System and method for displaying selected garments on a computer-simulated mannequin

Abstract

A method and system for providing a computer-simulated environment for displaying a selected mannequin wearing a combination of selected garments. In one aspect, three-dimensional scenes containing mannequin and garment objects are created within a three-dimensional modeling environment, and a simulation is performed using a cloth simulator within the modeling environment to model the construction, draping, and collision of the garment with the mannequin. Rendering frames corresponding to a variety of garments, mannequins, garment dimensions, garment styles, wearing patterns, viewing angles, and other parameters, are then generated from which images can be rendered and displayed in accordance with user requests.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to methods and systems for producing images of computer-simulated clothing.BACKGROUND[0002]The concept of a computerized or simulated dressing environment is a user-operated display system that generates computer-simulated images of a human figure wearing one or more selected garments. The simulated human figure thus represents a virtual model or mannequin for modeling clothes. Such an environment should ideally provide the user with the capability of viewing the mannequin and garment from a plurality of viewpoints to give a three-dimensional experience. By allowing the user to also select in some manner the particular human figure that is to wear the garment, an individualized experience is provided that allows the user to see what selected clothes look like when worn by different people.[0003]The degree to which the system takes into account the physical forces acting on a garment as it is worn determine in large part how v...

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Benefits of technology

"The present invention is a method for efficiently producing images of a computer-simulated mannequin wearing a garment or garments. It involves performing a draping and collision of a garment with a mannequin within a three-dimensional simulation scene to generate a rendering frame from which an image of a mannequin wearing a garment can be rendered. The invention also includes generating rendering frames containing mannequins and garments as defined by selected parameter values by shape blending the mannequins and garments of previously generated rendering frames. The invention further relates to a computerized dressing environment for displaying a selected garment worn by a selected mannequin in which garment images rendered from a three-dimensional simulation scene are stored and displayed in accordance with user inputs. The invention provides a more efficient way to produce and display garment images for fashion design and related applications."

Problems solved by technology

The massive amount of computation required to perform a collision and draping simulation for any particular mannequin and garment, however, makes three-dimensional modeling an impractical way by itself in most commonly available computing environments to generate the multiple images of different mannequins and garments needed to implement a dressing environment.

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