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. The system may manufacture/fabricate a knitted component based on the predicted/estimated deformation behavior of the knit.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device, a knit design comprising one or more first knitted structures;
- modifying the knit design to compensate for a deformation, wherein modifying comprises duplicating one or more rows of the one or more first knitted structures;
- generating, by the computing device, knitting instructions associated with the modified knit design;
- and
- sending, to a knitting machine, the knitting instructions.
A non-transitory machine readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause a computing device to:
- receive a knit design comprising one or more knitted structures;
- modify the knit design to compensate for a deformation, wherein modifying comprises duplicating one or more rows of the one or more knitted structures;
- generate knitting instructions associated with the modified knit design;
- and
- send, to a knitting machine, the knitting instructions.
An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to:
- receive a knit design comprising one or more knitted structures;
- modify the knit design to compensate for a deformation, wherein modifying comprises duplicating one or more rows of the one or more knitted structures;
- generate knitting instructions associated with the modified knit design;
- and
- send, to a knitting machine, the knitting instructions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.