Organized assembly instruction printing and referencing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10820649-B2
Application number	US-201615069867-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2016
Priority date	Mar 14, 2016
Publication date	Nov 3, 2020
Grant date	Nov 3, 2020

Abstract

The incorporation of digitally-printed assembly instructions and notations into textile product assembly processes is described. In one embodiment, an order to purchase a textile product having a number of panels is received. The panels are arranged and placed into a template for printing on a textile printer. Seams among the panels are identified and, with reference to the seams, assembly tasks are compiled to assemble the textile product. The assembly tasks are ordered according to at least one assembly factor directed to efficiency, quality, or other factors. The assembly tasks are associated with a set of assembly notations according to an assembly notation syntax. The assembly notations are incorporated into the template for printing, and the textile printer is instructed to print the panels along with the assembly notations. Sewing workers can refer to the assembly notations to determine how the textile product should be assembled using the panels.

First claim

Therefore, at least the following is claimed:

1. A system, comprising:
at least one computing device communicatively coupled to a textile printer over a network and configured to perform a method comprising:
receiving, by the at least one computing device, an order to purchase a textile product having a plurality of panels defined in a tech pack;
arranging, by the at least one computing device, the plurality of panels for the textile product into a textile panel template;
identifying, by the at least one computing device, a plurality of seams among the plurality of panels in the textile product with reference to the tech pack;
compiling, by the at least one computing device, a plurality of assembly tasks in an assembly scheme to assemble the textile product using at least one of the plurality of seams in the textile product;
ordering, by the at least one computing device, the plurality of assembly tasks into an ordered set of assembly tasks according to at least one assembly factor;
generating, by the at least one computing device, a set of assembly notations to print on a textile sheet based at least in part on the ordered set of assembly tasks and an assembly notation syntax;
incorporating, by the at least one computing device, the set of assembly notations and a machine-readable representation of a unique task identifier into the textile panel template, wherein the unique task identifier is associated with an assembly task of the plurality of assembly tasks and a first panel of the plurality of panels, and wherein an assembly notation of the set of assembly notations is associated with the assembly task and the first panel, and wherein the unique task identifier is located between an edge of the first panel and the assembly notation;
instructing, by the at least one computing device, the textile printer to print the textile panel template including the set of assembly notations and the machine-readable representation onto the textile sheet; and
rendering, by the at least one computing device, a network page that displays at least one of the plurality of assembly tasks in response to a query of a database using the machine-readable representation.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
assigning, by the at least one computing device, a unique panel identifier to a panel among the plurality of panels; and
assigning, by the at least one computing device, a unique seam identifier to a seam among the plurality of seams.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the method further comprises:
storing, by the at least one computing device, the unique panel identifier, the unique seam identifier, the plurality of assembly tasks, and the set of assembly notations in the database associated with the textile product.

4. A method, comprising:
arranging, by at least one computing device, a plurality of panels for a textile product into a textile panel template;
identifying, by the at least one computing device, a plurality of seams among the plurality of panels in the textile product;
compiling, by the at least one computing device, a plurality of assembly tasks in an assembly scheme to assemble the textile product using at least one of the plurality of seams in the textile product;
generating, by the at least one computing device, a set of assembly notations to print on a textile sheet based at least in part on the plurality of assembly tasks;
incorporating, by the at least one computing device, the set of assembly notations and a machine-readable representation of a unique task identifier into the textile panel template, wherein the unique task identifier is associated with an assembly task of the plurality of assembly tasks and a first panel of the plurality of panels, and wherein an assembly notation of the set of assembly notations is associated with the assembly task and associated with the first panel, wherein the unique task identifier is located between an edge of the first panel and the assembly notation;
instructing, by the at least one computing device, a textile printer to print the textile panel template including the set of assembly notations and the machine-readable representation onto the textile sheet; and
rendering, by the at least one computing device, a network page that displays at least one of the plurality of assembly tasks in response to a query of a database using the machine-readable representation.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein generating the set of assembly notations comprises generating, by the at least one computing device, the set of assembly notations based further in part on an assembly notation syntax.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the set of assembly notations comprises at least one of an assembly sequence identifier, a stitch start marker, a stitch end marker, an assembly instruction block, or an assembly alignment marker.

7. The method of claim 4 , further comprising ordering, by the at least one computing device, the plurality of assembly tasks into an ordered set of assembly tasks according to at least one assembly factor.

8. The method of claim 4 , wherein the set of assembly notations are embodied using notations of different colors for printing on the textile sheet according to an assembly notation syntax.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein, according to the assembly notation syntax, the different colors define a sequence of the plurality of assembly tasks.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein, according to the assembly notation syntax, each of the different colors defines a type of task among the plurality of assembly tasks.

11. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
assigning, by the at least one computing device, a unique panel identifier to a panel among the plurality of panels;
assigning, by the at least one computing device, a unique seam identifier to a seam among the plurality of seams; and
storing the assembly scheme, including the unique panel identifier, the unique seam identifier, the plurality of assembly tasks, and the set of assembly notations in the database associated with the textile product.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the machine-readable representation is a first machine-readable representation, and wherein the method further comprises incorporating, by the at least one computing device, a second machine-readable representation of at least one of the unique panel identifier or the unique seam identifier into the textile panel template.

13. The method of claim 4 , further comprising selecting, by the at least one computing device, a location to insert at least one assembly notation in the textile panel template based at least in part upon respective locations of the plurality of panels in the textile panel template.

14. A method, comprising:
compiling, by at least one computing device, a plurality of assembly tasks in an assembly scheme to assemble a textile product;
generating, by the at least one computing device, a set of assembly notations to print on a textile sheet based at least in part on the plurality of assembly tasks and an assembly notation syntax;
incorporating, by the at least one computing device, the set of assembly notations and a machine-readable representation of a unique task identifier into a template for printing on the textile sheet, wherein the unique task identifier is associated with an assembly task of the plurality of assembly tasks and a first panel of the plurality of panels, and wherein an assembly notation of the set of assembly notations is associated with the assembly task and the first panel, wherein the unique task identifier is located between an edge of the first panel and the assemb

Assignees

• Amazon Tech Inc

Inventors

• Barnet Aaron Takayanagi
• Mata Javier Govea
• Liang Nancy Yi
• Aminpour Rouzbeh Safavi

Classifications

• G06F3/1208 Primary

  resulting in improved quality of the output result, e.g. print layout, colours, workflows, print preview · CPC title

• G06F3/1282

  High volume printer device · CPC title

• G06F3/1275

  Print workflow management, e.g. defining or changing a workflow, cross publishing · CPC title

• G06F3/125

  Page layout or assigning input pages onto output media, e.g. imposition · CPC title

• G05B15/02

  electric · CPC title