IP Library Granted Patent US 11,049,291
Granted Patent B1
US 11,049,291 · App. 16/897,610 · Granted Jun 29, 2021

Systems and methods to compute the appearance of woven and knitted textiles at the ply-level

Inventors: Zahra Montazeri (Irvine, CA); Søren Gammelmark (Stavtrup, DK); Shuang Zhao (Irvine, CA); Henrik Wann Jensen (Del Mar, CA)
Assignee: Luxion, Inc.
G06T11/001G06T2200/24G06T2210/16
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Patent No.
US 11,049,291
App. No.
16/897,610
Granted
Jun 29, 2021
Kind
B1
Abstract

Systems and methods configured to determine appearance of woven and knitted textiles at the ply-level are presented herein. Exemplary embodiments may: obtain an input pattern of a textile, the input pattern comprising a two-dimensional weave pattern; obtain appearance information, the appearance information including one or more of color, transparency, or roughness; determine ply curve geometry based on ply-level fiber details making up individual plys; generate an image simulating an appearance of the textile based on the two-dimensional weave pattern, the appearance information, and the ply curve geometry so that the image simulating the appearance of the textile takes into account the ply-level fiber details; and/or perform other operations.

Claims (69)

1. A system configured to determine appearance of woven and knitted textiles at a ply-level, the system comprising:

one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:

obtain an input pattern of a textile, the input pattern comprising a two-dimensional or three-dimensional weave pattern;

obtain appearance information, the appearance information including one or more of color, transparency, or roughness;

determine ply curve geometry based on ply-level fiber details making up individual plys;

generate an image simulating an appearance of the textile based on the two-dimensional weave pattern, the appearance information, and the ply curve geometry so that the image simulating the appearance of the textile takes into account the ply-level fiber details; and

wherein determining the ply curve geometry comprises:

determining individual center lines of individual curves by taking a tension of the individual curves into account and computing a rest state of the individual curves;

rotating the individual curves around the individual center lines based on a rate of rotation; and

obtaining a ply count.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the ply-level fiber details include shadowing and/or fiber normals.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein generating the image simulating the appearance of the textile further includes modeling one or more of specular reflections through the ply curve geometry, specular transmission through the ply curve geometry, diffuse reflections through the ply curve geometry, or diffuse transmission through the ply curve geometry.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by the machine-readable instructions to:

effectuate presentation of a user interface configured to obtain user input, the user input comprising the input pattern and/or the appearance information.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the ply curve geometry specifies a round geometry.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the ply curve geometry specifies a flat geometry.

7. A system configured to determine appearance of woven and knitted textiles at a ply-level, the system comprising:

one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:

obtain an input pattern of a textile, the input pattern comprising a two-dimensional or three-dimensional weave pattern;

obtain appearance information, the appearance information including one or more of color, transparency, or roughness;

determine ply curve geometry based on ply-level fiber details making up individual plys;

generate an image simulating an appearance of the textile based on the two-dimensional weave pattern, the appearance information, and the ply curve geometry so that the image simulating the appearance of the textile takes into account the ply-level fiber details;

generate flyaway geometry of flyaway fibers representing fibers breaking out from threads that they are a part of; and

wherein the flyaway geometry is specified by a user as user input.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by the machine-readable instructions to:

effectuate presentation of a user interface configured to obtain user input, the user input comprising the input pattern and/or the appearance information.

9. A system configured to determine appearance of woven and knitted textiles at a ply-level, the system comprising:

one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:

obtain an input pattern of a textile, the input pattern comprising a two-dimensional or three-dimensional weave pattern;

obtain appearance information, the appearance information including one or more of color, transparency, or roughness;

determine ply curve geometry based on ply-level fiber details making up individual plys;

generate an image simulating an appearance of the textile based on the two-dimensional weave pattern, the appearance information, and the ply curve geometry so that the image simulating the appearance of the textile takes into account the ply-level fiber details;

generate flyaway geometry of flyaway fibers representing fibers breaking out from threads that they are a part of; and

wherein the flyaway geometry is specified as being aligned with a ply tangent direction then specified to curve upwards.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by the machine-readable instructions to:

effectuate presentation of a user interface configured to obtain user input, the user input comprising the input pattern and/or the appearance information.

11. A method to determine appearance of woven and knitted textiles at a ply-level, the method comprising:

obtaining an input pattern of a textile, the input pattern comprising a two-dimensional or three-dimensional weave pattern;

obtaining appearance information, the appearance information including one or more of color, transparency, or roughness;

determining ply curve geometry based on ply-level fiber details making up individual plys;

generating an image simulating an appearance of the textile based on the two-dimensional weave pattern, the appearance information, and the ply curve geometry so that the image simulating the appearance of the textile takes into account the ply-level fiber details; and

wherein determining the ply curve geometry comprises:

determining individual center lines of individual curves by taking a tension of the individual curves into account and computing a rest state of the individual curves;

rotating the individual curves around the individual center lines based on a rate of rotation; and

obtaining a ply count.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the ply-level fiber details include shadowing and/or fiber normals.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein generating the image simulating the appearance of the textile further includes modeling one or more of specular reflections through the ply curve geometry, specular transmission through the ply curve geometry, diffuse reflections through the ply curve geometry, or diffuse transmission through the ply curve geometry.

14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

obtaining information conveying user input into a user interface, the user input comprising the input pattern and/or the appearance information.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the ply curve geometry specifies a round geometry.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the ply curve geometry specifies a flat geometry.

17. A method to determine appearance of woven and knitted textiles at a ply-level, the method comprising:

obtaining an input pattern of a textile, the input pattern comprising a two-dimensional or three-dimensional weave pattern;

obtaining appearance information, the appearance information including one or more of color, transparency, or roughness;

determining ply curve geometry based on ply-level fiber details making up individual plys;

generating an image simulating an appearance of the textile based on the two-dimensional weave pattern, the appearance information, and the ply curve geometry so that the image simulating the appearance of the textile takes into account the ply-level fiber details;

generating flyaway geometry of flyaway fibers representing fibers breaking out from threads that they are a part of; and

wherein the flyaway geometry is specified by a user as user input.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

obtaining information conveying user input into a user interface, the user input comprising the input pattern and/or the appearance information.

19. A method to determine appearance of woven and knitted textiles at a ply-level, the method comprising:

obtaining an input pattern of a textile, the input pattern comprising a two-dimensional or three-dimensional weave pattern;

obtaining appearance information, the appearance information including one or more of color, transparency, or roughness;

determining ply curve geometry based on ply-level fiber details making up individual plys;

generating an image simulating an appearance of the textile based on the two-dimensional weave pattern, the appearance information, and the ply curve geometry so that the image simulating the appearance of the textile takes into account the ply-level fiber details;

generating flyaway geometry of flyaway fibers representing fibers breaking out from threads that they are a part of; and

wherein the flyaway geometry is specified as being aligned with a ply tangent direction then specified to curve upwards.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

obtaining information conveying user input into a user interface, the user input comprising the input pattern and/or the appearance information.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2024
From: LUXION INC.
To: HSBC INNOVATION BANK LIMITED, AS SECURITY AGENT
Reel/Frame 066278/0764 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE SPELLING OF ASSIGNEE NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 052893 FRAME 0606. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jun 26, 2020
From: MONTAZERI, ZAHRA; GAMMELMARK, SØREN; ZHAO, SHUANG; JENSEN, HENRIK WANN
To: LUXION, INC.
Reel/Frame 053062/0893 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2020
From: MONTAZERI, ZAHRA; GAMMELMARK, SØREN; ZHAO, SHUANG; JENSEN, HENRIK WANN
To: LUXION INC
Reel/Frame 052893/0606 →
Continuity (1)
Continuation In Part 16563871 · Sep 7, 2019
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