Method and apparatus for automated manufacture
AssigneeUnmade Ltd.
InventorsBenjamin Alun-Jones, Hal Watts, Kirsty Emery
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Abstract
There is disclosed a system architecture for automated modification of computer program code for a manufacturing machine, comprising: an interface for receiving an identification of an item and at least one modification to be made to the item; a memory for storing templates of computer program code, the memory associating each template with an item; and a processor for adjusting at least one template associated with the item by modifying the at least one template with a value associated with the at least one modification.
Claims18
A method of automated modification of computer program code for a knitting machine, the program code being for controlling the knitting machine to knit an article of clothing, comprising:
- responsive to receiving a message parsing the received message into a first part comprising an identification of an item to be knitted, and, a second part comprising at least one modification to be made to the item to be knitted;
- storing templates of the computer program code;
- associating each stored template with an item to be knitted;
- and
- providing an output of the template comprising the item in dependence on the first part;
- providing an output of the value associated with the modification in dependence on the second part;
- adjusting the template associated with the item by modifying the template to create an output template for provision to the knitting machine with a value associated with the at least one modification;
- allocating an order code to a received order;
- and
- modifying each template associated with the order to generate a removable waste panel for each item that includes the order code;
- wherein the template is or is used to generate the computer program code for controlling a machine to manufacture the item, wherein the modification of the template modifies a part of the computer program code;
- and
- wherein the computer code is automatically optimized fora specific manufacturing device at the point at which the device is selected.
A system for automated modification of computer program code for a knitting machine, the program code being for controlling the knitting machine to knit an article of clothing, the system comprising:
- an interface arranged to receive a message;
- a parser arranged to parse the received message into a first part comprising an identification of an item to be knitted, and a second part comprising at least one modification to be made to the item to be knitted;
- a memory arranged to:
- store templates of the computer program code;
- associate each stored template with an item to be knitted;
- provide an output of the template comprising the item in dependence on the first part;
- and
- provide an output of a value associated with the modification in dependence on the second part;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory, the processor arranged to:
- adjust the template associated with the item by modifying the template to create an output template for provision to the knitting machine with a value associated with the at least one modification;
- allocate an order code to a received order;
- and
- modify each template associated with the order to generate a removable waste panel for each item that includes the order code;
- wherein the template is or is used to generate the computer program code for controlling a machine to manufacture the item, wherein the modification of the template modifies a part of the computer program code;
- and
- wherein the computer code is automatically optimized of a specific manufacturing device at the point at which that device is selected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.