Process for the production of a three-dimensional object with resolution improvement by “pixel shift”

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PATENT NO 8862260
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13089455

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The invention relates to a process or device for the production of a three-dimensional object by layer-wise solidification of a material which is solidifiable under the application of electromagnetic irradiation by means of mask illumination, wherein the mask is produced using an image forming unit having a prescribed resolution, which is formed from a constant number of image forming elements (pixels) being discrete and being arranged in a spatially mutually fixed manner. For the improvement of the resolution along the outer and inner contours of the sectional areas of the object to be generated layer-wise in the sub-pixel range, a multiple illumination per layer is performed, which consists of a series of multiple images that are mutually shifted in the sub-pixel range in the image/construction plane, wherein a separate mask/bitmap is produced for each shifted image.

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  • ENVISIONTEC GMBH

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El-Siblani, Ali Dearborn Heights, US 58 3959
John, Hendrik Hunxe, DE 61 3169
Shkolnik, Alexandr Los Angeles, US 41 2678

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