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Knit design method and device

US6880367B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims
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Filing dateOct 4, 2002
Grant dateApr 19, 2005
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Expiry dateOct 4, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2210/16
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An object of the invention is to display an image giving a feeling close to the feeling of a knitted fabric actually knitted with a knitting yarn. Linear knitting yarn image data 1 is divided into a plurality of meshes 2. The mesh 2 is made to match a transformed mesh 3 transformed along the shape of a knitting stitch loop 4. The knitting yarn image data 1 is subjected to an image drawing processing by a mesh transforming technique to create the image of the knitting stitch loop 4. A lower section 4a and an upper section 4b are defined in a portion where the knitting stitch loops 4 are overlapped, the portion where the knitting stitch loops are overlapped is synthesized as a knitted fabric 6, and displayed. Fluffiness or the like is also reproduced, and consequently the feeling like that of an actual knitted fabric can be given.

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