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US 11,899,435 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 provides an end-to-end manufacturing value chain as a closed system and feedback loop.
Claims14
A method for color control, the method comprising:
- receiving article data comprising information associated with a consumer order of an article, wherein the article data comprises at least color information associated with a design color of at least a portion of the article;
- receiving data indicative of one or more characteristics of a substrate for use in forming the article;
- selecting, based on the article data and the data indicative of one or more characteristics of the substrate, a chemical profile or a finishing process, further comprising:
- performing a first article management process of a plurality of article management processes to output a first stage article associated with the article;
- capturing, using an inline spectrophotometer, color data associated with the first stage article;
- comparing, based on the article data, the color data to the color information, wherein the color information comprises an expected color;
- and
- executing a remediation based at least on the comparing the color data to the expected color, further comprising:
- determining a new color to associate with the expected color;
- updating a library of addressable colors with the new color;
- and
- causing a new project request to be created using the updated library of addressable colors;
- and
- forming at least a portion of the article using the selected chemical profile or finishing process, or both, wherein the formed article exhibits a color that is within a predetermined tolerance of the design color.
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A method for color control during a textile printing process, the method comprising:
- receiving article data comprising information associated with a consumer order of an article to be formed from the textile, wherein the article data comprises at least color information associated with a design color of at least a portion of the article;
- receiving data indicative of one or more characteristics of a substrate for use in forming the article;
- selecting, based on the article data and the data indicative of one or more characteristics of the substrate, a chemical profile or a finishing process;
- performing a first article management process of a plurality of article management processes to output a first stage article associated with the article;
- capturing, using an inline spectrophotometer, color data associated with the first stage article;
- comparing, based on the article data, the color data to the color information, wherein the color information comprises an expected color;
- and
- executing a remediation based at least on the comparing the color data to the expected color, further comprising:
- determining a new color to associate with the expected color;
- updating a library of addressable colors with the new color;
- and
- causing a new project request to be created using the updated library of addressable colors.
9 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.