Visualizing garments in shadow neutral 3-D

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12364301-B2
Application number	US-202418603069-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2024
Priority date	Nov 30, 2018
Publication date	Jul 22, 2025
Grant date	Jul 22, 2025

Abstract

A tool allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs in three dimensions before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. Based on a laser input file with a pattern, a laser will burn the pattern onto apparel. With the tool, the user will be able to create, make changes, and view images of a design, in real time, before burning by a laser. Input to the tool includes fabric template images, laser input files, and damage input. The tool allows adding of tinting and adjusting of intensity and bright point. The user can also move, rotate, scale, and warp the image input.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
providing a digital design tool;
using the digital design tool to generate at least a first laser file including a finishing pattern,
wherein the digital design tool allows editing of the finishing pattern,
the editing permitted by the digital design tool comprises selecting a first combination of a garment template and a first wear pattern, and saving the first combination as the first finishing pattern,
the editing permitted by the digital design tool comprises selecting a second combination of the garment template, a first wear pattern, and an optional first tint color, and saving the second combination as a second finishing pattern, and
the digital design tool allows a user to alter a positioning of a three-dimensional photorealistic visualization of a garment that is displayed on a computer screen relative to a light source; and
using the digital design tool to generate a three-dimensional photorealistic visualization of a finishing pattern of a garment after postlaser wash on a computer screen,
wherein a three-dimensional photorealistic visualization of the first combination comprises displaying on a computer screen the garment template and the first wear pattern as a garment of a first combination would appear after postlaser wash, and
a three-dimensional photorealistic visualization of the second combination comprises displaying on a computer screen the garment template and the first wear pattern along with the optional first tint color as a garment of the second combination would appear after postlaser wash.

2. The method of claim 1 comprising:
receiving as input at a laser finishing machine at least a portion of a finishing pattern that is generated by the digital design tool,
wherein when a garment template is used as a target garment for a laser head of the laser finishing machine and the first finishing pattern from the digital design tool controls operation of the laser head, the laser finishing machine burns a wear pattern from the first finishing pattern on the target garment, which after the laser finishing machine burn and then a wash results in the target garment becoming a first garment product,
when the garment template is used as a target garment for a laser head of the laser finishing machine and the second finishing pattern from the digital design tool controls operation of the laser head, the laser finishing machine burns a wear pattern from the first finishing pattern on the target garment, which after the laser finishing machine burn and then a wash with an optional tint color, corresponding the optional first tint color selected via the digital design tool, results in the target garment becoming a second garment product.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the first garment product is identifiable by a first product code identifier, the second garment product is identifiable by a second product code identifier, and the second product code identifier is different from the first product code identifier.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the second garment product comprises an optional tint color that distinguishes an appearance of the second garment product from the first garment product.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the digital design tool allows the user to rotate a positioning of a three-dimensional photorealistic visualization of a garment that is displayed on a computer screen relative to a light source.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the digital design tool allows the user to alter a positioning of a shadowing of the garment that is displayed on a computer screen.

7. A method comprising:
providing a digital design tool;
using the digital design tool to generate at least a first laser file including a finishing pattern,
wherein the digital design tool allows editing of the finishing pattern,
the editing permitted by the digital design tool comprises selecting a first combination of a garment template and a first wear pattern, and saving the first combination as the first finishing pattern,
the editing permitted by the digital design tool comprises selecting a second combination of the garment template, a first wear pattern, and an optional first tint color, and saving the second combination as a second finishing pattern, and
the digital design tool allows a user to change an angle by which the three-dimensional photorealistic visualization of a garment and a shadowing of the garment that is displayed on a computer screen; and
using the digital design tool to generate a three-dimensional photorealistic visualization of a finishing pattern of a garment after postlaser wash on a computer screen,
wherein a three-dimensional photorealistic visualization of the first combination comprises displaying on a computer screen the garment template and the first wear pattern as a garment of a first combination would appear after postlaser wash, and
a three-dimensional photorealistic visualization of the second combination comprises displaying on a computer screen the garment template and the first wear pattern along with the optional first tint color as a garment of the second combination would appear after postlaser wash.

8. A method comprising:
providing a digital design tool;
using the digital design tool to generate at least a first laser file including a finishing pattern,
wherein the digital design tool allows editing of the finishing pattern,
the editing permitted by the digital design tool comprises selecting a first combination of a garment template and a first wear pattern, and saving the first combination as the first finishing pattern,
the editing permitted by the digital design tool comprises selecting a second combination of the garment template, a first wear pattern, and an optional first tint color, and saving the second combination as a second finishing pattern, and
the digital design tool allows a user to rotate a three-dimensional photorealistic visualization of a garment and wrinkling of the garment that is displayed on a computer screen; and
using the digital design tool to generate a three-dimensional photorealistic visualization of a finishing pattern of a garment after postlaser wash on a computer screen,
wherein a three-dimensional photorealistic visualization of the first combination comprises displaying on a computer screen the garment template and the first wear pattern as a garment of a first combination would appear after postlaser wash, and
a three-dimensional photorealistic visualization of the second combination comprises displaying on a computer screen the garment template and the first wear pattern along with the optional first tint color as a garment of the second combination would appear after postlaser wash.

9. A method comprising:
providing a digital design tool;
using the digital design tool to generate at least a first laser file including a finishing pattern,
wherein the digital design tool allows editing of the finishing pattern,
the editing permitted by the digital design tool comprises selecting a first combination of a garment template and a first wear pattern, and saving the first combination as the first finishing pattern, and
the editing permitted by the digital design tool comprises selecting a second combination of the garment template, a first wear pattern, and an optional first tint color, and saving the second combination as a second finishing pattern; and
using the digital design tool to generate a three-dimensional photorealistic visualization of a finishing pattern of a garment after postlaser wash on a computer screen,
wherein a three-dimensional photorealistic visualization of the first combination comprises displaying on a computer screen the garment template and th

Assignees

• Strauss Levi & Co

Inventors

• Schultz Christopher
• Mahanty Debdulal
• Sights James Barton
• Bell Benjamin
• Schultz Jennifer

Classifications

• G06T11/10

  Texturing; Colouring; Generation of textures or colours (retouching, inpainting or scratch removal G06T5/77) · CPC title

• D06B11/0096

  to get a faded look · CPC title

• G06T2210/16

  Cloth · CPC title

• G06T2219/2016

  Rotation, translation, scaling · CPC title

• G06T2219/2004

  Aligning objects, relative positioning of parts · CPC title