US 12,344,979 B2
Jeans with laser finishing patterns created by neural network
Debdulal Mahanty, Fremont, CA (US); Christopher Schultz, Boston, MA (US); Jennifer Schultz, Boston, MA (US); and Benjamin Bell, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Levi Strauss & Co., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Levi Strauss & Co., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/651,210.
Application 17/651,210 is a continuation of application No. 16/177,422, filed on Oct. 31, 2018, granted, now 11,250,312.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/579,867, filed on Oct. 31, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0172026 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. D06B 11/00 (2006.01); A41B 1/08 (2006.01); A41D 1/02 (2006.01); A41D 1/04 (2006.01); A41D 1/089 (2018.01); A41D 1/14 (2006.01); A41D 3/00 (2006.01); A41D 27/00 (2006.01); A41D 27/08 (2006.01); A41H 43/00 (2006.01); B23K 26/36 (2014.01); D03D 1/00 (2006.01); D03D 15/43 (2021.01); D06C 23/02 (2006.01); D06M 10/00 (2006.01); D06P 5/15 (2006.01); D06P 5/20 (2006.01); G06F 18/214 (2023.01); G06N 3/00 (2023.01); G06N 3/02 (2006.01); G06N 3/045 (2023.01); G06N 3/088 (2023.01); A41D 1/06 (2006.01); D06P 1/22 (2006.01)
CPC D06B 11/0096 (2013.01) [A41B 1/08 (2013.01); A41D 1/02 (2013.01); A41D 1/04 (2013.01); A41D 1/089 (2018.01); A41D 1/14 (2013.01); A41D 3/00 (2013.01); A41D 27/00 (2013.01); A41D 27/08 (2013.01); A41H 43/00 (2013.01); B23K 26/36 (2013.01); D03D 1/00 (2013.01); D03D 15/43 (2021.01); D06C 23/02 (2013.01); D06M 10/00 (2013.01); D06M 10/005 (2013.01); D06P 5/15 (2013.01); D06P 5/2011 (2013.01); G06F 18/214 (2023.01); G06N 3/002 (2013.01); G06N 3/02 (2013.01); G06N 3/045 (2023.01); G06N 3/088 (2013.01); A41B 2500/20 (2013.01); A41D 1/06 (2013.01); A41D 2500/20 (2013.01); D06P 1/228 (2013.01); D10B 2501/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of manufacturing a pair of jeans comprising:
providing a target pair of jeans comprising fabric panels made from a material comprising a warp comprising dyed yarn, wherein the fabric panels are sewn together using thread;
using a laser with a laser input file as input to create on an outer surface of the target jeans a finishing pattern,
providing an image of an existing pair of jeans with finishing pattern;
providing a generative adversarial network comprising a generative neural net and a discriminative neural net;
forming a model from the generative adversarial network; and
using the model to generate the laser input file from the image of the existing garment with the finishing pattern, wherein the laser input file comprises digital data that is representative of the finishing pattern of the existing garment.