Template embedded assembly instructions in garment assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing garment fabrication process is prone to errors due to the manual interpretation of assembly instructions from paper templates, which can lead to inconsistencies when assembling different garments.
Innovation Solution
A self-directed garment assembly method and system that embeds assembly instructions directly onto the fabric template, using a large format printer, allowing for graphical and textual indications of cutting and sewing locations, and ordered steps for cutting and sewing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If assembly instructions are provided in paper form for manual memorization, then assemblers can follow the process during garment assembly, but the process is prone to errors and inconsistencies when assembling different garments
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines assembly instructions directly with the template patterns by embedding them in the same data structure and printing them together on the same fabric. The instructions are merged with the visual patterns so that cut lines, sew lines, and step-by-step directions appear together on the fabric, eliminating the need for separate paper instruction sheets and reducing errors from manual interpretation.
Solution Approach 2:
The template becomes self-instructing by having the assembly instructions embedded directly on the fabric alongside the patterns. The assembler can read the instructions directly from the fabric without needing to memorize separate paper instructions or refer to external documents, making the assembly process self-directed and reducing human error.
2Productivity
If multiple printed templates for different garments are processed by the same assemblers, then garment production can be efficient, but error rate increases due to manual interpretation
Solution Approach 1:
Each template is locally customized with its own specific assembly instructions embedded directly on the fabric. Different garments have different instructions printed directly on their respective fabrics, so assemblers can focus on one garment at a time with instructions specific to that garment, reducing errors from switching between different garment types while maintaining production efficiency.
3Ease of operation
If assemblers manually memorize assembly processes from paper instructions, then they can assemble garments, but the process is time-consuming and error-prone
Solution Approach 1:
The assembly instructions are prepared and printed directly on the fabric before the assembly process begins. All necessary cutting lines, sew lines, and step-by-step instructions are already in place on the fabric, so assemblers don't need to spend time memorizing instructions during the assembly process. The instructions are preliminarily embedded in the fabric itself.
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for templated pattern-based self-directed garment assembly. In an embodiment of the invention, a self-directed garment assembly method includes loading into memory a template of patterns forming a garment and retrieving from memory, at least one data record specifying at least one assembly instruction for assembling the garment from the patterns of the template. Thereafter, the assembly instruction may be embedded in the template adjacent to at least one of the patterns. Finally, the template is printed on a large format printer with the at least one assembly instructions onto fabric selected as a basis for the garment.