Garment Pattern Drafting Using 2D Image Slices

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Solution Overview

Problem

Three-dimensional body scanning lacks precision in capturing detailed perimeter measurements and angular changes, resulting in imprecise patterns for garment production.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that utilize two-dimensional image slices of a human form, acquired through tomographic imaging or transformation of three-dimensional images, to apply metric computational rules for precise measurement and curvature analysis, enabling accurate panel dimensioning for garment patterns.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If three-dimensional body scanning is used to acquire human form measurements, then the overall body geometry can be captured, but precise perimeter measurements and angular changes about the surface are not accurately obtained

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveperimeter measurement precisionVSAvoidscanning system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the three-dimensional body scan into multiple two-dimensional image slices at different angles. Each slice is processed independently to extract precise perimeter measurements and angular changes. This segmentation allows the system to achieve high measurement precision for specific dimensions while maintaining manageable computational complexity through modular processing of individual slices.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transforms three-dimensional body geometry into two-dimensional image slices for analysis. By projecting the 3D form onto 2D planes at various angles, the system can accurately measure perimeters and angular changes in each slice, then reconstruct precise measurements for the original 3D garment pattern. This dimensional transformation enables precise measurement of features that are difficult to capture directly in 3D scanning.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Manufacturing precision

If three-dimensional body scanning is used to generate garment patterns, then computational mapping can be performed, but the patterns lack the precision required for optimally sized garments

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegarment pattern precisionVSAvoidangular change information
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the 3D body representation into multiple 2D image slices, each preserving angular and curvature information. By processing each slice to extract precise angular changes and perimeter measurements, the system recovers information that would otherwise be lost in conventional 3D scanning, enabling high-precision garment pattern generation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates multiple two-dimensional representations (copies) of the three-dimensional human form at different angular orientations. These 2D slices serve as detailed templates that preserve precise geometric information about perimeters and curvatures. The system then uses these copied 2D representations to generate accurate garment patterns, effectively replacing the insufficient single 3D model with multiple informative 2D views.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS9980527B2Garment pattern engineering utilizing two-dimensional imagary of the human form
Publication Date: 2018.05.29 RESONANCE CO LLC
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AI summary

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for computer assisted pattern drafting in garment development. In an embodiment of the invention, a pattern making method includes initially acquiring a multiplicity of different two-dimensional image slices of a human form. Thereafter, a panel of a portion of a pattern of a garment is selected for processing in a data processing system and a metric computational rule for the selected panel is mapped to one of the two-dimensional image slices. A measurement of the one of the two-dimensional image slices is then acquired and the mapped metric computational rule is applied using the acquired measurement to produce a measurement for the selected panel.