KR101711581B1 - System for providing 3d printing service based web - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for providing a web-based customized three dimensional printing service. An objective of the present invention is to provide a web-based customized design and a development platform using three dimensional printing. To achieve the objective, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the system for providing a web-based customized three dimensional printing service comprises: a user terminal which has a photographing means and a three dimensional scanning program, and uses image data photographed by the photographing means to generate a three dimensional modeling file by executing the three dimensional scanning program; and a cloud server to provide a website having a three dimensional printer model authoring program to provide a three dimensional printing service, and provide a platform service to share three dimensional content generated by the three dimensional printer model authoring program based on the three dimensional modeling file inputted by the user terminal connected to the website.

Description

WEB-BASED ORDER DESIGN 3D PRINTING SERVICE BASED WEB {SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING 3D PRINTING SERVICE BASED WEB}

One embodiment of the present invention relates to a web-based custom design 3D printing service system.

3D printing is a technology to eject solid materials such as plastic liquids and freely take out stereoscopic solid materials through a so-called 3D printer. After creating object information through a 3D graphic design program, it is possible to produce powder, liquid, Is a technology that repeatedly stacks thin layers in the shape of an object.

This 3D printing technology is not only cost less than manufacturing by mold, but also it is easy to make complex design products, so it is applied to various industrial fields or to be able to derive new business have. For example, rather than selling manufactured products, new types of business and business models are emerging, such as trading 3D model data files of products, or creating businesses that have multiple 3D printers and receive orders from individuals or small businesses have.

Accordingly, there is a need to develop a trading platform for a product that can produce such stereoscopic products by a 3D printer, that is, a source capable of inputting a specific stereoscopic object into a 3D printer, not a transaction for a stereoscopic product.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2015-0129967

One embodiment of the present invention provides a Web-based custom design 3D printing service system that provides a Web-based custom design and development and sales platform utilizing 3D printing.

The web-based custom design 3D printing service system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a photographing unit and a 3D scanning program, and the image data photographed by the photographing unit is three-dimensionally modeled by executing the 3D scanning program A user terminal for generating a file; And a three-dimensional printer model authoring program for providing a three-dimensional printing service. The three-dimensional printer model authoring program provides a three-dimensional printer model authoring program for providing a three- And a cloud server for providing a platform service for sharing the generated three-dimensional content.

Wherein the printer module further comprises a printer module and a delivery module networked to the cloud server, wherein the printer module performs a three-dimensional printing operation of the three-dimensional content, and the delivering module transmits the output performed by the printer module to the three- To the requesting user.

The user terminal generates a three-dimensional modeling file capable of three-dimensional printing by scanning the photographed image data parametrically or three-dimensionally based on a database of previously generated three-dimensional contents, Can be edited and processed and provided through the viewer function of the 3D scanning program.

A first modeling file generation unit for generating a two-dimensional model from the image data and then converting the model data into a three-dimensional CAD format modeling file; A second modeling file generation unit for generating a modeling file by scanning the image data in a computer graphic (CG) file format; A modeling file editor for performing transform and merge editing on the shared modeling file; And extracting three-dimensional data output information of a modeling file generated through at least one of the first modeling file generating unit, the second modeling file generating unit, and the modeling file editing unit, And a data verification correction unit.

The user terminal may provide design information directly sketched by a user as video data or provide 3D content purchased from an external platform as video data.

Wherein the cloud server comprises: a membership subscriber unit for performing membership of a user requesting the 3D printing service; A slicing unit for importing data of a modeling file generated through at least one of the first modeling file generating unit, the second modeling file generating unit, and the modeling file editing unit and converting the modeling file data into G-codes recognizable by a three-dimensional printer; A content searching unit for searching the 3D scanning program and the generated at least one 3D content; A virtual data warehouse including a database in which a plurality of three-dimensional contents are stored; And a cloud service unit that mediates between the 3D scanning program and the user for mutual request, transaction, and sale of the generated 3D content.

The web-based custom design 3D printing service system according to an embodiment of the present invention can provide a three-dimensional printing service for a design desired by a customer on a web basis, and can support three-dimensional contents among users or support mutual transactions.

In addition, one embodiment of the present invention can easily induce anyone to create, edit, and output a three-dimensional model for various three-dimensional contents anytime, anywhere.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a web-based custom design 3D printing service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the web-based custom design 3D printing service system of FIG. 1. FIG.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a 3D printing production and sales service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration for three-dimensional printing production and sales service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The terms used in this specification will be briefly described and the present invention will be described in detail.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. Also, in certain cases, there may be a term selected arbitrarily by the applicant, in which case the meaning thereof will be described in detail in the description of the corresponding invention. Therefore, the term used in the present invention should be defined based on the meaning of the term, not on the name of a simple term, but on the entire contents of the present invention.

When an element is referred to as "including" an element throughout the specification, it is to be understood that the element may include other elements as well, without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. Also, the terms "part," " module, "and the like described in the specification mean units for processing at least one function or operation, which may be implemented in hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software .

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a web-based custom design 3D printing service system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a Web-based custom design 3D printing service system of FIG.

1 to 2, a web-based custom design 3D printing service system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a user terminal 11, a cloud server 12, a printer module 13, 14).

The user terminal 11 is a computer device such as a mobile device equipped with a camera such as a smart phone or a tablet PC, a notebook computer, a desktop PC, or the like. The user terminal 11 is capable of photographing using a camera, Dimensional modeling file, and a viewer function for the generated result is provided through online real-time feedback, and a 3D scanning program for requesting online ordering of the generated 3D scanning model can be installed have.

The user terminal 11 generates a three-dimensional modeling file capable of three-dimensional printing by scanning the photographed image data parametrically or three-dimensionally based on a database of previously generated three-dimensional contents, The modeling file can be edited and processed and presented to the user through the viewer function of the 3D scanning program.

The user terminal 11 may provide the design information directly sketched by the user as image data, or may provide the 3D content purchased from the external platform as image data.

The 3D scanning program is application software capable of supporting NUI / NUX based mobile CAD and generating, authoring, editing, and outputting 3D printing contents by receiving a platform service from the cloud server 12, And can be downloaded and installed in a user terminal from a store or various program providing websites.

Although not shown, such a three-dimensional scanning program may include a login processing unit, an image capturing unit, a three-dimensional content creation / viewer unit, and an order requesting unit.

The login processing unit can receive a user ID and a password as means for member authentication that can receive the order design 3D printing service according to the present embodiment, request member authentication to the cloud server, Dimensional scanning program to provide custom design 3D printing services.

The image capturing unit may intercept the camera of the user terminal 11 to capture an image of an object (person, object, or the like) to be generated as a three-dimensional scanning model, and store the captured image data. The image capturing unit can be configured to have a resolution and precision of a PC-based commercial scanner level.

The three-dimensional content generation / viewer unit can be provided with a function of generating a three-dimensional scanning model from the image data photographed through the image photographing unit and a viewer function of the generated result through real-time feedback on-line. The three-dimensional content generation / viewer unit is executed and operated based on the platform service provided by the cloud server. Therefore, a more detailed description of the configuration and functions will be given later in the description of the cloud server 12.

The order request unit may process a 3D scanning program and a process for requesting a 3D printing order for the 3D content generated through the cloud server 12. For example, the order request unit may process a process for a quantity of three-dimensional printing jobs, a destination setting, a payment, and the like.

The three-dimensional scanning program is for providing a three-dimensional scanning service on the web. The three-dimensional scanning program is used for generating a three-dimensional model using only the image of the user terminal 11, on-line scanning of time feedback, Scanner-level resolution / precision, and parametric and database-based 3D scanning model calibration.

2, the user terminal 11 includes an automatic connection unit 111, a program execution unit 112, a first modeling file generation unit 113, a second modeling file generation unit 114, a modeling file An editing unit 115 and a data verification / correction unit 116. [ In the present embodiment, the first modeling file generation unit 113, the second modeling file generation unit 114, the modeling file editing unit 115, and the data verification / correction unit 116 are constituent elements of the user terminal 11 However, these components may be classified as components of the cloud server 12, which will be described later, since they are functions that are implemented on a web site provided by the cloud server 12 in order to receive the 3D scanning service .

The automatic connection unit 111 automatically connects to the cloud server 12 providing the 3D printing service by executing the 3D scanning program.

The program execution unit 112 executes a three-dimensional scanning program for connection to the cloud server 12 through the automatic connection unit 111. [

The first modeling file generation unit 113 may generate a three-dimensional CAD format modeling file from the image data uploaded through the three-dimensional scanning program of the user terminal 11. More specifically, the image data secured through the image capturing unit of the 3D scanning program is uploaded to the cloud server 12 via online, and the uploaded image data is created as a two-dimensional design model (a scan file) (STL, OBJ, WRL, PLY, 3DS) in the three-dimensional CAD format.

The second modeling file generation unit 114 scans a specific object (person, object, etc.) in a computer graphic (CG) file format through a three-dimensional scanning program of the user terminal 11, (STL, OBJ, WRL, PLY, 3DS).

As described above, the first modeling file generating unit 113 may provide a function of creating a two-dimensional sketch file using the image data and then creating a three-dimensional CAD format modeling file, and the second modeling file generating unit 114 may provide a function of scanning a current object through the user terminal 11 in the CG file format and creating modeling files (STL, OBJ, WRL, PLY, 3DS) in 3D CAD format.

The modeling file editing unit 115 may provide a function of transforming and / or merging modeling files (STL, OBJ, WRL, PLY, 3DS) shared or purchased through the cloud server 12. More specifically, not the modeling files (STL, OBJ, WRL, PLY, 3DS) generated by the current user through the first and second modeling file generators 113 and 114, And provide editing functions that modify or merge modeling files that contain dimensional content. Here, the modeling files (STL, OBJ, WRL, PLY, 3DS) generated by other users can be obtained through purchase through sharing or sales through the cloud server 12. Also, the modeling files (STL, OBJ, WRL, PLY, 3DS) generated by other users can be purchased using the cloud service through the online platform provided by the cloud server 12.

The data verification and correction unit 116 receives the modeling files STL, OBJ, WRL, PLY, and STK generated through the first modeling file generator 113, the second modeling file generator 114 or the modeling file editor 115, 3DS), detects and automatically corrects structural errors in three-dimensional data, and provides verification and assurance that it is optimized for web-based three-dimensional output. .

The cloud server 12 is connected to the user terminal 11 via an on-line to provide a function of executing a 3D scanning program, and a cloud platform service for sharing and selling 3D contents generated through a 3D scanning program Can be provided. That is, the cloud server 12 provides a web site having a three-dimensional printer model authoring program for providing a three-dimensional printing service, and provides a three-dimensional modeling file based on the three-dimensional modeling file input by the user terminal connected to the web site. It is possible to provide a platform service for sharing 3D contents generated by the 3D printer model authoring program.

The cloud server 12 stores login information and personal information of a member input from the user terminal 11 and confirms the ID and password input through the user terminal 11 and transmits the user ID and password to the user terminal 11 You can provide member certification results. The personal information may include a member's name, a contact address, an address (destination), and the like.

The cloud server 12 includes a membership subscription unit 121, an information providing unit 122, a slicing unit 123, a content searching unit 124, a virtual data warehouse 125, and a cloud service unit 126 ).

The member subscription unit 121 registers the member through a personal information or company information input from a user (for example, a general person, an enterprise, a writer, etc.) who desires to receive the 3D printing service, Can be authenticated.

The information providing unit 122 can provide a user with a three-dimensional printer model authoring program for providing a three-dimensional printing service, various types of three-dimensional printer model information, and the like through a web site.

The slicing unit 123 may include modeling files STL, OBJ, WRL, and PLY generated through at least one of the first modeling file generating unit 113, the second modeling file generating unit 114, , 3DS) can be imported and converted to G-codes recognizable by the three-dimensional printer. Here, the slicing unit 123 may generate a G-code by calculating a path, a speed, an extrusion amount, and the like for stacking a raw material (or a material) in order to print a three-dimensional model.

The content searching unit 124 may provide a service function for sharing three-dimensional content created, edited and processed through the at least one user terminal 11 and the cloud server 12 with other users. Also, the content searching unit 124 may provide a search function for at least one of three-dimensional contents. Here, the three-dimensional content may be data generated through the user terminal 11 and the cloud server 12 of various users.

For example, when an arbitrary user inputs a keyword "Superman" through the execution of a 3D scanning program, information about the 3D content related to the keyword is extracted from the virtual data warehouse 125, (11).

The virtual data warehouse 125 may include a database in which a plurality of three-dimensional contents provided through a search of the content search unit 124 are stored. The virtual data warehouse 125 may store three-dimensional contents of various categories created by various users so as to be shared with other users.

The cloud service unit 126 may perform brokering on the mutual request, transaction, and sale of the three-dimensional contents. Here, the three-dimensional content may be data generated through the user terminal 11 and the cloud server 12 of various users.

For example, the user A can request the user B to produce the three-dimensional content of a specific character, and conversely, the user B can request the user A to make a production request. As described above, the cloud service unit 126 may provide the functions necessary for the intermediary for the request for the content creation between the users A and B. [ Here, users A and B may be individuals, and may refer to a professional or professional company related to content creation.

In addition, when the user B wants to purchase a specific three-dimensional character placed on the cloud server 12 by the user A, the user B can provide functions necessary to perform a mediating role in the related transaction and sale.

On the other hand, when the user A or B searches for and purchases a specific three-dimensional content placed on the cloud server 12, or when the user A purchases the content by requesting it to B or the user B requests the content creation, Section 126 can be used.

The cloud server 12 can provide a work / edit technology, a verification correction function, a standardization, and an application service.

The authoring / editing technology may provide web authoring and services, search / merge / transformation editing techniques, and WebCAD functions.

The web authoring and service includes web authoring and authoring functions of three-dimensional printer model authoring / viewer software (primitive and sculpting), mesh division and merging functions of authoring three-dimensional model, and NUI / NUX (haptic, touch, and tangible) and provide a SaaS service platform interworking service (authoring 3D printing content cloud archiving function (registration / storage / retrieval)).

The search / merge / deformation editing technology can provide a web 3-dimensional printer model search function, a web 3-dimensional printer model merging function, and a web 3-dimensional printer model modification function. Here, the web 3-dimensional printer model search function can include a three-dimensional model query request function, a three-dimensional model real-time search and a search result display function, and a web 3-dimensional printer model merge function can be classified into a three- (UNDO) function of the 3D printer model merged with the web printer model, and the web 3D printer model modification function can include the Web Simple GUI based model modification function.

The WebCAD function can include direct editing of solid models without parameter information, creation of parametric 3D CAD model libraries, intuitive CAD model editing via smart NUI / NUX, and CAD library cloud interworking .

The verification calibration technology is a technology for verification and correction of 3-dimensional output data. It provides web-based 3-dimensional data output information extraction function, web-based 3-dimensional data output possibility function, and web-based 3-dimensional output optimization verification correction function can do.

The web-based three-dimensional data output information extracting function may include a web-based output space three-dimensional data arrangement function and an output information preview function based on web-based 3D data arrangement. The web-based three-dimensional data output possibility ensuring function can provide a three-dimensional data structure error correcting function and a web-based user friendly three-dimensional output data structured error correcting correcting NUI function. The web-based three-dimensional output optimization verification and correction function may include a stacking direction optimization function and a batch optimization function for simultaneous multi-object outputting.

The standardization function relates to standard / compression of three-dimensional model data, and provides a slice file format supporting colors and materials, a material selection function optimized for user characteristics and printer performance using the MPEG-V standard, and SaaS And PaaS-based cloud 3D printers.

The cloud server 12 may provide a virtual warehouse, a cloud service platform, and an application software interworking SaaS technology.

The virtual warehouse is built on a cloud-based basis to optimize transaction throughput and query response time for the web, to construct a multi-dimensional analysis environment (MOALAP), and to interface with the 3D model / open source shared dashboard function and the cloud .

The cloud service platform includes a content management (compression / registration / storage management / Curation) function, a content relay and printing pricing function, a billing function for each material, a color, And shipping functions. SaaS technology linked with application software can provide mobile app interworking (SaaS) and API tool setting (PaaS) functions in cooperation with the cloud platform, respectively.

Meanwhile, in this embodiment, a user training program for web-based three-dimensional scanning can be provided.

The user education program is based on user requirement analysis (analysis of user requirements through the operation of education program, revision of development technology and preparation of service system), development of education program (by elementary / middle / high / 3D printing contents production training using existing solutions and web solutions developed, and development of curriculum focused on improving the creativity, not focusing on functions and 3D printing output technology and application services), textbook development Development of education curriculum by application field) and 3D printing experience course linked with 3D printing infrastructure and Tech Cafe.

The printer module 13 can perform a three-dimensional printing operation of the three-dimensional content generated through the cloud server 12, and can process the delivery related work according to the order request through the user terminal 11 .

To this end, the printer module 13 receives the order request for the three-dimensional content generated through the cloud server 12, and registers the request information together with the requested personal information of the user. Here, the request information may include information such as the quantity, material, and color of the three-dimensional content printing result, and the personal information may include information for confirming the user's identity, contact information, and destination information. In addition, the printer module 13 may be formed by stacking a material such as liquid, powder, and metal (which may be a material selected by a user) according to data of a three-dimensional graphic file converted into a G- Additive Manufacturing) to produce a specific object. At this time, the generated object can be electrolytically removed, precisely processed, or colored, thereby completing the 3D content output requested by the user.

The delivery module 14 can process the completed three-dimensional content output to the user according to the destination information received through the printer module 13.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a 3D printing production and sales service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, when a creative design through an idea sketch is derived, it is converted into STL, OBJ, WRL, PLY, 3DS format after three-dimensional modeling in 3D CAD format, 3D content in STL, OBJ, WRL, PLY, 3DS formats created by other users through external cloud platform services or converted into STL, OBJ, WRL, PLY, 3DS format after 3D scanning in graphic format And a slicing process of converting the G-code into a G-code can be performed.

Thereafter, three-dimensional printing processing is performed according to the three-dimensional data of the file converted into the G-code, and the post-processing can be delivered to the user who has requested the order.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a three-dimensional printing production and sales service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, various users can easily create, author, edit, and output various 3D scanning models at any time and anywhere on the mobile through a cloud service platform, and various three-dimensional scanning models stored in a virtual warehouse Various contents can be obtained more easily by supporting mutual trading of three dimensional contents among users through sharing or selling contents.

According to the web-based order-designing 3D printing service system according to the embodiment of the present invention, the 3D printing service for the desired design is provided on a web-based basis and the three- And can easily create, author, edit, and output a three-dimensional model for a variety of three-dimensional contents anytime and anywhere.

As described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but can be applied to a web-based custom design 3D printing service system according to the present invention. It will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

10: Web-based order design 3D printing service system
11: user terminal 12: cloud server
13: Printer module 14: Delivery module
111: automatic connection unit 112: program execution unit
113: first modeling file generation unit 114: second modeling file generation unit
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121: Member Subscription Section 122: Information Provided
123: Slicing unit 124: Content searching unit
125: Virtual Data Warehouse 126: Cloud Service Department

Claims (6)

A user terminal having a photographing means and a three-dimensional scanning program and generating image data photographed by the photographing means as a three-dimensional modeling file by execution of the three-dimensional scanning program; And
There is provided a web site having a three-dimensional printer model authoring program for providing a three-dimensional printing service, and a three-dimensional printer model authoring program for providing a three- And a cloud server for providing a platform service for sharing the generated three-dimensional content,
The user terminal comprises:
Dimensional photographed image data is parametrically or three-dimensionally scanned based on a database of previously generated three-dimensional content to generate a three-dimensional modeling file capable of three-dimensional printing, and the generated modeling file is edited and processed Dimensional scanning program through a viewer function of the 3D scanning program,
The user terminal comprises:
An automatic connection unit for automatically connecting to the cloud server by executing the 3D scanning program;
A program execution unit for executing a three-dimensional scanning program for connection to the cloud server through the automatic connection unit;
A first modeling file generation unit for converting the image data into a two-dimensional model (a scan file) and then converting the model data into a three-dimensional CAD format modeling file (STL, OBJ, WRL, PLY, 3DS);
A second modeling file generation unit for generating modeling files (STL, OBJ, WRL, PLY, 3DS) of a three-dimensional CAD format by scanning the image data in a computer graphic (CG) file format;
A modeling file editor for modifying and merging the modeling file shared through the cloud server; And
Dimensional data output information for a modeling file generated through at least one of the first modeling file generating unit, the second modeling file generating unit, and the modeling file editing unit to detect and automatically correct an error, And a data verification / correction unit for ensuring output capability by providing a verification function and a guarantee function as to whether the output is optimized for three-dimensional output
The 3D scanning program is an application software that supports NUI / NUX based mobile CAD and is capable of generating, authoring, editing, and outputting 3D printing contents by receiving a platform service from a cloud server. Downloaded from the providing website to the user terminal and installed,
An image capturing unit for capturing an image of an object to be created by a 3D scanning model in cooperation with a camera of a user terminal and storing photographed image data, A three-dimensional content generation / viewer unit for generating a three-dimensional scanning model from the image data photographed through the image capturing unit and a viewer function for the generated result through real-time feedback on-line, And an order requesting unit for processing a process for a 3D printing order request for 3D content generated through a cloud server,
The cloud server
A member subscription unit for registering a user requesting the 3D printing service;
Dimensional data of modeling files (STL, OBJ, WRL, PLY, 3DS) generated through at least one of the first modeling file generating unit, the second modeling file generating unit and the modeling file editing unit, A slicing unit for converting the G-code into a recognizable G-code;
A content retrieval unit for retrieving at least one of the three-dimensional content generated, edited and processed through the 3D scanning program, the user terminal, and the cloud server;
A virtual data warehouse including a database in which a plurality of three-dimensional contents are stored; And
And a cloud service unit for mediating the three-dimensional scanning program and the three-dimensional contents generated by the users on request, transaction, and sale of each other.
The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a printer module and a delivery module networked to the cloud server,
The printer module performs three-dimensional printing of three-dimensional contents,
Wherein the delivery module is capable of delivering the output performed by the printer module to a user requesting the 3D printing service.
delete delete The method according to claim 1,
The user terminal
Wherein the design information directly sketched by the user is provided as image data or the 3D content purchased from an external platform can be provided as image data.
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