Patent Analysis to Explore 3D Printing Technology

• Main Authors: Chih-Chung Ho, 賀志忠
• Other Authors: Cheung-Hwa Hsu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/st67b4

碩士 === 國立高雄應用科技大學 === 模具工程系 === 103 === The global economic has been recovered since the end of 20 century. The new and developing technologies is impacting the industrials which are related to them. One of these technologies is “3D printing” ,which has received widespread media and industrial circles attention. We believe that we have already been influenced by it in our life. The 3D printing had got a mention in the 2013 state of the union address by American president Obama. After reporting by medias, countries including Taiwan have followed the 3D printing, the technology full of challenge with interest more. The practical applications of 3D printing are different from 2D printing. Software convert three-dimensional models into 2D slicing. Slicings pile up to 3D model, convert a plane image into a material object. The application can be on medical、aerospace、cultural and creative industry. It can excite the changes on our life style. Now many companies and academia has been researching into the technology. In the age of information explosion, ”news information” is readily available to anyone. Reporters in depth and shallow expert opinions are mixed, confusing our thinking, making people seeking a simple and clear answer. So could“3D printing”, the magical technique, be the key of “Third Industrial Revolution” ? Could it change the industrial development in the future? With this in mind, the research is to investigate the development and trend of “3D printing” technology by simple statistics and analysis of classification retrieval. Keywords：3D、3D printing、patent analysis