US 12,439,986 B2
Automatic generation of fashion manufacturing tech packs from images using computer vision
Yan Mui Kitty Yeung, Waldorf (DE); Christopher Ward Davis, Portland, OR (US); and Evan Roy Chaki, North Bend, WA (US)
Assigned to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/850,915.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/339,939, filed on May 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0354941 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A41H 3/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/4093 (2006.01); G06Q 50/04 (2012.01); G06T 7/41 (2017.01)
CPC A41H 3/007 (2013.01) [G05B 19/40935 (2013.01); G06Q 50/04 (2013.01); G06T 7/41 (2017.01); G05B 2219/45196 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45222 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving a design of a garment;
receiving a tech pack format of a manufacturer;
segmenting the design into a plurality of panels;
determining mathematical descriptions of the plurality of panels;
using the mathematical descriptions of the plurality of panels, generating a plurality of attribute values corresponding to a manufacturer-specific plurality of attributes described in the tech pack format, wherein the attribute values provide manufacturer-specific instructions for garment production;
using the mathematical descriptions of the plurality of panels, generating a technical sketch of the garment; and
generating a tech pack comprising the plurality of attribute values and the technical sketch of the garment, wherein the tech pack is usable by the manufacturer to produce the garment.