Garment Design Optical Illusion via Macro Pattern Manipulation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current garment design methods fail to create figure-flattering garments that effectively emphasize or deemphasize anatomical features of the wearer through optical illusions, relying on pre-designed textiles and minimal manipulation of graphic patterns.
Innovation Solution
A method involving the selection and digital manipulation of macro scale patterns from nature, superimposed over garment designs, to create optical illusions of anatomical features by identifying figure-flattering elements, altering alignment, and applying techniques like colorizing, stretching, and warping to enhance or minimize specific features.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If pre-designed textiles and minimal manipulation of graphic patterns are used, then production efficiency is improved, but the ability to create figure-flattering garments that emphasize or deemphasize anatomical features deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-identifying figure-flattering elements within macro scale patterns before the garment production process. The system analyzes natural patterns and pre-determines which elements will create desirable optical illusions, allowing these pre-processed patterns to be efficiently applied to garments without requiring extensive manipulation during production, thus maintaining high productivity while achieving figure-flattering effects
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs parameter changes by digitally manipulating macro scale patterns through transformations such as scaling, distorting, colorizing, and repeating. These parameter modifications allow the same base pattern to be adapted for different figure-flattering purposes (emphasizing or deemphasizing various anatomical features), thereby increasing adaptability without requiring completely different designs for each application
2Ease of manufacture
If mass-produced pre-designed textiles are used, then manufacturing cost is reduced, but the capability to create optical illusions of anatomical features is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the extraction principle by isolating and removing specific figure-flattering elements from macro scale natural patterns. The system extracts only the essential pattern elements that create optical illusions (such as certain shapes, arrangements, or color combinations) and separates them from the complete natural pattern. This extracted essence can then be applied to mass-produced textiles at low cost while retaining the optical illusion capability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses copying by creating digital reproductions of macro scale natural patterns and their figure-flattering elements. Instead of requiring expensive custom-designed textiles for each garment, the system creates digital copies of proven figure-flattering patterns that can be repeatedly applied to mass-produced textiles, maintaining both low manufacturing cost and the capability to create optical illusions
3Manufacturing precision
If in-house designed graphic patterns are applied with minimal alteration, then design precision is improved, but the effectiveness in enhancing or deemphasizing anatomical features deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by selectively manipulating specific portions of macro scale patterns rather than uniformly altering the entire design. The system identifies figure-flattering elements in specific regions and applies targeted transformations (such as stretching in certain directions, colorizing specific areas, or repeating patterns locally) to enhance or deemphasize particular anatomical features, thereby maintaining overall design precision while achieving localized figure-flattering effects
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AI summary
The present disclosure is generally directed to methods for producing garments and garment designs. More particularly, disclosed are methods for producing figure-flattering garments and garment designs that create an optical illusion of an anatomical feature. The garment designs are created by manipulating a macro scale pattern from nature.