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Optimized sports article

US11351422B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

adidas AG · DE

Inventors

Deborah Yeomans · Herzogenaurach, DE
Iain James Sabberton · Cambridge, GB
Simon Peter Wilsher · Letchworth, GB
Keir Samuel Jackson · Brennereistraße, GB
Oliver Nathaniel Ambrose Price · London, GB
Marco Albert Dittrich · Wiesendorf, DE
Henry Hanson · Herzogenaurach, DE
Alain Walter · Herzogenaurach, DE
Jochen Suessmuth · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 12, 2019
Grant date	Jun 7, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 16, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2219/2021
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention concerns a method of designing a sports article, including: (a) scanning at least one body part of at least a first person; (b) creating a first digital model of the body part of the first person; (c) creating a digital model of the sports article; (d) digitally arranging the digital model of the sports article on the first digital model of the body part, while allowing the digital model of the sports article to stretch digitally and (e) digitally modifying at least one property of the digital model of the sports article based on the first digital model of the body part and the digital model of the sports article.

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