Digital Garment Design System for Virtual Sampling
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Solution Overview
Problem
The fashion design industry faces inefficiencies in creating sample garments, as the traditional process is time-consuming and expensive, requiring skilled labor and multiple iterations to achieve the desired design, especially when working with patterned materials or new fabrics, and there is a need for a system that facilitates online garment design and collaboration to streamline the sampling process.
Innovation Solution
A server-based system for online garment design and virtual try-on, which includes digital garment parts that can be combined and fitted using a range camera to create an avatar for augmented reality display, allowing designers to select, place, and purchase digital garments, and includes a method for receiving and storing digital garment parts for selection and inclusion into a digital garment, enabling online purchase and collaboration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If traditional hand-based sample garment creation process is used, then design accuracy and material quality can be ensured, but time consumption and cost increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates digital copies (3D virtual models) of physical garments and body forms. Instead of manually creating physical samples, the system generates accurate digital representations that can be manipulated, measured, and modified without physical material, thereby maintaining design precision while eliminating time-consuming manual processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces mechanical hand-based pattern making and garment construction with computer-based 3D modeling and virtual simulation systems. The manual mechanical processes of cutting, sewing, and fitting are substituted with digital algorithms and virtual reality technologies, dramatically reducing time while preserving design accuracy.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple sample garments are created for different materials and designs, then design options and material selection improve, but cost and material waste increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates virtual copies of garments in various materials and designs within the 3D environment. Designers can visualize and evaluate multiple material options, patterns, and styles using digital representations without consuming physical fabric, thereby expanding design versatility while eliminating material waste associated with creating physical samples.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables preliminary digital prototyping and virtual fitting before any physical material is cut or used. All design decisions, material selections, and pattern adjustments are made in the virtual environment first, allowing designers to finalize all adaptations and options before producing a single physical sample, thus preventing material waste.
3Manufacturing precision
If skilled workers manually create and arrange pattern pieces, then garment quality and pattern matching accuracy improve, but labor cost and process complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex manual mechanical processes of pattern making, piece arrangement, and matching with automated computer-based 3D modeling software. The system digitally generates precise patterns, automatically calculates piece arrangements, and ensures accurate pattern matching through algorithmic precision, reducing both labor complexity and maintaining high manufacturing precision.
4Reliability
If physical sample garments are produced for review and modification, then design validation improves, but iteration time and production cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses digital copies of garments that can be instantly modified, re-simulated, and re-evaluated. Design validation is maintained through accurate 3D rendering and virtual fitting, while iteration speed is dramatically improved because digital modifications take seconds rather than the hours required to produce new physical samples.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a dynamic virtual environment where garment designs can be continuously modified and re-simulated in real-time. The 3D models respond dynamically to parameter changes, allowing rapid iteration cycles where designers can explore multiple design variations quickly, maintaining validation reliability while maximizing iteration productivity.
Data Source
AI summary
A server system and method is for facilitating garment creation. A processor and storage device are configured to receive and store designed digital garment or garment parts for selection, approval and/or inclusion into a digital garment. A designer interface is accessible over a network and is configured to view, approve, select and place two or more of the digital garment parts together to form a digital garment to store in the storage device. An online purchase system is configured to access the storage device to select and purchase the digital garment from a plurality of available digital garments.