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US 12,247,337 B2Granted
Client-server design tool with 3D preview for 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 in a client-server environment, such as executing via a Web browser.
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A method comprising:
- providing a garment design tool that shows on a computer screen of a client 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 wear pattern from a menu of wear patterns and upon the user's selection, showing on the computer screen a second preview image of the selected garment template with the selected wear pattern, wherein each wear pattern is associated with a laser input file to be used by a laser to produce that wear pattern onto a garment;
- at a server, merging a laser input file associated with the selected wear pattern with an image of the selected garment template to generate a merged image, 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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- at the client receiving the merged image from the server, wherein the garment design tool shows the merged image as the second preview image;
- saving the garment design as customized by a user with the selected garment template and selected level of wear;
- providing a first laser file with a wear pattern for a first size and first style;
- automatically generating a plurality of laser files with the wear pattern for a plurality of sizes and styles, different from the first size and first style;
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- based on a laser input file associated with the selected wear pattern and the selected level of wear and a size as selected by the user, using the second laser input file with a laser to create a finishing pattern on an outer surface of a target garment corresponding to the selected garment template and of the size selected by the user.
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A method comprising:
- providing a garment design tool that shows on a computer screen of a client 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 wear pattern from a menu of wear patterns and upon the user's selection, showing on the computer screen a second preview image of the selected garment template with the selected wear pattern, wherein each wear pattern is associated with a laser input file to be used by a laser to produce that wear pattern onto a garment;
- at a server, merging a laser input file associated with the selected wear pattern with an image of the selected garment template to generate a merged image, 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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- at the client receiving the merged image from the server, wherein the garment design tool shows the merged image as the second preview image;
- saving the garment design as customized by a user with the selected garment template and selected level of wear;
- providing a first laser file with a wear pattern for a first size and first style;
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- automatically generating a plurality of laser files with the wear pattern for a plurality of sizes and styles, different from the first size and first style,
- wherein the garment is a pair of pants, the first zone corresponds to a region of the pants above a crotch point of the pant, and the second zone corresponds to a region of the pants below a crotch point of the pants.
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A method comprising:
- providing a garment design tool that shows on a computer screen of a client 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 wear pattern from a menu of wear patterns and upon the user's selection, showing on the computer screen a second preview image of the selected garment template with the selected wear pattern, wherein each wear pattern is associated with a laser input file to be used by a laser to produce that wear pattern onto a garment;
- at a server, merging a laser input file associated with the selected wear pattern with an image of the selected garment template to generate a merged image, 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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- at the client receiving the merged image from the server, wherein the garment design tool shows the merged image as the second preview image;
- saving the garment design as customized by a user with the selected garment template and selected level of wear;
- providing a first laser file with a wear pattern for a first size and first style;
- automatically generating a plurality of laser files with the wear pattern for a plurality of sizes and styles, different from the first size and first style, wherein the automatically generating comprises
- scaling a first zone of the first laser file according to a first scaling factor;
- scaling a second zone of the first laser file according to a second scaling factor, different from the first scaling factor;
- storing the first laser file with the scaled first zone and scaled second zone as a second laser file for a second size and first style;
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- based on a laser input file associated with the selected wear pattern and the selected level of wear and a size as selected by the user, using the second laser input file with a laser to create a finishing pattern on an outer surface of a target garment corresponding to the selected garment template and of the size selected by the user.
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