US 2014/0277683 A1Published application

System and Method for Automated Manufacturing of Custom Apparel

Assignee3D Tech LLC

InventorsNeil Rohin Gupta, Paul Eremenko

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Abstract

A centralized command and control network system for the automated manufacture of a personalized custom-fit garment comprises a centralized control system; automated programmable manufacturing equipment configured for assembling and stitching the personalized custom-fit garment from a digital pattern; and automated programmable material handling equipment configured for transporting the personalized custom-fit garment or its components through each step of the manufacturing equipment. After the customer has had his or her body scanned, and selected and personalized a garment design, the inventive manufacturing system will then manufacture the garment upon receipt of the order in an automated manner without requiring further substantive manual intervention or touch labor. The resultant personalized custom-fit garment is based on the customer's three-dimensional body shape and style and fit preferences. The system can be used to prepare any kind of garments.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A centralized command and control network system for the automated manufacture of a personalized custom-fit garment, the system comprising:

(a) a centralized control system comprising:
(i) memory,
(ii) an input device,
(iii) a processor,
(iv) a network connection, and
(v) instruction code for an automated manufacturing process for creating a personalized custom-fit garment for a customer based on the customer's three-dimensional body shape and style and fit preferences, the instruction code configured for:
(i) transforming digital pattern and design metadata into machine instructions for automated manufacture of the personalized custom-fit garment by manufacturing equipment and material handling equipment;
(ii) sequencing the execution of the machine code instructions, and communicating the machine code instructions to the respective manufacturing and material handling equipment;
(iii) manufacturing the personalized custom-fit garment by the manufacturing equipment and material handling equipment;
and
(iv) monitoring the manufacture of the garment;
(b) automated programmable manufacturing equipment networked to the centralized control system via the network connection, the manufacturing equipment configured for assembling and stitching the personalized custom-fit garment from the digital pattern and design metadata;
and
(c) automated programmable material handling equipment networked to the centralized control system via the network connection and configured for transporting the personalized custom-fit garment or its components through each step of the manufacturing equipment.

11 more elements

A computerized method for the automated manufacture of a personalized custom-fit garment, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) receiving from a customer an order for the personalized custom-fit garment and design preferences as a digital pattern and design metadata;
(b) transforming the digital pattern and design metadata into programming instructions for programmable manufacturing and material handling equipment;
(c) converting the programming instructions into machine instructions for automated transport of the garment or its components through each step of the manufacturing equipment;
(d) sequencing the execution of the machine instructions, and providing the machine instructions in sequence to the respective manufacturing and material handling equipment;
(e) manufacturing the personalized custom-fit garment by the manufacturing and material handling equipment in accordance with the machine instructions, and
(f) monitoring the manufacturing equipment and material handling equipment during manufacture of the garment.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/202,271Filed 10 Mar 2014
Priority: 15 Mar 2013
Published: 18 Sep 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

G06F 30/10
Computer-aided design [CAD]: geometric CAD
A41H 3/007
Patterns for cutting-out; Methods of drafting or marking-out such patterns, e.g. on the cloth: methods of drafting or marking-out patterns using…
G06F 30/00
Computer-aided design [cad]
G06Q 30/0621
Electronic shopping [e-shopping]: by configuring or customising goods or services