Granted Patent B2

US 12,454,776 · App. 18/376,561 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Inventors: Ayelet Karmon (Tel Aviv, IL); Shoval Nir (Tel Aviv, IL); Tom Shaked (Tel Aviv, IL); Eyal Sheffer (Tel Aviv, IL); Yoav Sterman (Ramat Gan, IL)

Assignee: NIKE, Inc.

D04B15/66G05B2219/45194G06F2113/12

Abstract

Claims (45)

1. A method, comprising:

predicting, by a computing device and based on a simulation model for a plurality of knit structures of a knit design, a deformation of a knit structure of the plurality of knit structures;

modifying, by the computing device, the knit design to compensate for the deformation associated with the knit design, wherein the modifying comprises duplicating one or more portions of the knit structure; and

sending, to a knitting machine, knitting instructions associated with the modified knit design.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating, by the computing device and prior to fabricating a knitted component associated with the knit design, a visual representation of the deformation associated with the knit design.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the deformation comprises a deformation of a knitted component, associated with the knit design, under a resting condition-.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, by the computing device, an allocation of the plurality of knit structures of the knit design.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the determining of the allocation of the plurality of knit structures further comprises:

generating, by the computing device, a data structure indicating the knitting instructions for the knitting machine; and

distributing, to the data structure, a plurality of rubrics associated with the plurality of knit structures.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the modifying of the knit design further comprises:

determining, based on one or more compensation routines, a plurality of predicted compensation results corresponding to the knit design; and

determining, based on scores associated with the plurality of predicted compensation results, a compensation routine, of the one or more compensation routines, to compensate for the deformation.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining first aspect ratios associated with the knit structures;

determining, via one or more compensation routines, one or more other knit structures, of the plurality of knit structures, of the knit design; and

determining scores for the knit structures, based on a comparison of the first aspect ratios and second aspect ratios, wherein the second aspect ratios are associated with the one or more other knit structures.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the modifying of the knit design further comprises adjusting a stitch density associated with one or more knit structures, of the plurality of knit structures, of the knit design.

9. An apparatus comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to:

predict, based on a simulation model for a plurality of knit structures of a knit design, a deformation of a knit structure of the plurality of knit structures;

modify the knit design to compensate for the deformation associated with the knit design, wherein the modifying comprises duplicating one or more portions of the knit structure; and

send, to a knitting machine, knitting instructions associated with the modified knit design.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the apparatus to:

generate, prior to fabricating a knitted component associated with the knit design, a visual representation of the deformation associated with the knit design.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the apparatus to determine an allocation of the plurality of knit structures of the knit design by:

generating a data structure indicating the knitting instructions for the knitting machine; and

distributing, to the data structure, a plurality of rubrics associated with the plurality of knit structures.

12. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the apparatus to:

receive design input data indicating at least one of a set of visual attributes and a set of physical attributes associated with the knit design.

13. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the apparatus to modify the knit design by:

adjusting a stitch density associated with one or more knit structures, of the plurality of knit structures, of the knit design.

14. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause a computing device to:

predict, based on a simulation model for a plurality of knit structures of a knit design, a deformation of a knit structure of the plurality of knit structures;

modify the knit design to compensate for the deformation associated with the knit design, wherein the modifying comprises duplicating one or more portions of the knit structure; and

send, to a knitting machine, knitting instructions associated with the modified knit design.

15. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the computing device to:

generate, prior to fabricating a knitted component associated with the knit design, a visual representation of the deformation associated with the knit design.

16. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the computing device to:

obtain, from a database storing the plurality of knit structures, the knit structure of the plurality of knit structures.

17. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the computing device to modify the knit design by:

adjusting a stitch density associated with the plurality of knit structures of the knit design.

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