Modular Pattern Block Clothing Design Apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current clothing design methods, whether manual or computer-aided, face challenges in predicting how clothing will feel and fit due to reliance on subjective designer expertise and difficulty in adjusting for specific body shapes, especially for custom-made clothing.
Innovation Solution
A module-type clothing design apparatus that modularizes clothing patterns into adjustable blocks, allowing real-time dimensional changes using a dimension adjusting module and sensing devices, enabling efficient design variations to fit various body shapes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If manual or traditional computer-aided clothing design methods are used, then design flexibility is maintained, but it is difficult to predict clothing fit and texture feel, and adjustment for specific body shapes is time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The clothing pattern is divided into multiple standardized pattern blocks (e.g., sleeve blocks, collar blocks, body blocks) that can be independently selected and adjusted. Each block represents a modular unit that can be reconfigured for different designs, enabling efficient customization while maintaining dimensional accuracy through standardized sizing systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows real-time dynamic adjustment of pattern block dimensions and positions through computer-controlled mechanisms. Users can modify sleeve length, collar size, and other dimensions interactively, with the system automatically recalculating and redrawing the complete pattern to reflect changes, thereby reducing design time while maintaining precision.
2Productivity
If standardized pattern blocks are used to reduce design time, then productivity increases, but adaptability to unique body shapes may be limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables localized adjustment of individual pattern blocks while maintaining the standardized structure. Each block can be independently modified to accommodate specific body shape requirements (e.g., adjusting sleeve circumference for larger arms, modifying collar height for longer necks), allowing customization without compromising overall design efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides pre-configured pattern blocks with standardized dimensions and common design features already established. This preliminary preparation allows designers to start with ready-made components and make minimal adjustments for customizations, significantly reducing design time while maintaining adaptability to various body shapes.
3Adaptability or versatility
If real-time dimension adjustment is implemented, then customization capability improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses a universal set of pattern blocks that can serve multiple functions across different clothing designs. The same basic blocks (sleeve, collar, body panels) can be reconfigured for various garment types, and the computer control system handles multiple operations (dimension adjustment, pattern generation, visualization) through a single integrated interface, reducing perceived complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates digital copies and representations of physical pattern blocks that can be manipulated without affecting the original standardized templates. Users work with virtual replicas that can be freely adjusted, and the system automatically generates the final production patterns from these modified copies, simplifying the interaction complexity.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a module-type design teaching aid that performs clothing design and can be used as a teaching aid, and a design apparatus using same, wherein clothing prototypes of various sizes can be easily created by creating pattern blocks that modularize (piece pattern) each of basic parts which are the basis of a clothing pattern of a clothing design of clothing to be designed, and adjusting the distance between unit pattern blocks to match information about a user's specific body type to change dimensions, and the difficulty of designing clothing can be significantly reduced since the designing is carried out while checking changes in dimension with the naked eye.