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US 9,070,160 B2Granted
Customized design for an article of footwear
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsDavid J. Dirsa, Clifford B. Gerber, Petre Gheorghian, E. Scott Morris
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Abstract
A method of making an article of footwear is disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing a customer with a pre-selected set of graphics, allowing a customer to choose a set of input graphics, and generating a set of morphed graphics based on a set of input graphics. The user can select a morphed graphic and apply it to an article. The method may further include the step of limiting the number of times a customized graphic may be selected and applied to an article.
Claims47
A method of customization for an article, comprising:
- providing a graphical interface system for a user;
- receiving information related to a first selected graphic;
- receiving information related to a second selected graphic, wherein the second selected graphic has a different shape from the first selected graphic;
- providing information related to the first selected graphic and providing information related to the second selected graphic within the graphical interface system;
- providing a sliding indicator that can be positioned at various locations between the first selected graphic and the second selected graphic;
- allowing the user to adjust the position of the sliding indicator;
- generating a morphed graphic using information from the first selected graphic and the second selected graphic according to position information related to the position of the sliding indicator, wherein the first selected graphic, the second selected graphic, and the morphed graphic are simultaneously visible to the user;
- changing the displayed morphed graphic as the position of the sliding indicator is adjusted, wherein the morphed graphic is substantially identical to the first selected graphic when the sliding indicator is positioned closest to the first selected graphic and wherein the morphed graphic is substantially identical to the second selected graphic when the sliding indicator is positioned closest to the second selected graphic;
- and
- providing a customized article including the morphed graphic.
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The method according to 1, wherein:
- the first selected graphic is chosen by the user and the second selected graphic is chosen by the user;
- and
- wherein the first selected graphic remains unchanged as the sliding indicator is moved and wherein the second selected graphic remains unchanged as the sliding indicator is moved.
A method of customization for an article, comprising:
- providing a graphical interface system for a user, wherein the graphic interface system allows the user to adjust the characteristics of one or more graphics to create a customized graphic;
- retrieving a customized graphic limit corresponding to a maximum number of articles that can be customized using the customized graphic;
- retrieving a number of customized graphics used, wherein the number of customized graphics used corresponds to the number of times the customized graphic has been applied to articles of footwear;
- comparing the number of customized graphics used to the customized graphic limit;
- determining if the number of customized graphics used is greater than the customized graphics limit;
- allowing the customized graphic to be applied to the article if the number of customized graphics used is less than the customized graphic limit;
- and
- preventing the customized graphic from being applied to the article and displaying the customized graphic in phantom if the number of customized graphics used is greater than the customized graphic limit.
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A method of customization for an article, comprising:
- receiving information related to a first selected graphic;
- receiving information related to a second selected graphic, wherein the second selected graphic has a different shape from the first selected graphic;
- prompting a user to enter a number of morphed graphics to be displayed;
- receiving a user selected number in response to prompting the user to enter the number of morphed graphics to be displayed;
- generating a set of morphed graphics using information from the first selected graphic and the second selected graphic, wherein the number of morphed graphics in the set of morphed graphics is equal to the user selected number and each morphed graphic in the set of morphed graphics has a different shape;
- providing the set of morphed graphics for simultaneous viewing by the user;
- receiving a user selected morphed graphic from the set of morphed graphics;
- and
- providing a customized article including the user selected morphed graphic.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.