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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8155776 | Automated randomized pattern generation using pre-defined design overlays and products produced thereby Provided herein is a process for randomly patterning a plurality of carpet tiles, each tile having a composite pattern containing at least a base pattern and an overlay pattern. When installed, the random order of patterning results in random tile placement and an o... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8145345 | Automated pattern generation processes An automated system for generating large numbers of digitally-defined patterns suitable for printing on textiles wherein each pattern is individually different but shares one or more unifying design motifs with all other patterns. In the general case, each pattern i... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7634326 | System and method for forming tufted patterns A tufting machine and a method of controlling the tufting machine to form a tufted article having varying pattern effects, such as forming cut and loop pile tufts of yarn in a graphics type pattern, defining a yarn feed effect pattern and a shifting needle bar effec... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7493187 | Quilting data processing apparatus and computer program product The disclosure presents a quilting data processing apparatus and a program capable of displaying changes of fabric caused by a sewing line, and or easily displaying a visual image of a finished state of quilting. The CPU receives the fabric pattern of quilting, the ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7409259 | Computer-assisted method for designing garments A method is provided for designing garments including the following steps: a) providing, via computer, at least one garment mold (13) made up of a basic three-dimensional surface, personified by a body (2) enveloping cover. The above mentioned garment ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7384667 | System and method for producing simulated oil paintings A method and apparatus for producing simulated oil paintings by means of a variety of commercial software programs. A digital color image is created and printed on to a substrate. Also printed on to the same substrate and registered thereto, is a slow drying, clear,... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386360 | Device, method, and program for loop simulation A movement amount is determined for each of a plurality of stitches on a knitting fabric on the basis of relative positions between a stitch and stitches on the upper, lower, left, and right sides thereof in accordance with predetermined rules, and the stitch is mov... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7330772 | Knit design method and apparatus An object of the invention is to display an image having the feeling close to that of a knitted fabric actually knitted with a fuzzy knitting yarn. At least part of knitting yarn image data (1) on a knitting yarn with much fuzz (2) is divided into cert... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7318456 | Modular weaving system with individual yarn control A modular weaving machine includes a loom chassis and a plurality of modular warp units. The warp units are each configured for supporting a plurality of removable bobbins thereon, the bobbins being pre-loadable with a plurality of warp threads. The loom chassis is ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7310565 | Method for optimizing a textile production process and devices applying this method Method for optimizing a textile production process, which consists in manufacturing a fabric (11) on a weaving machine (1), characterized in that characteristics of the fabric (11) and/or fabric-determining elements are visualized on a machine s... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7289870 | Knitting method, knitting fabric, knit designing device and knitting program for intarsia pattern A yarn feeder is caused to perform a single reciprocating motion in a section in which the boundary of an intarsia pattern varies discontinuously such that a jump occurs between a yarn feeding end position of the yarn feeder and a following yarn feeding start positi... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7278362 | Pattern data producing device for sewing machine and pattern data producing control program A pattern data producing device incorporated in a sewing machine which comprises a sewing mechanism including a needle swing mechanism and a display and in which the sewing mechanism is operated so that a pattern sewing can be carried out, thereby producing pattern ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7272462 | Process for producing a knitted fabric A method for creating pattern instructions for an electronic patterning control of a knitting machine to enable the knitting machine to knit fabric having a desired pictorial image as part of the knitted structure, the pictorial image being created by a series of co... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272244 | Method and unit for the production of images with high resolution in jacquard fabric The invention relates to a method for the production of images with high resolution jacquard fabric comprising the following steps: colour scanning of an output image to be reproduced on a fabric, video visualisation of said image with the largest number of colours ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7260445 | System and method for customized industrial textile coloration A method and system for customized industrial textile goods manufacturing in which, under control of a client system, information is retrieved relating to the design of a customized textile good to be manufactured; desired design data is selected from one or more da... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7242999 | Method and apparatus for identifying virtual body profiles 3D morphological data representative of reference size models of garment brands and respective categorizing data are introduced into an information processing system. These 3D morphological data are indexed by brand names, categorizing data, and volumetric, dimensio... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239940 | Modularity system for computer assisted surgery A medical system that allows a medical device to be controlled by one of two input devices. The input devices may be consoles that contain handles and a screen. The medical devices may include robotic arms and instruments used to perform a medical procedure. The sys... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7225399 | Systems and methods for generating interactive electronic reference materials Described herein, amongst other things, are electronically available interactive reference materials that can preferably be accessed by using a network, such as the World Wide Web or Internet, to eliminate the need to create and transport paper. There are further de... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7216068 | Digitized thermal functional design of textiles and clothing Visual thermal functional textile clothing designs are created using a programmed computer and advanced computing techniques. The computer is supplied with information from a number of databases relating to human body properties and relating to textile material char... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7203566 | Knit design method, apparatus therefor and program therefor A gore as a portion of a continuous elongated knitted fabric in a wale direction like a flared skirt is used. A knitted fabric formed by connecting a plurality of the gores in a course direction is designed. At the time of designing a pattern spread over a plurality... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7197371 | Method and device for knit design When a target area 4 is designated at an end of a knitted fabric or the like, by sliding the target area 4, the target area 4 is deformed into a target area 5. The design of the knitted fabric is inputted to the target area 5. Afte... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194428 | Online wardrobe A wardrobe closet that assists users in selecting and purchasing clothing is provided. A radio frequency receiver scans tags embedded in clothing to identify the clothing. When a user removes an article of clothing from the wardrobe closet, the wardrobe closet sugge... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7185584 | Modular lateral heat press machine A lightweight, portable lateral heat press machine that allows an operator to quickly and economically transfer graphic characters or images using an ink transfer paper process or a sublimation process, or vinyl onto the surface of a garment or an object. The device... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187467 | Image supply apparatus, image output apparatus, control apparatus therefor, and image forming apparatus incorporating them An ink jet printer for forming an ink jet printed long strip of cloth includes a design image generation unit, a receiving unit, a generating unit and a synthesizing unit. The design image generation unit generates design image data representing a design image repea... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7178558 | Modular weaving for short production runs A modular weaving machine includes a loom chassis and a plurality of modular warp units. The warp units are each configured for being pre-loaded with a plurality of warp threads. The loom chassis is configured to receivably support the warp units thereon, so that th... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177719 | Pattern builder The present invention provides a method of manufacturing an item. The method includes providing a pattern building program to a client, wherein the client is to build a pattern using the program. The method also includes manufacturing the item based on the pattern. ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7149665 | System and method for simulation of virtual wear articles on virtual models A system and method for designing a wear article for an object comprises providing a virtual three-dimensional model of the object, including first data representing three dimensions of the object. Virtual two-dimensional patterns representing different portions of ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146239 | Methods and systems for coordinating customized manufacturing of consumer products There are provided methods and systems for manufacturing consumer products such as clothing. In accordance with the invention, customer measurements and preferences are collected by a unique, small-footprint or private custom clothing shop. These measurements and pr... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7130711 | System and method of producing multi-colored carpets A system and method for producing multi-colored carpets using a tufting machine. The present invention features a system and method for: providing a multi-colored pattern which is analyzed for validity with reference to a particular tufting machine; collecting param... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127321 | Device for designing tubular knot fabric and method of designing Shapes of a front and a rear part of a tubular knit fabric are displayed on a monitor, and the input of a pattern across the front and rear knit fabrics is received. When a user appoint on the monitor a start point of the pattern on the knit fabric, the pattern is e... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7092782 | Systems and methods for improved apparel fit Systems and methods for providing garments with improved and customized fits to one or more target consumer groups fit are described in the present invention. One method provides for a garment fit to a target consumer group comprising the steps of determining common... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7079916 | On demand mobile manufacture of vehicle protection application kits A mobile client for the automated production of forms, shapes, or patterns communicates with a library server. The patterns have predetermined dimensions and may be applied to surfaces of vehicles for the protection of the surfaces. A business method involving the m... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7058471 | System and method for custom-made clothing A garment facility produces custom-made garments according to the body contour and the fit preferences of a customer. Try-on garments for various styles of garments are presented to customers for selection. The tailor will retrieve the one or more base patterns asso... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7054708 | Sheet material cutting system and methods regarding same A system and/or method for cutting designs of text and/or shapes out of sheet material, such as paper, vellum, and other materials used in, for example, the scrapbooking and card making industries. ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7021538 | Form processing system and method A form processing system makes it easier to handle forms generated in conjunction with product sales and thereby improves overall productivity. This form processing system processes forms generated in conjunction with product sales using a form printer 4 as a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020542 | Apparatus for measuring and fixing the three-dimensional location of medical instrument An apparatus for measuring and fixing the three-dimensional location of medical instrument that can be easily placed at a desired location by a user. In addition, a medical apparatus for measuring the three-dimensional locations of an apparatus fixed at an end porti... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7020538 | Look-up table method for custom fitting of apparel A method and system for coustom fitting an article to a human being or animal comprising, selecting on the basis of body information about the human being or animal a subset of entries from a database populated with entries, wherein the entries comprise data from wh... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7003370 | Method of symmetrically locating a pattern piece relative to work material having a variable repeat pattern A method for symmetrically aligning a pattern piece relative to a work material defining a pattern with varying repeat dimensions. The method including selectively capturing first and second images of areal portions of the work material corresponding to respective f... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6999854 | Medical infusion pump capable of learning bolus time patterns and providing bolus alerts An apparatus and method are disclosed for improving a medical infusion pump. Users of medical infusion pumps, such as insulin pumps, require a bolus of a medication at predicable times of the day, such as at or near mealtimes for insulin pumps. The disclosed medical... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6968255 | Method and system for automatically deriving stippling stitch designs in embroidery patterns The invention pertains to a method of applying a stippling stitch design to an area defining an asymmetrical polygon in a coordinate planar display format, involving: defining a pathway, which may be based on a fractal design, within a geometrically symmetrical boun... | 11/22/2005 |
