US 11,775,697 B2
Shoe design through 2.5-dimensional shoe models
Edward Bernardon, Bedford, MA (US); and Kelvin Juarbe, Roslindale, MA (US)
Assigned to Siemens Industry Software Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Appl. No. 16/482,433
Filed by Siemens Industry Software Inc., Plano, TX (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 4, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/049329
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 31, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/067169, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 4, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/563,121, filed on Sep. 26, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0004893 A1, Jan. 2, 2020
Int. Cl. G06F 30/00 (2020.01); A43D 8/26 (2006.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 113/12 (2020.01); G06F 111/20 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 30/00 (2020.01) [A43D 8/26 (2013.01); G06T 17/00 (2013.01); G06F 2111/20 (2020.01); G06F 2113/12 (2020.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
by a computing system:
accessing a 2-dimensional (2D) shoe shell pattern, the 2D shoe shell pattern generated for shoe design;
generating a 2.5-dimensional (2.5D) shoe model by placing shoe design elements provided by a user onto the 2D shoe shell pattern of the shoe, wherein the placing comprises adding 2.5D layering data for each shoe design element placed on the 2D shoe shell pattern to form the 2.5D shoe model; and
wrapping the 2.5D shoe model into a 3-dimensional (3D) shoe model for construction of a physical shoe from the 3D shoe model.