US 9,868,302 B1 · Fluorescent ink printing, cutting, and apparel assembly

Abstract

Aspects of fluorescent ink printing, cutting, and apparel assembly are described. In one example, a system includes a textile printer, a textile cutter, and a computing device that arranges panels and develops print features related to textile products. The computing device can assign certain print features to be printed using fluorescent inks. The computing environment can then instruct a textile printer to print textile panels, for example, along with the print features, using the fluorescent inks. Once the panels are printed, ultraviolet (UV) light sources can be used to create a fluorescent reflection from the fluorescent inks. The fluorescent reflection can be captured by image sensors to generate instructions to cut the panels out from the textile sheet. The reflection can also be used as assembly notations for reference by sewing workers or automated sewing systems.

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Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

capturing, by at least one computing device, an image of a textile sheet, the image comprising a fluorescent reflection of UV light off fluorescent ink printed on the textile sheet;
identifying, by the at least one computing device, the fluorescent reflection based at least in part on a wavelength-specific image processing technique to distinguish the fluorescent reflection from a non-fluorescent reflection in the image of the textile sheet;
generating, by the at least one computing device, cut control instructions to cut the textile sheet based at least in part on the fluorescent reflection;
and
instructing, by the at least one computing device, a textile cutter to cut the textile sheet based at least in part on the cut control instructions.

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Fluorescent ink printing, cutting, and apparel assembly

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Abstract

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