Digital Garment Sizing With Tagged Pattern-Cut Inventory Matching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies struggle to accurately size merchandise for individuals, especially in virtual environments, and lack effective tracking and inventory management mechanisms during the manufacturing process.
Innovation Solution
An electronic apparatus and method for sizing merchandise using quantum imaging environment operating system (QIE (OS)) modules, which integrate scanning devices, image capturing, and intelligent sensors to measure, track, and manage inventory from manufacturing to sale, enabling virtual fitting and secure inventory management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional sizing methods are used, then manufacturing process is simple, but sizing accuracy for individuals is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the sizing process into multiple stages: initial body scanning, virtual avatar creation, merchandise rendering on avatar, and iterative adjustment. This segmentation allows complex measurement tasks to be broken down into manageable components, improving sizing accuracy while keeping each individual step relatively simple.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a virtual avatar as an intermediary between the individual's physical body and the merchandise. The avatar serves as a digital model that can be precisely measured and used to render merchandise, enabling accurate sizing without requiring direct physical measurement of the actual body in complex conditions.
2Ease of operation
If virtual environment shopping is implemented, then shopping convenience is improved, but ability to accurately size merchandise is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a digital copy (virtual avatar) of the individual's body that preserves accurate measurement information. This copy can be used in virtual environment shopping without requiring the physical presence of the individual, thereby maintaining sizing accuracy while enabling convenient online shopping experiences.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms physical body parameters into digital parameters that can be manipulated and displayed in virtual environments. By converting physical measurements into digital avatar parameters, the system enables accurate sizing to be maintained across different shopping contexts, whether physical or virtual.
3Reliability
If tracking mechanisms are integrated during manufacturing, then inventory management is improved, but manufacturing process complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges tracking mechanisms directly into the manufacturing equipment itself. By integrating sensors and tracking devices into the existing manufacturing apparatus, the system achieves reliable inventory management without adding separate, complex tracking systems, thereby reducing overall system complexity while improving reliability.
4Measurement precision
If exact measurements are captured and stored, then sizing precision is improved, but data storage and management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The virtual avatar serves multiple functions: it stores measurement data, enables merchandise rendering, facilitates sizing adjustments, and supports various shopping interactions. This multi-functionality consolidates what would otherwise require multiple separate systems into a single universal platform, reducing data management complexity while maintaining high sizing precision.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to providing user access to merchandise inventory in a plurality of sizes, including: developing a digital pattern file based on a digital design file and cutting a material in accordance with same to form a pattern-cut material; capturing images of the pattern-cut material using an image capturing system and storing the images in data storage; obtaining and storing cut material measurements of the pattern-cut material from the cutting device; embedding a unique identification tag into the pattern-cut material; associating the images, the cut material measurements, and the unique identification tag with one another and storing user digital measurements captured by user body sensors; searching the data storage for the pattern-cut material having the measurements approximating the user digital measurements, using output from the unique identification tag, and locating same; and manufacturing the merchandise in accordance with the digital pattern file using the located pattern-cut material.