US 2011/0216062 A1Published application

Layered Personalization

AssigneeGemvara, Inc.

InventorsGrant Thomas-Lepore, Iwao Hatanaka, Murall Menon

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Abstract

A computer system includes a three-dimensional model of an object such as a piece of jewelry. The model is divided into multiple layers, each of which contains one or more components of the object. Each layer is associated with one or more attribute types, each of which is associated with a corresponding plurality of possible attribute values. The system pre-renders each layer with each possible attribute type and each possible attribute value for that type and layer. The resulting layer renderings may be combined with each other to produce personalized renderings of the entire object without the need to pre-render all possible combinations of attribute values. Responsibility for rendering the layers and the final complete object personalization may be divided between client and server in a variety of ways to increase efficiency.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method performed by at least one computer processor executing computer-readable computer program instructions tangibly stored on a first non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method for use with a three-dimensional computer model of an object, the model comprising a plurality of layers L, each of the plurality of layers comprising at least one corresponding component in the model, each of the plurality of layers being associated with at least one attribute, the method comprising:

(A) rendering each of the plurality of layers L with each of a plurality of values A of the at least one attribute to produce a plurality of layer renderings, comprising:
(A)(1) entering a first loop over each of the plurality of layers L;
(A)(2) entering a second loop over each of the plurality of values A of the at least one attribute;
and
(A)(3) for each particular layer within the plurality of layers L and for each particular attribute value with the plurality of attribute values A, applying the particular attribute value to the particular layer to produce a rendering of the particular layer;
(B) storing the plurality of layer renderings on a second non-transitory computer-readable medium;
(C) receiving a first request for a first rendering of a personalized object specifying a plurality of attribute values;
(D) selecting, from among the plurality of stored layer renderings, a subset of layer renderings corresponding to the specified plurality of attribute values;
and
(E) combining the selected subset of layer renderings to produce the first rendering of the personalized object.

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A computer program product comprising computer-readable computer program instructions, tangibly stored on a first non-transitory computer-readable medium, for execution by a computer processor to perform a method for use with a three-dimensional computer model of an object, the model comprising a plurality of layers, each of the plurality of layers comprising at least one corresponding component in the model, each of the plurality of layers being associated with at least one attribute, the method comprising:

(A) rendering each of the plurality of layers L with each of a plurality of values A of the at least one attribute to produce a plurality of layer renderings, comprising:
(A)(1) entering a first loop over each of the plurality of layers L;
(A)(2) entering a second loop over each of the plurality of values A of the at least one attribute;
and
(A)(3) for each particular layer within the plurality of layers L and for each particular attribute value with the plurality of attribute values A, applying the particular attribute value to the particular layer to produce a rendering of the particular layer;
(B) storing the plurality of layer renderings on a second non-transitory computer-readable medium;
(C) receiving a first request for a first rendering of a personalized object specifying a plurality of attribute values;
(D) selecting, from among the plurality of stored layer renderings, a subset of layer renderings corresponding to the specified plurality of attribute values;
and
(E) combining the selected subset of layer renderings to produce the first rendering of the personalized object.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/111,773Filed 19 May 2011
Priority: 13 Feb 2009
Published: 8 Sep 2011
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

G06F 30/10
Computer-aided design [CAD]: geometric CAD
G06F 30/00
Computer-aided design [cad]
G06T 15/60
Lighting effects: shadow generation
G06F 2111/16
Details relating to CAD techniques: customisation or personalisation

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Application61/152,549Us provisional application · filed 13 Feb 2009
Application61/230,192Us provisional application · filed 31 Jul 2009
Application12/684,103Continuation · filed 7 Jan 2010
Application13/111,773Continuation
US 2010/0169059 A1Published application
US 8,194,069 B2Related patent
US 2011/0216062 A1This patent

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