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US 6,307,953 B1Granted
System for electronically evaluating yarn or fabric samples cell by cell
AssigneeLawson-Hemphill, Inc.
InventorsAvishai Nevel, Kendell W. Gordon, Jr.
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Abstract
A method for electronically evaluating yarn or fabric samples by delineating a given sample into one or more cells and comparing the cells to each other or to one or more reference cells.
Claims24
A method for electronically evaluating one or more measured qualities of one or more yarn samples, comprising the steps of
- assigning one or more physical thresholds for each measured yarn quality;
- establishing an event when a measured yarn quality violates the physical threshold;
- establishing one or more cells, wherein each said cell represents one or more portions of the yarn sample configured as an electronic yarn board or fabric display;
- sorting the events in each cell into types of events, wherein a type includes both a measured yarn quality and a physical threshold;
- counting the number of events of each type which occur within one or more cells;
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- comparing the type and number of each type of events in each said cell with a reference cell to determine whether the number of events of each type in each cell exceeds a predetermined number of events of the same type of events in the reference cell.
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A method for electronically evaluating one or more measured qualities of one or more yarn samples, comprising the steps of
- assigning a physical threshold for each measured yarn quality;
- establishing an event when the yarn quality violates the physical threshold;
- establishing one or more cells, wherein each cell represents one or more portions of the yarn sample configured as an electronic yarn board or fabric display;
- memorizing the location of each event in each cell;
- and
- comparing the location of events in each cell to the location of events in one or more other cells in the yarn sample to determine whether a pattern of events exists between two or more cells within a yarn sample, of a running yarn on-line to upgrade said running yarn.
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A method for electronically evaluating one or more measured qualities of one or more yarn samples, comprising the steps of
- assigning one or more physical thresholds for each measured yarn quality;
- establishing an event when a measured yarn quality violates the physical threshold;
- establishing one or more cells, wherein each said cell represents one or more portions of the yarn sample configured as an electronic yarn board or fabric display;
- sorting the events in each cell into types of events, wherein a type includes both a measured yarn quality and a physical threshold;
- counting the number of events of each type which occur within each cell;
- memorizing the location of each event in each cell;
- comparing the type and number of each type of events in each said cell with a reference cell to determine whether the number of events of each type in each cell exceeds a predetermined number of events of the same type of events in the reference cell;
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- comparing the location of events in each cell to the location of events in one or more other cells in the yarn sample to determine whether a pattern of events exists between two or more cells within a yarn sample.
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A method for electronically evaluating one or more measured qualities of one or more fabric samples, comprising the steps of
- assigning a physical threshold for each measured fabric quality;
- establishing an event when the fabric quality violates the physical threshold;
- establishing one or more cells, wherein each cell represents a portion of the fabric sample defined by one or more spatial locations on an electronically configured fabric;
- memorizing the location of each event in each cell;
- comparing the location of events in each cell to the location of events in all the other cells in the fabric sample to determine whether a pattern of events exists between two or more cells within a fabric sample of a running yarn on line to upgrade said running yarn.
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