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US 12,180,633 B2Granted
3D preview of laser-finished garments
AssigneeLevi Strauss & Co.
InventorsJennifer Schultz, Christopher Schultz, Debdulal Mahanty, James Barton Sights, Benjamin Bell
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Abstract
A tool allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs in three dimensions before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. Based on a laser input file with a pattern, a laser will burn the pattern onto apparel. With the tool, the user will be able to create, make changes, and view images of a design, in real time, before burning by a laser. The tool can be accessed or executes via a Web browser.
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A method comprising:
- providing a garment design tool that shows on a computer screen of a three-dimensional preview image of a garment design as customized by a user with a finishing pattern;
- in the garment design tool, providing an option for the user to select a garment base and upon the user's selection, showing on the computer screen a first preview image of the selected garment template;
- showing on the computer screen a second preview image of the selected garment template with a selected wear pattern;
- merging a laser input file associated with the selected wear pattern with an image of the selected garment template to generate a merged image;
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- sending the merged image to the garment design tool,
- wherein the merged image is generated by
- generating an adjusted base image from the image of the selected garment template 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 merged image, obtaining a first contribution for the pixel location of the merged image by combining a first value for a pixel corresponding to the pixel location for the pattern mask and a pixel corresponding to the pixel location for the image of the selected garment template without the selected wear pattern,
- for the pixel at the pixel location of the merged image, obtaining a second contribution at the pixel location for the merged image by combining a second value for a pixel corresponding to the pixel location for the pattern mask and a pixel corresponding to the pixel location for the adjusted base image,
- combining the first contribution and second contribution to obtain a color value for a pixel at the pixel location for the second preview image, and
- using the color value for the pixel at the pixel location in the merged image.
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A method comprising:
- providing a garment design tool that shows on a computer screen of a three-dimensional preview image of a garment design as customized by a user with a finishing pattern;
- in the garment design tool, providing an option for the user to select a garment base and upon the user's selection, showing on the computer screen a first preview image of the selected garment template;
- in the garment design tool, providing an option for the user to select a selected wear pattern;
- saving the garment design as customized by a user with the selected garment template and selected wear pattern;
- and
- based on a laser input file associated with the selected wear pattern and the selected level of wear, using a laser to create a finishing pattern on an outer surface of a target garment corresponding to the selected garment template, and
- wherein based on the laser input file, the laser removes selected amounts of material from the surface of a material of the target garment at different pixel locations of the garment.
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A method comprising:
- providing a garment design tool that shows on a computer screen of a three-dimensional preview image of a garment design as customized by a user with a finishing pattern;
- in the garment design tool, providing an option for the user to select a garment base and upon the user's selection, showing on the computer screen a first preview image of the selected garment template;
- showing on the computer screen a second preview image of the selected garment template with a selected wear pattern;
- merging a digital input file associated with the selected wear pattern with an image of the selected garment template to generate a merged image;
- and
- sending the merged image to the garment design tool,
- wherein the merged image is generated by
- generating an adjusted base image from the image of the selected garment template without the selected wear pattern,
- generating a pattern mask based on the digital input file associated with the selected wear pattern,
- for a pixel at a pixel location of the merged image, obtaining a first contribution for the pixel location of the merged image by combining a first value for a pixel corresponding to the pixel location for the pattern mask and a pixel corresponding to the pixel location for the image of the selected garment template without the selected wear pattern,
- for the pixel at the pixel location of the merged image, obtaining a second contribution at the pixel location for the merged image by combining a second value for a pixel corresponding to the pixel location for the pattern mask and a pixel corresponding to the pixel location for the adjusted base image,
- combining the first contribution and second contribution to obtain a color value for a pixel at the pixel location for the second preview image, and
- using the color value for the pixel at the pixel location in the merged image.
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