US Patent Issued to MIMAKI ENGINEERING on Sept. 30 for "Shaping device and shaping method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,712, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to MIMAKI ENGINEERING Co. Ltd. (Nagano, Japan).

"Shaping device and shaping method" was invented by Takeaki Kazaana (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shaping device shaping an object by forming and layering each layer based on slice images indicating cross-sectional shapes and color arrangements of the object include: a color ink ejection position determining means determining presence/absence of ejection of each ink of colors for coloring to each ejection position constituting the layer based on the slice image corresponding to the layer; a clear ink ejection position determining ...