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US 7,079,134 B2Granted
Three-dimensional digital method of designing clothes
AssigneesSociete Civile T.P.C. International, TPC (HK) Limited
InventorsAlexandre Keung-Lung Kung, Arnaud Fernand Philippe Gabriel Mandard
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Abstract
This method allows direct 3D tailoring of a garment. It includes the steps of 3D-digitizing of a human body, of tracing a 3D mesh representing the garment over the 3D image of the body, and of modifying selectively the distance between the mesh and the body so as to visualize immediately in 3D how the garment fits to the body.
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A method of digitally designing clothes on a computer, characterized in that it includes the steps of:
- a) importing three-dimensional digital data representative of at least one portion of the body of a working virtual mannequin,
- b) generating three-dimensional digital data representative of a virtual structure including a series of lines disposed each in one of a plurality of transverse and longitudinal section planes of said working virtual mannequin body, said lines being at each point spaced by a particular distance from the surface of said body,
- c) selectively generating and displaying from said digital data at least one image of at least one area of at least one of the elements comprising said virtual structure and said portion of said working virtual mannequin body,
- d) selectively modifying at various points of said virtual structure said distance between said lines and said surface to generate a personalized virtual structure representative of said garment,
- e) modifying said image as a function of said modifications made to said virtual structure, and
- f) designing a three-dimensional garment pattern from said modified image.
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