Media Player Triggered 3D Printing From Entertainment Content
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current 3-D printing systems lack direct communication and integration with entertainment devices, requiring users to manually search for and obtain 3-D printable files, which is cumbersome and inefficient for printing objects seen in media.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for entertainment device communication with printing devices, where a media player processes content streams containing triggers to obtain and transmit 3-D model files, enabling direct printing of models associated with entertainment content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a user manually searches for and obtains 3-D printable files from the internet or creates them using CAD software, then the user can print objects, but the process becomes cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically searching for, downloading, and processing 3-D model files associated with entertainment content before the user needs to print. The media player pre-loads model data and makes it available for printing without requiring user intervention in the file retrieval process.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by allowing the 3-D printing system to automatically obtain and process model files itself. The media player and printing device work together to automatically retrieve, parse, and prepare printing data from entertainment content without requiring manual user operations.
2Ease of operation
If the system integrates direct communication between entertainment devices and printing devices, then file retrieval becomes automated, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The media player is designed with multi-functionality, serving both as an entertainment device and as a controller for the 3-D printing system. It can play media content, extract model data from the content, and communicate with the printing device, reducing the need for separate dedicated components.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses an intermediary communication framework where the media player acts as a mediator between the entertainment content and the printing device. It extracts model data from media streams and translates it into printing instructions, simplifying the integration between different device types.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the media player processes content streams to extract and transmit 3-D model files, then direct printing from entertainment content is enabled, but the processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the necessary model data from the entertainment content streams. The media player identifies and extracts 3-D model information, metadata, and printing parameters from the media content, separating this data from the entertainment stream for processing by the printing device.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies local quality by processing different types of data differently. The media player handles entertainment content playback separately from model data extraction, and the printing device receives only the relevant printing instructions, optimizing each processing stage for its specific function.
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AI summary
Novel tools and techniques for entertainment device communication to printing devices are provided. A system includes a printing device and media player coupled to the printing device. The media device may include a processor, and a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executable by the processor to obtain a content stream including at least one of an audio stream or a video stream, the content stream further including a data stream including a trigger associated with a printable model. The instructions may further be executable to obtain a 3-D model file associated with the printable model responsive to an occurrence of the trigger, transmit at least one of the 3-D model file or printing instructions based on the 3-D model file to the printing device, and print, via the printing device, the printable model based on the 3-D model file.