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US 10,314,357 B2Granted
Anatomy shading for garments
AssigneeVF Corporation
InventorsDonald Hoffman, Darren J. Peshek, Stephen F. Dull, Stephen H. Zades, Robin O'Neill Fisher, Justin T. Mark, Brian Marion
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Abstract
Systems and methods for anatomy shading and the garments that result therefrom are provided herein. More specifically, anatomy shading is any deliberate manipulation or addition of shading (a brightness gradient) to a garment in order to change the perceived shape of a wearer of the garment toward a desired appearance.
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A method for designing a body-enhancing garment, the method comprising:
- determining a 3-D body shape;
- determining, by applying light to a model of the 3-D body shape, a 3-D brightness gradient created by the 3D body shape upon the application of the light;
- creating a 2-D image of the 3-D brightness gradient;
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- applying a brightness gradient to a garment based on the 2-D image of the brightness gradient to form the body-enhancing garment.
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A method for designing a body-enhancing garment, the method comprising:
- selecting a feature for anatomy shading;
- determining a select appearance for the feature;
- determining, based on an application of light on a model emulating the select appearance, one or more brightness gradients for changing a perception of the feature toward the select appearance based on rules of perception;
- and
- adding the one or more brightness gradients to a garment to form the body-enhancing garment.
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