Tool for design and fabrication of knitted components
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsAyelet Karmon, Shoval Nir, Tom Shaked, Eyal Sheffer, Yoav Sterman
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Abstract
Computer based systems and methods for designing and manufacturing consumer products, including knit footwear uppers, and the like. The system provides digital controls for the customization of knitted components, including complex multi-structured knitted components. The system simulates deformations of knit structures and allows the user to control and visualize compensations in the structure(s) of the knitted component to better match between an intended knit design and the actual physical knitted component outcome. They system may manufacture/fabricate a knitted component based on the predicted/estimated deformation behavior of the knit.
Claims21
A method, comprising:
- determining, by a computing device, and based on design input data and knit structure information, an allocation of one or more first knitted structures of a knit design;
- determining one or more modifications to the one or more first knitted structures to compensate for a deformation associated with the knit design, wherein the one or more modifications comprise duplicating one or more rows of the one or more first knitted structures;
- generating, by the computing device and based on the one or more modifications, one or more output files indicating a plurality of knitting instructions associated with the knit design;
- and
- sending the one or more output files to a knitting machine for manufacturing a knitted component.
A non-transitory machine readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause a computing device to:
- determine, based on design input data and knit structure information, an allocation of one or more knitted structures of a knit design;
- determine one or more modifications to the one or more knitted structures to compensate for a deformation associated with the knit design, wherein the one or more modifications comprise duplicating one or more rows of the one or more knitted structures;
- generate, based on the one or more modifications, one or more output files indicating a plurality of knitting instructions associated with the knit design;
- and
- send the one or more output files to a knitting machine for manufacturing a knitted component.
An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to:
- determine, based on design input data and knit structure information, an allocation of one or more knitted structures of a knit design;
- determine one or more modifications to the one or more knitted structures to compensate for a deformation associated with the knit design, wherein the one or more modifications comprise duplicating one or more rows of the one or more knitted structures;
- generate, based on the one or more modifications, one or more output files indicating a plurality of knitting instructions associated with the knit design;
- and
- send the one or more output files to a knitting machine for manufacturing a knitted component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.