possibilities are offered to customers who can appl...
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IPC IPC(8): G06K9/00G06Q30/06
CPCG06Q30/00B33Y30/00B33Y50/00
Inventor SONG, LILEMELIN, GUYLAINDELISLE, SONYABEAUCHAMP, DOMINIQUEDUFOUR, PATRICK
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