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US 11,107,147 B2Granted
Systems and methods for end-to-end article management
AssigneeThe North Face Apparel Corp.
InventorsGraham Page, Anthony Perez, Angelique Dietz, Charles Rogers, Abolfazl Aghanouri, Subra Goparaju, Demitri Balabanov
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described for managing articles. The systems and methods described herein may comprise an example method for manufacturing an article. The systems and methods described herein may comprise an example method for cutting and registration of an article. The systems and methods provides an end-to-end manufacturing value chain as a closed system and feedback loop.
Claims17
A method for cutting registration of component patterns, the method comprising:
- batching one or more customer orders into a batch;
- nesting a plurality of component patterns of one or more articles based on the batch;
- analyzing, using computer vision, a first pattern configuration of a component pattern of the plurality of component patterns disposed on printed textile material, the component pattern comprising a template of at least a portion of a component of an article, wherein the printed textile material comprises a fabric;
- implementing a finishing process on the printed textile material, resulting in a second pattern configuration of the component pattern different from the first pattern configuration;
- analyzing, using computer vision, the second pattern configuration disposed on the printed textile material;
- determining, based on analyzing the first pattern configuration and the second pattern configuration, cutting control information, wherein the cutting control information is dependent upon a difference between the second pattern configuration and the first pattern configuration, and wherein the difference between the second pattern configuration and the first pattern configuration is at least in part due to a bow distortion, a skew distortion, or both, in response to at least the finishing process;
- sending the cutting control information to a cutting system to facilitate cutting of the printed textile material;
- and
- causing, using the cutting system, the printed textile material to be cut based on the cutting control information.
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A method for cutting registration, the method comprising:
- batching one or more customer orders into a batch;
- nesting a plurality of component patterns of one or more articles based on the batch;
- analyzing, using computer vision, a first pattern configuration of a component pattern of the plurality of component patterns disposed on printed textile material, the component pattern comprising a template of at least a portion of a component of an article, wherein the printed textile material comprises a fabric;
- implementing a finishing process on the printed textile material, resulting in a second pattern configuration different from the first pattern configuration;
- analyzing, using computer vision, the second pattern configuration disposed on the printed textile material;
- determining, based on analyzing the first pattern configuration and the second pattern configuration, cutting control information, wherein the cutting control information is based on a difference between the second pattern configuration and the first pattern configuration, and wherein the difference between the second pattern configuration and the first pattern configuration is at least in part due to one or more of a bow distortion, a skew distortion, or a nonlinear distortion, in response to at least the finishing process;
- sending the cutting control information to a cutting system to facilitate cutting of the printed textile material.
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A method of cutting comprising:
- analyzing, using computer vision, a first pattern configuration of a component pattern disposed on a substrate, the component pattern comprising a template of at least a portion of a component of a plurality of article components;
- implementing a finishing process on the substrate, resulting in a second pattern configuration different from the first pattern configuration;
- analyzing, using computer vision, the second pattern configuration disposed on the substrate;
- determining, based on the first pattern configuration and the second pattern configuration, cutting control information wherein the cutting control information is based on a difference between the second pattern configuration and the first pattern configuration, and wherein the difference between the second pattern configuration and the first pattern configuration is at least in part due to one or more of a bow distortion, a skew distortion, or a non-linear distortion, in response to at least the finishing process;
- batching one or more customer orders into a batch;
- nesting the plurality of article components based on the batch;
- and
- cutting the nested components from the substrate such that one or more tabs connect the cut components to a portion of the substrate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.