US 12,248,979 B2
Method and system for product design and visualization
Zachary Ross Lynn, Lexington, MA (US); and Andrew David Batbouta, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH, Winterthur (CH)
Filed by CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH, Winterthur (CH)
Filed on Apr. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/850,858.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/834,727, filed on Apr. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0334741 A1, Oct. 22, 2020
Int. Cl. G06T 13/80 (2011.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G06F 30/12 (2020.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0643 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1256 (2013.01); G06F 3/1423 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.02); G06F 30/12 (2020.01); G06Q 30/0621 (2013.01); G06T 13/80 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method on a computing device rendering a product design associated with a foldable product having a front cover, a center fold, and a plurality of panels, the method comprising:
displaying, in a user interface of the computing device, (i) a product preview area displaying the product design in a folded state with the front cover visible and centered within the product preview area, wherein the product design is displayed from a perspective of a virtual camera, and (ii) a set of folding effect selections;
receiving, via the user interface, an open selection of the set of folding effect selections; and
in response to receiving the open selection:
determining, by a rendering application, that the product design has an accordion fold configuration, and
animating, within the product preview area by the rendering application, the product design in the accordion fold configuration from the folded state to an unfolded state to enable the product design in the unfolded state to be entirely displayed within the product preview area, including:
initially moving an origin point of the virtual camera to the right to cause the product design in the folded state to be moved toward a left edge of the product preview area such that an entirety of the product design in the folded state is displayed within a first side of the product preview area, and
after initially moving the origin point of the virtual camera to the right:
opening the front cover of the foldable product to display an inside surface opposite from the front cover, and
simultaneously with opening the front cover of the foldable product, animating at least two of the plurality of panels being unfolded from under the center fold of the foldable product such that the at least two of the plurality of panels are displayed within a second side of the product preview area opposite from the first side, wherein the initially moving the origin point of the virtual camera to the right, the opening of the front cover of the foldable product, and the animating of the at least two of the plurality of panels are done while a height of a first panel of the plurality of panels of the product design remains the same;
wherein when the product design is displayed in the unfolded state, the plurality of panels are centered within the product preview area.