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US 11,140,936 B2Granted
Guided allocation in an apparel management system
AssigneeLevi Strauss & Co.
InventorsLeigh Anne Oden, Christopher Schultz, Debdulal Mahanty, Jennifer Schultz, Benjamin Bell, Jeff Zens
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Abstract
A system allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. The system guides how the user is allocating apparel items in the system, including feedback on what the user may like to change.
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A method comprising:
- providing a garment previewing tool that allows previewing on a computer screen of a selected garment base customized by a user with a finishing pattern created using a laser input file by a laser, wherein the garment previewing tool includes
- providing an option for the user to select the garment base and upon the user's selection, showing a first garment preview image on the computer screen comprising a garment base image for the selected garment base,
- providing an option for the user to select a wear pattern from a menu of wear patterns, wherein each wear pattern is associated with a laser input file to be used by a laser to produce that wear pattern onto a garment,
- after the wear pattern is selected, allowing the user to modify at least one of a sizing or position of the wear pattern relative to the garment base image,
- showing a second garment preview image on the computer screen comprising the garment base image and selected wear pattern, with modified sizing or modified positioning, or a combination,
- wherein the second garment preview image is generated by a method comprising
- generating an adjusted base image from the garment base image without the selected wear pattern,
- generating a pattern mask based on the laser input file associated with the selected wear pattern,
- for a pixel at a pixel location of the first garment preview image, obtaining a first contribution by combining a first value associated with a pixel of the pattern mask at a pattern mask pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the first garment preview image and a value of a pixel of the garment base image at a base image pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the first preview image,
- for the pixel at the pixel location of the first preview image, obtaining a second contribution by combining a second value associated with the pixel of the pattern mask at the pattern mask pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the first preview image and a value of a pixel of the adjusted base image at an adjusted base image pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the second preview image,
- combining the first contribution and the second contribution to obtain a combined value for the pixel at the pixel location of the first preview image, and
- updating for display the pixel of the first preview image as a color on the computer screen, wherein the color of the pixel corresponds to the combined value;
- for a plurality of garments designed using the garment previewing tool, receiving from the user a plurality of allocation amounts for each of the plurality of garments;
- determining for the plurality of garments with the plurality of allocation amounts, a working order ratio including a ratio of an allocation for each garment item of the plurality of garments as compared to other allocations for other garment items of the plurality of garments;
- retrieving an internal ratio class, determined separately from the plurality of allocation amounts, wherein the internal ratio class relates to an availability of garment bases available for laser finishing;
- displaying to the user differences between the working order ratio and the internal class ratio;
- allowing the user to adjust at least one of the plurality of garments, the plurality of allocation amounts, or a combination, wherein the user's adjustment to the working order ratio increases or decreases an allocation of a garment item of the plurality of garments closer to another allocation specified by the internal class ratio;
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- determining, based on the user's adjustment, an allocation cost for the user's adjusted working order ratio that is lower than an allocation cost for the user's working order ratio.
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A method comprising:
- providing a garment previewing tool that allows previewing on a computer screen of a selected garment base customized by a user with a finishing pattern created using a laser input file by a laser, wherein the garment previewing tool includes
- providing an option for the user to select the garment base,
- upon the user's selection, showing a first garment preview image on the computer screen comprising a garment base image for the selected garment base with a selected wear pattern,
- allowing the user to modify at least one of a sizing or position of the wear pattern relative to the garment base image, and
- showing a second garment preview image on the computer screen comprising the garment base image and selected wear pattern, with modified sizing or modified positioning, or a combination,
- wherein the second garment preview image is generated by a method comprising
- generating an adjusted base image from the garment base image without the selected wear pattern,
- generating a pattern mask based on the laser input file associated with the selected wear pattern,
- for a pixel at a pixel location of the first garment preview image, obtaining a first contribution by combining a first value associated with a pixel of the pattern mask at a pattern mask pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the first garment preview image and a value of a pixel of the garment base image at a base image pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the first preview image,
- for the pixel at the pixel location of the first preview image, obtaining a second contribution by combining a second value associated with the pixel of the pattern mask at the pattern mask pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the first preview image and a value of a pixel of the adjusted base image at an adjusted base image pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the second preview image,
- combining the first contribution and the second contribution to obtain a combined value for the pixel at the pixel location of the first preview image, and
- updating for display the pixel of the first preview image as a color on the computer screen, wherein the color of the pixel corresponds to the combined value;
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- determining a recommended garment, wherein the recommended garment includes at least one of a different garment base than the selected garment base or the selected garment base with a different wear pattern than the selected wear pattern.
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A method comprising:
- providing a garment previewing tool that allows previewing on a computer screen of a selected garment base customized by a user with a finishing pattern created using a laser input file by a laser, wherein the garment previewing tool includes
- providing an option for the user to select the garment base and upon the user's selection, showing a first garment preview image on the computer screen comprising a garment base image for the selected garment base,
- providing an option for the user to select a wear pattern from a menu of wear patterns, wherein each wear pattern is associated with a laser input file to be used by a laser to produce that wear pattern onto a garment,
- after the wear pattern is selected, allowing the user to modify at least one of a sizing or position of the wear pattern relative to the garment base image,
- showing a second garment preview image on the computer screen comprising the garment base image and selected wear pattern, with modified sizing or modified positioning, or a combination,
- wherein the second garment preview image is generated by a method comprising
- generating an adjusted base image from the garment base image without the selected wear pattern,
- generating a pattern mask based on the laser input file associated with the selected wear pattern,
- for a pixel at a pixel location of the first garment preview image, obtaining a first contribution by combining a first value associated with a pixel of the pattern mask at a pattern mask pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the first garment preview image and a value of a pixel of the garment base image at a base image pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the first preview image,
- for the pixel at the pixel location of the first preview image, obtaining a second contribution by combining a second value associated with the pixel of the pattern mask at the pattern mask pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the first preview image and a value of a pixel of the adjusted base image at an adjusted base image pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the second preview image,
- combining the first contribution and the second contribution to obtain a combined value for the pixel at the pixel location of the first preview image, and
- updating for display the pixel of the first preview image as a color on the computer screen, wherein the color of the pixel corresponds to the combined value;
- for a plurality of garments designed using the garment previewing tool, receiving from the user a plurality of allocation amounts for each of the plurality of garments;
- determining for the plurality of garments with the plurality of allocation amounts, a working order ratio including a ratio of an allocation for each garment item of the plurality of garments as compared to other allocations for other garment items of the plurality of garments;
- retrieving an internal ratio class, determined separately from the plurality of allocation amounts, wherein the internal ratio class relates to an availability of garment bases available for laser finishing;
- displaying to the user differences between the working order ratio and the internal class ratio;
- allowing the user to adjust at least one of the plurality of garments, the plurality of allocation amounts, or a combination, wherein the user's adjustment to the working order ratio increases or decreases an allocation of a garment item of the plurality of garments closer to another allocation specified by the internal class ratio;
- determining, based on the user's adjustment, an allocation cost for the user's adjusted working order ratio that is lower than an allocation cost for the user's working order ratio;
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- generating, based on the laser input file, the user's selected wear pattern, and the modified sizing or modified positioning, computer-executable instructions that can be used by a garment manufacturing system to create a garment.
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