3D Printed Wearables With Body-Scan Fit Customization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current garments and wearable items often fail to provide a perfect fit, leading to discomfort, skin irritation, and poor performance, especially in protective gear and lingerie, due to the lack of customization options and high costs associated with custom-made products.
Innovation Solution
The use of 3D printing technology to create customized wearable articles by collecting image data from a subject's body, generating a virtual model, and printing garments or objects with precise dimensions and materials, allowing for perfect fit and enhanced or reduced physical appearance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If custom-made garments are produced to achieve perfect fit, then the fit quality is improved, but the manufacturing cost increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by using 3D scanning to capture precise body measurements and converting them into digital models that define the garment's geometric parameters. This allows automatic adjustment of size, shape, and dimensional parameters to achieve perfect fit without manual customization, resolving the contradiction between fit quality and manufacturing cost.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses digital copying by creating a virtual 3D model of the subject's body through scanning, then copying this digital model to generate the garment design. This digital copy eliminates the need for physical pattern making and repeated fittings, reducing manufacturing costs while maintaining precise fit quality.
2Ease of manufacture
If traditional sizing standards are used to simplify manufacturing, then the ease of manufacture is improved, but the adaptability to different body types deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universality by creating a universal digital modeling system that can accommodate any body type. The 3D scanning technology and parametric design software serve multiple functions: capturing various body shapes, generating different garment styles, and adapting to diverse size requirements, all through a single unified platform that maintains manufacturing simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies dynamics by transitioning from static, fixed-size garment patterns to dynamic, adjustable digital models. The virtual 3D models can be dynamically modified based on the scanned body measurements, allowing the same manufacturing system to adapt to different body types without requiring separate production lines or complex manual adjustments.
3Manufacturing precision
If 3D printing is used to create customized articles, then the manufacturing precision is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex mechanical measurement and pattern-making systems with optical 3D scanning technology. Instead of using physical measuring tapes, calipers, and manual pattern drafting tools, the system uses light-based scanning to capture body geometry, then uses software algorithms to generate the garment design, significantly reducing device complexity while maintaining high dimensional accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a digital model as an intermediary between the 3D scanner and the 3D printer. This virtual model serves as a mediator that translates complex scanned point cloud data into simplified manufacturing instructions, reducing the complexity of data processing and enabling precise 3D printing without requiring direct complex interactions between scanning and printing systems.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to three dimensional (3D) printed garments and any wearable article, as well as to processes and methods of manufacturing the same. Image information obtained from a subject, for example, images and information related to a subject's body or body part(s) is used to generate a garment or wearable object with a customized fit. In particular, the present invention provides the collection of a subject's data (e.g., using image acquisition devices, methods and software), and use of the data to create a model (e.g., virtual model) that in turn is used to create a subject specific article of clothing or other wearable object.