Back to results
US 2023/0137622 A1Published application
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
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
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.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- providing a garment design tool at a server that will display 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 at the client to select a garment base and upon the user's selection, garment design tool will display on the computer screen at the client a first preview image of the selected garment template;
- in the garment design tool, providing an option for the user to select via the client a wear pattern and upon the user's selection, showing on the computer screen of the client a second preview image of the selected garment template with the selected wear pattern, wherein the wear pattern is associated with a laser input file to be used by a laser to produce that wear pattern onto a garment;
- saving the garment design as customized by a user with the selected garment template and selected level of wear at the server.
1 more element
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 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 the wear pattern is associated with a laser input file to be used by a laser to produce that wear pattern onto a garment;
- 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.
3 more elements
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;
- and
- at the client receiving the merged image from the server, wherein the garment design tool shows the merged image as the second preview image.
9 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.