Granted Patent B2

US 12,517,642 · App. 18/830,501 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Inventors: Debdulal Mahanty (Fremont, CA); Ozgur Taylan Kuzucu (Walnut Creek, CA); James Barton Sights (San Francisco, CA); Benjamin Bell (San Francisco, CA); Christopher Schultz (Beaverton, OR); Jennifer Schultz (Beaverton, OR)

Assignee: Levi Strauss & Co.

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Abstract

Claims (65)

1 . A method comprising:

providing a garment previewing tool that allows previewing on a computer screen of a jeans garment customized by a user with a finishing pattern created using a digital input file, wherein the garment previewing tool comprises

showing a first garment preview image on the computer screen comprising a jeans base image for a selected garment base,

allowing the user to select a surface pattern, wherein the surface pattern is associated with a digital input file to produce that surface pattern onto a jeans garment,

showing a second garment preview image on the computer screen comprising the selected surface pattern in combination with the jeans base image, wherein the second garment preview image is generated by

generating an adjusted base image from the jeans base image without the selected surface pattern,

generating a pattern mask based on the digital input file associated with the selected surface pattern, and

for a pixel at a pixel location of the second garment preview image, obtaining a first contribution by combining a first value associated with a pixel of the pattern mask at a pattern mask pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the second garment preview image and a value of a pixel of the base image at a base image pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the second garment preview image.

2 . The method of claim 1 comprising:

for the pixel at the pixel location of the second garment preview image, obtaining a second contribution by combining a second value associated with the pixel of the pattern mask at the pattern mask pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the second garment preview image and a value of a pixel of the adjusted base image at an adjusted base image pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the second garment preview image.

3 . The method of claim 2 comprising:

combining the first contribution and second contribution to obtain a combined value for the pixel at the pixel location of the second garment preview image, and

displaying the pixel of the second garment preview image as a color on the computer screen, wherein the color of the pixel corresponds to the combined value.

4 . The method of claim 1 wherein in the second garment preview image, allowing the user to select the surface pattern and modify a sizing of the surface pattern relative to the jeans base image, wherein as the user makes changes, the modified sizing of the surface pattern is displayed to the user in real time,

in the second garment preview image, allowing the user to select the surface pattern and modify a position of the surface pattern relative to the jeans base image, wherein as the user makes changes, the modified positioning of the surface pattern is displayed to the user in real time, and

showing a third garment preview image on the computer screen comprising the jeans base image and selected surface pattern, with modified sizing or modified positioning, or a combination.

5 . The method of claim 4 comprising:

providing a target pair of jeans corresponding to the jeans base image selected by the user; and

based on the digital input file associated with the third garment preview image comprising the selected surface pattern with modified sizing or modified positioning, or a combination, using a finishing machine to form the finishing pattern on an outer surface of the target jeans.

6 . The method of claim 5 wherein based on the digital input file, the finishing machine removes selected amounts of material from the surface of a material of the target jeans at different pixel locations of the garment, and

for lighter pixel locations of the finishing pattern, a greater amount of an indigo ring-dyed cotton warp yarn is removed, while for darker pixel locations of the finishing pattern, a lesser amount of the indigo ring-dyed cotton warp yarn is removed.

7 . A method comprising:

providing a garment previewing tool that allows previewing on a computer screen of a garment customized by a user with a finishing pattern created using a digital input file, wherein the garment previewing tool comprises

showing a first garment preview image on the computer screen comprising a base image for a selected garment base,

allowing the user to select a pattern, wherein the pattern is associated with a digital input file,

showing a second garment preview image on the computer screen comprising the selected pattern in combination with the base image, wherein the second garment preview image is generated by

generating an adjusted base image from the base image of the selected garment base,

generating a pattern mask based on the digital input file associated with the selected pattern, and

for a pixel at a pixel location of the second garment preview image, obtaining a first contribution by combining a first value associated with a pixel of the pattern mask at a pattern mask pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the second garment preview image and a value of a pixel of the base image at a base image pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the second garment preview image.

8 . The method of claim 7 comprising:

for the pixel at the pixel location of the second garment preview image, obtaining a second contribution by combining a second value associated with the pixel of the pattern mask at the pattern mask pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the second garment preview image and a value of a pixel of the adjusted base image at an adjusted base image pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the second garment preview image.

9 . The method of claim 8 comprising:

combining the first contribution and second contribution to obtain a combined value for the pixel at the pixel location for the second garment preview image, and

displaying the generated second garment preview image with the pixel at the pixel location on the computer screen, wherein the pixel at the pixel location is displayed as a color corresponding to the combined value for the pixel at the pixel location.

10 . The method of claim 7 comprising:

in the second garment preview image, allowing the user to select the pattern and alter a sizing of the pattern relative to the base image, wherein as the user makes changes, the altered sizing of the pattern is displayed to the user in real time,

in the second garment preview image, allowing the user to select the pattern and alter a position of the pattern relative to the base image, wherein as the user makes changes, the altered positioning of the pattern is displayed to the user in real time, and

showing a third garment preview image on the computer screen comprising the base image and selected pattern, with altered sizing or altered positioning, or a combination.

11 . The method of claim 10 comprising:

based on the third garment preview image comprising the selected pattern with altered sizing or altered positioning, or a combination, using a finishing machine to form the finishing pattern on an outer surface of a garment that is represented by the third garment preview image.

12 . The method of claim 11 wherein a finishing pattern based on the third garment preview image can extend across portions of the garment where two or more fabric panels are joined together by thread by exposing these portions to the finishing machine.

13 . The method of claim 11 wherein for portions of the garment exposed to the finishing machine where fabric panels are joined, the fabric panels are joined together using a thread comprising cotton.

14 . The method of claim 11 wherein the finishing machine is a laser, and when using the laser to form the finishing pattern, different laser levels are obtained by varying an output of the laser by altering a characteristic of the laser comprising at least one of a frequency, period, pulse width, power, duty cycle, or burning speed.

15 . The method of claim 10 wherein based on the digital input file associated with the pattern used in the third garment preview image, a finishing machine removes selected amounts of material from a surface of a material at different pixel locations of a garment, and

for lighter pixel locations of the finishing pattern, a greater amount of the material is removed, while for darker pixel locations of the finishing pattern, a lesser amount the material is removed.

16 . The method of claim 7 wherein the garment comprises at least one of a denim garment, pair of pants, pair of jeans, or a pair of denim jeans.

17 . The method of claim 7 wherein the garment is made of a twill material.

18 . The method of claim 7 wherein the user can alter the sizing of the pattern relative to the base image by way of an operation comprising at least one of rotating the pattern relative to the base image, stretching one or more dimensions of the pattern relative to the base image, shrinking one or more dimensions of the pattern relative to the base image, enlarging the pattern relative to the base image, or compressing the pattern relative to the base image.

19 . The method of claim 7 wherein the pattern comprises an inverse image of a digital input file.

20 . The method of claim 7 comprising:

allowing the user to select a tint; and

showing a fourth garment preview image on the computer screen comprising the tint in combination with the base image and selected pattern.

21 . The method of claim 7 comprising:

allowing the user to select a damage; and

showing a fourth garment preview image on the computer screen comprising the damage in combination with the base image and selected pattern;

in the fourth garment preview image, allowing the user to select the damage and alter a sizing of the damage relative to the base image and selected pattern, wherein as the user makes changes, the altered sizing of the damage is displayed to the user;

in the fourth garment preview image, allowing the user to select the damage and alter a position of the damage relative to the base image and selected pattern, wherein as the user makes changes, the altered positioning of the damage is displayed to the user; and

showing a fifth garment preview image on the computer screen comprising the base image, selected pattern, with altered sizing or altered positioning, or a combination, and the damage, with altered sizing or altered positioning, or a combination.

22 . The method of claim 21 wherein the user can alter the sizing of the damage relative to the base image and selected pattern by way of an operation comprising at least one of rotating the damage relative to the base image and selected pattern, stretching one or more dimensions of the damage relative to the base image and selected pattern, shrinking one or more dimensions of the damage relative to the base image and selected pattern, enlarging the damage relative to the base image and selected pattern, or compressing the damage relative to the base image and selected pattern.

23 . The method of claim 7 comprising:

allowing the user to alter a brightness parameter that adjusts an opacity of the selected pattern relative to the base image; and

allowing the user to modify the brightness parameter and showing to the user in real time an effect of changes in the brightness parameter in a fourth preview image.

24 . The method of claim 7 comprising:

allowing the user to alter a bright point parameter that adjusts a midpoint of a grayscale used to create a piecewise linear mapping of the selected pattern; and

allowing the user to modify the bright point parameter and showing to the user in real time an effect of changes in the brightness parameter in a fourth preview image.

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