Smart Glasses 3D Printing Data Generation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional 3D printing requires professional modeling software and equipment for data generation, making it difficult and costly for ordinary users to create 3D printing data, thereby increasing the user threshold and reducing user experience.

Innovation Solution

Smart glasses equipped with infrared, image recognition, and ultrasonic sensors for 3D scanning, allowing users to generate and send 3D printing data wirelessly to a 3D printer or cloud server without the need for professional software or equipment, integrating a recognition module, scanning module, and sending module for accurate and efficient data acquisition.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If professional modeling software and equipment are used for 3D data generation, then scanning accuracy and data quality are improved, but device complexity and cost increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvescanning accuracyVSAvoidequipment complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple sensing modalities (infrared, visible light, ultrasonic sensors) into a single integrated smart glasses system, merging the functions of multiple professional devices into one portable unit that can capture 3D spatial information through fusion of different sensor data streams

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The smart glasses are designed as a multi-functional device that simultaneously performs object recognition, 3D scanning, and wireless data transmission, replacing the need for separate professional modeling software, scanning equipment, and communication devices

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Manufacturing precision

If professional modeling software is required for 3D printing data generation, then data accuracy is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata accuracyVSAvoiduser friendliness
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs automatic object recognition and 3D data generation without requiring manual intervention or professional software operation, with the smart glasses autonomously capturing spatial information and the processor automatically converting it into 3D printing data

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces complex mechanical and software-based modeling systems with an optical and sensor-based automated recognition system that captures 3D data directly through infrared, visible light, and ultrasonic sensing without requiring manual modeling operations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Measurement precision

If conventional 3D scanning equipment is used, then scanning precision is improved, but ease of manufacture and accessibility deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvescanning precisionVSAvoidacquisition difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the 3D scanning function into multiple independent sensing components (infrared sensor, visible light sensor, ultrasonic sensor) that can be manufactured separately and then integrated into the smart glasses, making the system easier to manufacture while maintaining precision through sensor fusion

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system transitions from traditional single-modality scanning to multi-dimensional sensing by combining infrared, visible light, and ultrasonic dimensions, achieving enhanced scanning precision through spatial and spectral dimensionality while using consumer-grade components

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

Simplifies the 3D printing process by reducing the acquisition difficulty and cost of 3D printing data, improving user experience and scanning accuracy, and enabling convenient, instant 3D printing or data sharing through a user-friendly interface.

Implementation Method 1

scanning the object to be scanned by adopting at least one of an infrared sensor, an image sensor or an ultrasonic sensor

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectInfrared radiation detection: Infrared Radiation

Implementation Method 2

scanning the object to be scanned by adopting at least one of an infrared sensor, an image sensor or an ultrasonic sensor

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectPhotoelectric effect: Photoelectric Effect

Implementation Method 3

scanning the object to be scanned by adopting at least one of an infrared sensor, an image sensor or an ultrasonic sensor

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectUltrasonic reflection: Ultrasound

Data Source

PatentEP3335863B13D printing data generation method and device
Publication Date: 2023.04.05 BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO LTD
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AI summary

The present invention relates to a Three-Dimensional (3D) printing data generation method and device. The method is applied to small glasses, and includes: an object to be scanned is recognized; the object to be scanned is scanned to obtain a scanning result; 3D printing data is generated according to the scanning result; and the 3D printing data is sent, according to a selected operation item, to an operating device corresponding to the operation item.