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US 12,180,648 B2Granted
Previewing garments for online ordering before manufacture
AssigneeLevi Strauss & Co.
InventorsBenjamin Bell, Debdulal Mahanty, Ozgur Taylan Kuzucu, Christopher Schultz, James Barton Sights, Jennifer Schultz
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Abstract
An on-demand manufacturing of apparel system includes online customization and ordering of garments, previewing of the garments, manufacturing including laser finishing of garments, and delivery to the customer. Laser finishing of apparel products reduces finishing cost, lowers carrying costs, increases productivity, shortens time to market, be more reactive to trends, reduces product constraints, reduces lost sales and dilution, and more. Fabric templates can be used to produce a multitude of laser finishes. Operational efficiency is improved.
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A system comprising:
- an ordering tool, accessible to a user via a network-connected application, comprising a digital design tool that displays a photorealistic preview image of a finished garment, wherein the preview image is generated by a method comprising
- generating an adjusted base image from a selected base template for the finished garment without a selected finishing pattern for the finished garment,
- generating a pattern mask based on data associated with the selected finishing pattern,
- for a pixel at a pixel location of the preview image, obtaining a first contribution by combining a first value associated with a pixel of the pattern mask at a pattern mask pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the preview image and a value of a pixel of the selected base template at a base template pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the preview image,
- for the pixel at the pixel location of the preview image, obtaining a second contribution by combining a second value associated with the pixel of the pattern mask at the pattern mask pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the preview image and a value of a pixel of the adjusted base image at an adjusted base image pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the preview image, and
- combining the first contribution and second contribution to obtain a combined value for the pixel at the pixel location of the preview image, wherein when the pixel of the preview image is displayed, a color of the pixel corresponds to the combined value;
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- a manufacturing facility, coupled to a network that the application is connected to, wherein a user order is received through the network from the ordering tool, and based on data associated with the user order, the finished garment is manufactured using the selected base template with the selected finishing pattern.
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A system comprising:
- an ordering tool, accessible to a user via a mobile device, comprising a digital design tool that displays a preview image of a finished garment, and the ordering tool generates a user order corresponding to the finished garment, and the preview image is generated by a method comprising
- generating an adjusted base image from a selected base template for the finished garment without a selected finishing pattern for the finished garment,
- generating a pattern mask based on data associated with the selected finishing pattern,
- for a pixel at a pixel location of the preview image, obtaining a first contribution by combining a first value associated with a pixel of the pattern mask at a pattern mask pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the preview image and a value of a pixel of the selected base template at a base template pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the preview image,
- for the pixel at the pixel location of the preview image, obtaining a second contribution by combining a second value associated with the pixel of the pattern mask at the pattern mask pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the preview image and a value of a pixel of the adjusted base image at an adjusted base image pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the preview image, and
- combining the first contribution and second contribution to obtain a combined value for the pixel at the pixel location of the preview image, wherein when the pixel of the preview image is displayed, a color of the pixel corresponds to the combined value;
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- a manufacturing facility, coupled to a network, wherein the user order is received through the network from the ordering tool, and based on data associated with the user order, the finished garment is manufactured at the manufacturing facility using the selected base template with the selected finishing pattern.
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A system comprising:
- an ordering tool, accessible to a user via a network, comprising a digital design tool that displays a preview image of a finished garment, the ordering tool generates a user order corresponding to the finished garment, and the preview image is generated by a method comprising
- generating an adjusted base image from a selected base template for the finished garment without a selected finishing pattern for the finished garment,
- generating a pattern mask based on data associated with the selected finishing pattern,
- for a pixel at a pixel location of the preview image, obtaining a first contribution by combining a first value associated with a pixel of the pattern mask at a pattern mask pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the preview image and a value of a pixel of the selected base template at a base template pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the preview image,
- for the pixel at the pixel location of the preview image, obtaining a second contribution by combining a second value associated with the pixel of the pattern mask at the pattern mask pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the preview image and a value of a pixel of the adjusted base image at an adjusted base image pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the preview image, and
- combining the first contribution and second contribution to obtain a combined value for the pixel at the pixel location of the preview image, wherein when the pixel of the preview image is displayed, a color of the pixel corresponds to the combined value;
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- a manufacturing facility, coupled to the network, wherein the user order is received through the network from the ordering tool, and based on data associated with the user order, the finished garment is manufactured at the manufacturing facility using the selected base template with the selected finishing pattern.
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