Fabric Search Interface Using Pre-Measured Physical Feature Data

Solution Overview

Problem

Fabric information systems lack the ability to present physical features of fabrics, requiring manual measurements that are costly and time-consuming.

Innovation Solution

A fabric searching system that includes a memory for storing fabric and user databases, a processor for selecting and arranging fabric data groups based on search conditions, and a display for presenting the arranged data to users, optimizing the display of fabric data based on user preferences and requirements.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If manual measurements are performed to obtain fabric features, then fabric physical features can be obtained, but costs increase and time consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefabric physical featuresVSAvoidtime consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a virtual fabric database that copies and stores fabric information including physical features, images, and specifications. This digital copy allows users to search and obtain fabric features without performing manual measurements on actual fabric samples, thereby reducing time consumption while maintaining measurement precision through the stored data.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-measuring and storing fabric physical features in the fabric database before users need them. Fabric information including physical features, images, and specifications are captured and stored in advance, so when users search for fabrics, they can directly retrieve pre-measured data without performing manual measurements at the time of search.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Measurement precision

If manual measurements are performed to obtain fabric features, then fabric physical features can be obtained, but costs increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefabric physical featuresVSAvoidcosts

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a virtual fabric database that copies and stores fabric information including physical features, images, and specifications. This digital copy allows users to search and obtain fabric features without performing manual measurements on actual fabric samples, thereby reducing time consumption while maintaining measurement precision through the stored data.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-measuring and storing fabric physical features in the fabric database before users need them. Fabric information including physical features, images, and specifications are captured and stored in advance, so when users search for fabrics, they can directly retrieve pre-measured data without performing manual measurements at the time of search.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Loss of information

If fabric data is displayed without arrangement according to user preferences, then all fabric information is available, but search efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefabric information completenessVSAvoidsearch efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by customizing the display of fabric data according to individual user preferences and requirements. The system allows different users to have different display arrangements, showing only the fabric attributes and information that are relevant to each specific user's needs, rather than displaying all possible information uniformly to all users.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts the display arrangement of fabric data based on user preferences and search history. The display configuration is not fixed but can be modified according to individual user requirements, allowing the information presentation to adapt and optimize for each user's productivity needs while maintaining access to complete fabric information.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS20260030287A1Fabric searching system

Publication Date: 2026.01.29 TAIWAN TEXTILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

AI summary

A fabric searching system includes: a memory storing a fabric database and a user database corresponding to user information; a processor selecting, in the fabric database, a first fabric data group conformed to a first fabric searching condition, and store a first selected fabric data group in the first fabric data group into the user database according to the user information; and a display displaying the first fabric data group, in which after the first selected fabric data group is stored into the user database, the processor selects, in the fabric database, a second fabric data group conformed to a second fabric searching condition, and arranging the second fabric data group according to the first selected fabric data group, and the display displays the second fabric data group which is arranged according to the first selected fabric data group.