US 2026/0140611 A1 · Previewing Garment Design Changes

Abstract

A tool allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs 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. Input to the tool includes fabric template images, laser input files, and damage input. The tool allows adding of tinting and adjusting of intensity and bright point. The user can also move, rotate, scale, and warp the image input.

Claims25

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

providing a garment design tool that shows on a computer screen of a 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;
showing on the computer screen a second preview image of the selected garment template with a selected wear pattern;
merging a digital input file associated with the selected wear pattern with an image of the selected garment template to generate a merged image;
and
sending the merged image to the garment design tool.

3 more elements

A method comprising:

providing a garment previewing tool, accessible via a Web browser, that allows previewing on a computer screen of a garment customized by a user with a finishing pattern created using a digital input file, wherein the garment previewing tool comprises
showing a first garment preview image on the computer screen comprising a base image for a selected garment base,
allowing the user to select a pattern, wherein the pattern is associated with a digital input file, and
showing a second garment preview image on the computer screen comprising the selected pattern in combination with the base image, wherein the second garment preview image is generated by
generating an adjusted base image from the base image of the selected garment base, and
generating a pattern mask based on the digital input file associated with the selected surface pattern.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

19/441,763Filed 6 Jan 2026

Priority

31 Oct 2017

Published

21 May 2026

Term ends

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Classification23 codes

G06F 3/04845
For the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a…:…
D06B 11/0096
Treatments carried out during or after a regular application of treating materials, in order to get differentiated effects on the textile…
D06M 10/005
Physical treatment of fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics or fibrous goods made from such materials, e.g. by ultrasonic waves, corona discharge,…:…
D06P 5/2005
Physical treatments affecting dyeing, e.g. ultrasonic or electric: treatments with alpha, beta, gamma or other rays, e.g. stimulated rays

Family

Application62/579,863Us provisional application · filed 31 Oct 2017

Application16/177,387Continuation · filed 31 Oct 2018

Application17/147,414Continuation · filed 12 Jan 2021

Application18/338,243Continuation · filed 20 Jun 2023

Application18/830,501Continuation · filed 10 Sep 2024

Application19/441,763Continuation

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