Automated knitting system and method
US12312720B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 30, 2021 |
| Grant date | May 27, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/45194
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A knitting system includes a seamless circular knitting machine. It has a circular set of needles having a particular number of needles (M), in the range of 500 to 2,500 needles, arranged in a circular pattern; and a knit controller to selectively operate each one of the needles on a needle-by-needle basis. The system includes a digital computational design tool, to receive a bitmap image, having a pixel width resolution that is identical to the particular number of needles; and based on analysis of the bitmap image, to generate and to send knitting instructions to the knit controller of the seamless circular knitting machine, based on direct correlation between (I) a particular Nth pixel in a particular Rth row of the bitmap image, and (II) needle activity of a corresponding particular Nth needle when said Nth needle knits the Rth row of a knitted product.
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