18291442. STEREOLITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS (SONY GROUP CORPORATION)

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STEREOLITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS

Organization Name

SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor(s)

Yusuke Kono of Tokyo JP

STEREOLITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18291442 titled 'STEREOLITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS

Original Abstract Submitted

To form a cured portion quickly. A stereolithography apparatus includes a splitting/coupling unit, a first spatial light modulation unit, and a second spatial light modulation unit. The splitting/coupling unit splits incident light applied to a photocurable resin to form a cured portion, in a first direction and a second direction, couples light incident from the first direction and light incident from the second direction, and emits the coupled light in a third direction. The first spatial light modulation unit is arranged in the first direction to modulate a light beam from the splitting/coupling unit into a light beam having a first pattern that is a pattern of the cured portion and emits the light beam having the first pattern to the splitting/coupling unit, for coupling. The second spatial light modulation unit is arranged in the second direction to modulate a light beam from the splitting/coupling unit to a light beam having a second pattern in the vicinity of the first pattern and emits the light beam having the second pattern to the splitting/coupling unit, for coupling.