Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system of making digital image transfer thermoformed objects
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Application No.: US11860787Application Date: 2007-09-25
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Publication No.: US08551379B2Publication Date: 2013-10-08
- Inventor: Lyle S. Simons
- Applicant: Lyle S. Simons
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C.
- Agent Matthew Chung
- Main IPC: B29C33/38
- IPC: B29C33/38

Abstract:
A method and system is provided for forming a three-dimensional image and, more particularly, for making three-dimensional digital image transfer thermoformed objects on, e.g., generic molds. The method includes manipulating digital images of a subject into a single image; printing the single image onto a media; and thermoforming the media with the single image using a generic mold. The system comprises a computer infrastructure operable to: receive images of a subject; display the images; stitch together the images to form a single image; adjust portions of the images or single image to compensate for deformation during thermoforming of the single image; register the single image with points on a mold; and print the single image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090080032A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MAKING DIGITAL IMAGE TRANSFER THERMOFORMED OBJECTS Public/Granted day:2009-03-26
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