Ai-based embroidery design and manufacturing system

A non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing one or more computer instructions which, when executed by one or more computer processors, cause the one or more computer processors to perform:

• receiving, by a preprocessor module of a system, an input prompt comprising at least one of a text prompt, an image, or a selection input;
• generating, by the preprocessor module, an embroidery-friendly design based on the input prompt, wherein the embroidery-friendly design comprises quantized colors, cohesive regions on separate layers, and additional metadata;
• receiving, by a global decisions module of the system, the embroidery-friendly design and context information, wherein the context information includes at least one of:
• a size of a final embroidery, a substrate type, a product type, a design title, tags, a manufacturer, and a digitizer;
• generating, by the global decisions module, one or more high-level embroidery plans, including an order of Manufacturable Components to embroider, a fill type, an entry and exit points for each Manufacturable Component, and a plurality of Stitch Layers;
• refining, by a local decisions module of the system, the one or more high-level embroidery plans into detailed stitch instructions of an embroidery stitch plan, including stitch directions, stitch density, and modifications to entry and exit points for each Manufacturable Component and layer;
• rendering, by a visualizer module of the system, the embroidery-friendly design and high-level decisions as a diagram for a review;
• generating a list of variations of the embroidery stitch plan, and scoring and reordering, by a reranker module of the system, the list of variations of the embroidery stitch plan based on predefined criteria;
• receiving a selection of a preferred embroidery stitch plan from the list of variations of the embroidery stitch plan;
• manufacturing, by an embroidery machine, a physical embroidery based on, at least in part, the preferred embroidery stitch plan;
• collecting, by a trainer module of the system, inputs, outputs, and feedback on the physical embroidery from various sources;
• updating, by the trainer module, the preprocessor module, the global decisions module, and the local decisions module based on the inputs, the outputs, and the feedback to improve future renderings of the physical embroidery.

An apparatus for generating embroidery stitch instructions, the apparatus comprising:

• a design generator configured to receive input data including at least one of a text prompt, a reference image, or a combination thereof, and to generate an embroidery-friendly design image with quantized colors, cohesive regions on separate layers, and additional metadata;
• a global decisions module configured to receive the embroidery-friendly design image and metadata, and to generate one or more high-level embroidery plans including an order of Manufacturable Components, one or more Stitch Layers, a fill type, and entry and exit points for each Manufacturable Component;
• a local decisions module configured to receive the one or more high-level embroidery plans and to generate detailed stitch instructions for each Manufacturable Component and layer, including stitch directions, stitch density, and modifications to entry and exit points;
• a visualizer configured to render multiple variations of the detailed stitch instructions and embroidery designs for review;
• a reranker configured to score and filter the variations of the detailed stitch instructions based on predefined criteria;
• a trainer configured to collect inputs, outputs, and feedbacks from various stages, and to fine-tune the design generator, global decisions module, and local decisions module based on the inputs, the outputs, and the feedbacks.