Digital Showroom with Virtual Previews of Garments and Finishes
A system allows a user to select designs for apparel and preview these designs before manufacture. The previews provide photorealistic visualizations in two or three dimensions, and can be presented on a computer display, projected on a screen, or presented in virtual reality (e.g., via headset), or augmented reality. The system can also include a projection system that projects the new designs onto garments on mannequins in a showroom. The garments and the new designs projected onto the garments have a three-dimensional appearance as if the garments having the new designs are worn by people. Software and lasers are used in finishing the garments to produce garments with the new designs and the finished garments have an appearance of the three-dimensional appearance of the garments and new designs on the mannequins with the new designs projected onto the garments by the projection system.
1 . A system comprising:
a first three-dimensional model comprising a portion of a human form to support a base garment that comprises the human form when the base garment is positioned on the first three-dimensional model;
a computing device comprising a display and a first communication port, wherein a selection screen on the display comprises a first three-dimensional preview image of a first base garment, and a first selection finishing pattern of a plurality of selection finishing patterns, selectable by a user, along with the first three-dimensional preview image, an appearance of the first three-dimensional preview image is as if the first base garment is worn by a person, and the first selection finishing patterns comprise laser finishing patterns for the first base garment and when the first selected finishing pattern is selected the first three-dimensional preview image is displayed in combination with the first selected finishing pattern; and
a first projector comprising an optical source structure directed toward the first three-dimensional model, and a second communication port coupled to the first communication port of the computing device, wherein the second communication port receives the first selected finishing pattern through the first communication port when the first selected finishing pattern is selected, and an appearance of a first base garment positioned on the first three-dimensional model with the first selected finishing pattern projected onto the first base garment by the optical source structure of the first projector has an approximate appearance of the first three-dimensional preview image of the first base garment combined with the first selected finishing patterns displayed on the selection screen.
2 . The system of claim 1 comprising:
a second three-dimensional model comprising a portion of a human form to support a base garment that comprises the human form when a base garment is positioned on the second three-dimensional model, wherein the computing device comprises a third communication port, wherein a selection screen on the display comprises a second three-dimensional preview image of a second base garment, and a second selection finishing pattern of the plurality of selection finishing patterns, selectable by a user, along with the second three-dimensional preview image, an appearance of the second three-dimensional preview image is as if the second base garment is worn by a person, and the second selection finishing patterns comprise laser finishing patterns for the second base garment and when the second selected finishing pattern is selected, the second three-dimensional preview image is displayed in combination with the second selected finishing pattern; and
a second projector comprising an optical source structure directed toward the second three-dimensional model, and a forth communication port coupled to the third communication port of the computing device, wherein the fourth communication port receives the second selected finishing pattern through the third communication port when the second selected finishing pattern is selected, and an appearance of a second base garment positioned on the second three-dimensional model with the second selected finishing pattern projected onto the second base garment by the optical source structure of the second projector has an approximate appearance of the second three-dimensional preview image of the second base garment combined with the second selected finishing patterns displayed on the selection screen.
3 . The system of claim 2 wherein the fourth communication port receives the first selected finishing pattern through the third communication port when the first selected finishing pattern is selected and the first base garment is on the second three-dimensional model, and an appearance of the first base garment positioned on the second three-dimensional model with the first selected finishing pattern projected onto the first base garment by the optical source structure of the second projector has an approximate appearance of the first three-dimensional preview image of the first base garment combined with the first selected finishing patterns displayed on the selection screen.
4 . The system of claim 3 wherein the second communication port receives the second selected finishing pattern through the first communication port when the second selected finishing pattern is selected and the second base garment is on the first three-dimensional model, and an appearance of the second base garment positioned on the first three-dimensional model with the second selected finishing pattern projected onto the second base garment by the optical source structure of the second projector has an approximate appearance of the second three-dimensional preview image of the second base garment combined with the second selected finishing patterns displayed on the selection screen.
5 . The system of claim 4 comprising a switch coupled between the first and second communication ports and between the third and fourth communication ports, wherein the switch comprises a first video board coupled to the second communication port and a second video board coupled to the fourth communication port.
6 . The system of claim 5 wherein the switch routes the first selected finishing pattern to the second communication port from the first communication port when the first base garment is positioned on the first three-dimensional model.
7 . The system of claim 5 wherein the switch routes the second selected finishing pattern to the fourth communication port from the third communication port when the second base garment is positioned on the first three-dimensional model.
8 . The system of claim 5 wherein the switch routes the second selected finishing pattern to the fourth communication port from the third communication port when the second base garment is positioned on the second three-dimensional model.
9 . The system of claim 5 wherein the switch routes the second selected finishing pattern to the second communication port from the first communication port when the second base garment is positioned on the first three-dimensional model.
10 . The system of claim 5 wherein the switch is located in the computing device.
11 . The system of claim 6 wherein the switch is externally located from the computing device.
12 . The system of claim 6 wherein the first and third communication ports are a single communication port.
13 . The system of claim 2 wherein the first and second base garments are different base garments.
14 . The system of claim 2 wherein the first and second base garments are the same base garments and the first and second selection finishing patterns are different selection finishing patterns.
15 . The system of claim 2 wherein the first three-dimensional model comprises a first pose, the second three-dimensional model comprises a second pose, and the first and second poses are different poses.
16 . The system of claim 1 comprising a sensor, wherein the sensor comprises a sensor structure and a third communication port coupled to a fourth communication port of the computing device, the fourth communication port receives an angular orientation for the first three-dimensional model or first base garment on the first three-dimensional model when the sensor structure determines the angular orientation.
17 . The system of claim 16 wherein the second communication port receives an updated selected finishing pattern through the first communication port for the first three-dimensional model or first base garment in the angular orientation and the appearance of the first base garment positioned on the first three-dimensional model with the updated selected finishing pattern is for the angular orientation.
18 . The system of claim 1 wherein the first three-dimensional model is a mannequin comprising human-shaped legs.
19 . The system of claim 1 wherein the first three-dimensional model is a mannequin comprising a human-shaped upper body.
20 . The system of claim 1 wherein the first three-dimensional model is a human model.