Balancing yarn use in designing tufted patterns for textiles
AssigneeInterface, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Nathan Jones, Jorge Del Angel, Graeme Robert Ripley
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Abstract
Tools are provided that communicate to a pattern designer how much yarn is being used on every needle for a given tuft height pattern and permit the designer to adjust the pattern accordingly to balance the yarn usage on the needles. An electronic representation of a pattern design is received for controlling a carpet tufting operation. The pattern design includes a pile height per tuft. A grid is provided for representing the pattern design using different visual cues to represent different pile heights. A graph depicting use-of-yarn per needle for the carpet tufting operation is generated. The grid and the graph are on a common user interface and are viewable at the same time on a display device.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving an electronic representation of a pattern design for controlling a carpet tufting operation, the pattern design including a pile height per tuft;
- providing a grid for representing the pattern design using different visual cues to represent different pile heights;
- generating, by a processor executing a pattern design engine, a graph depicting use-of-yarn per needle for the carpet tufting operation, the grid and the graph being on a common user interface and viewable at the same time on a display device;
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- responsive to receiving a change to a pile height of one or more tufts for the pattern design on the grid, modifying the graph to illustrate a new use-of-yarn per needle that accounts for the change.
A non-transitory, computer-readable medium having program instructions that are executable by a processor for performing operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving an electronic representation of a pattern design for controlling a carpet tufting operation, the pattern design including a pile height per tuft;
- providing a grid for representing the pattern design using different visual cues to represent different pile heights;
- generating a graph depicting use-of-yarn per needle for the carpet tufting operation, the grid and the graph being on a common user interface and viewable at the same time on a display device;
- and
- responsive to receiving a change to a pile height of one or more tufts for the pattern design on the grid, modifying the graph to illustrate a new use-of-yarn per needle that accounts for the change.
A system, comprising:
- a display device configured to output a common user interface;
- a computing device communicatively coupled to the display device, the computing device comprising a processor and a non-transitory, computer-readable memory having instructions that are executable by the processor to cause the computing device to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving an electronic representation of a pattern design for controlling a carpet tufting operation, the pattern design including a pile height per tuft;
- providing a grid for representing the pattern design using different visual cues to represent different pile heights;
- generating a graph depicting use-of-yarn per needle for the carpet tufting operation and outputting the grid and the graph for display by the display device on the common user interface such that the grid and the graph are viewable at the same time on the display device;
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- responsive to receiving a change to a pile height of one or more tufts for the pattern design on the grid, modifying the graph to illustrate a new use-of-yarn per needle that accounts for the change.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.