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EP0137612B1
EP0137612B1 EP19840305292 EP84305292A EP0137612B1 EP 0137612 B1 EP0137612 B1 EP 0137612B1 EP 19840305292 EP19840305292 EP 19840305292 EP 84305292 A EP84305292 A EP 84305292A EP 0137612 B1 EP0137612 B1 EP 0137612B1
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Frank W. Budziak
James O. Burton
Frank J. Ahlin
Timothy S. Adam
Michael W. Nekoloff
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41H—APPLIANCES OR METHODS FOR MAKING CLOTHES, e.g. FOR DRESS-MAKING OR FOR TAILORING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A41H42/00—Multi-step production lines for making clothes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
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    • A41H—APPLIANCES OR METHODS FOR MAKING CLOTHES, e.g. FOR DRESS-MAKING OR FOR TAILORING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A41H1/00—Measuring aids or methods
    • A41H1/02—Devices for taking measurements on the human body
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41H—APPLIANCES OR METHODS FOR MAKING CLOTHES, e.g. FOR DRESS-MAKING OR FOR TAILORING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A41H3/00—Patterns for cutting-out; Methods of drafting or marking-out such patterns, e.g. on the cloth
    • A41H3/007—Methods of drafting or marking-out patterns using computers

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  • the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for producing custom manufactured items and has particular utility for producing individually tailored suits by cutting appropriately sized parts from a supply of fabric.
  • the garment industry has been slow in taking advantage of advances in technology to modernize its manufacturing operations.
  • the techniques utilised in fitting a suit vary in only minor aspects from the techniques used 50 years ago.
  • a person familiar with the suit making business in 1900 would not be unfamiliar with the techniques and machinery for producing suits in the 1980's.
  • the reluctance to change by the suit manufacturing industry has placed those manufacturers operating where labour costs are high at a distinct competitive disadvantage in relation to manufacturers who have less expensive sources of labour available.
  • This off-the-rack method of suit tailoring causes inefficiencies which add to the cost of the suit.
  • One inefficiency is the requirement that a large number of suits be stocked by the retail men's clothing store.
  • To increase the odds that each customer entering the clothing store will find an appropriate suit a wide variety of styles, patterns, and sizes must be on the rack so the customer may browse until he or she finds the right combination.
  • the store must carry multiple versions of the same suit for the more popular styles. The result is a high overhead in inventory for the clothing store.
  • a second inefficiency caused by the off-the-rack method of suit selection is a waste in cloth.
  • a mans, suit will typically be made with a pair of trousers which include enough material for a reasonably long legged individual, and in addition, will include enough material so that an individual can have cuffs added to the pants if he so desires.
  • the waste in cloth for satisfying the added length requirement when multiplied over the millions of suits produced in accordance with the off-the-rack retailing technique is tremendous.
  • a second procedure which has received much less acceptance by the suit-buying public is a mail order procedure where the customer takes his own measurements and mails them to a mail order house which tailors the suit to fit those dimensions and send back a finished suit.
  • This mail order technique has certain rather obvious deficiencies. The person taking the measurements is not trained so the measurements he provides the suit maker may be quite different from his actual measurements. If this is the case, the only remedy is to take the poorly fitted suit to a tailor who may or may not be able to remedy the problem.
  • the mail order procedure is also inefficient for the suit manufacturer.
  • the manufacturer receives the measurements from the purchaser and then must cut and sew that suit.
  • multiple numbers of identical suits can be produced.
  • each cut of each piece requires individual attention. Whilst the mail order suit purchasing procedure cuts down on inventory, the cost of manufacturing increases.
  • US-A-4,149,246 discloses an automated system to allow a person effectively to consider a garment before it is actually fabricated.
  • the operator the intended wearer
  • a central storage responds to the identification of a garment by the user and relates the intended wearer's physical dimensions to a specific garment.
  • a computer storage area stores limitations imposed on the garment by the designer as well as options for the garment and is capable of displaying forthe operator these characteristics of the garment.
  • the end result of the procedure described in US-A-4,149,246 is a pattern graded garment based upon a single standard pattern which is scaled to the intended wearer's physical dimensions, which garment can be produced by using an automated cutting machine.
  • the invention provides an apparatus for the manufacture of an item of apparel having a shape and size defined by a relative positioning between pattern points that outline one or more pieces of the item, the apparatus including a cutting machine movable along a path determined by the pattern points to cut one or more pieces of the item from a source of material characterised by means for storing pattern points defining a standard size, means operable to determine a standard size and the corresponding set of standard pattern points on the basis of the subject's measurements, means for comparing the standard pattern points of the determined standard size with the subject's measurements to determine the alterations of the standard pattern points required to define a custom fitting item of apparel and means for altering the standard pattern points accordingly.
  • the present invention eliminates many of the inefficiencies noted above with respect to prior art manufacturing procedures. Inventories and waste are reduced by use of a manufacturing process where items of apparel are made to measure for the customer. Rather than produce a high inventory of items which "approximately" fit the customer, the apparel items are cut and sewn together only after the purchaser's specifications have been analysed and used to control cutting of the item's constituent pieces.
  • Custom manufacturing of an item of apparel is accomplished by first measuring a customer's body size and shape as well as analysing the customer's style preferences. These steps will typically be performed at a retail outlet for the manufacturer. This information will be used to modify the measurements for the item and in particular will be used in generating a relative positioning of a number of pattern points for the pieces which, when assembled, make up the item.
  • the invention has particular applicability to the manufacture of a custom tailored suit.
  • the pattern points define the shape of the pieces included in the suit. By knowing the relative positioning of these pattern points, the pieces can be cut from a roll of material along specified lines defined by the pattern points. A more detailed description of the concept of pattern points will be disclosed in conjunction with a preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • the one or more pieces making up the garment are cut by an automated cutting machine, preferably a lasercu.tter, and then sewn together to produce the suit.
  • the re-positioning of the pattern points is accomplished by a programmable controller such as a computer.
  • the computer generates control data which interfaces with a laser cutter controller so that during the cutting process the laser is cutting parts of custom made suits rather than the off-the-rack suits produced with prior art laser cutters.
  • the retail outlets suit inventory is reduced.
  • Various styles of suits will be included as well as various fabrics from which the customer can choose a suit, but the need for multiple suits of a given style as well as suits of every conceivable fabric are no longer necessary. Once a particular style and fabric suitable to the customer's needs is chosen, measurements are taken and used in manufacturing the suit.
  • the customer can order more than the standa rd number of items to the suit.
  • An extra pair of trousers with reversible waistcoat to match that extra pair can be ordered and custom manufactured.
  • a large variety of materials and styles is also available with no additional expenditure of retail space or inventory.
  • one object and advantage of the invention is a reduction in inventory and waste in the manufacture of items of apparel by implementing a made-to-measure manufacturing process utilising an automated cutting mechanism controlled by a programmable controller.
  • the hand held measuring device 12 is particularly adapted to aid one in taking measurements for use in tailoring an article of clothing or the like.
  • the particular device 12 shown in Figure 1 has a mechanism for taking both a length and an angle measurement.
  • a user positions the measuring device 12 so that two caliper arms 18, 20 are positioned to measure a desired length separation on a subject and then actuates a pushbutton switch 22 on the unit.
  • circuitry mounted inside the device 12 generates an electrical output corresponding to this length and also determines an angle the device 12 makes with the vertical and generates an electrical output corresponding to this angle. These outputs are converted into signals suitable for transmission to the storage unit 16 and sequentially transmitted to. that unit.
  • the storage unit 16 preferably comprises a personal computer having a keyboard input 24, a visual display monitor 26 and a printer 28.
  • the storage unit 16 also includes a central processing unit mounted to a motherboard as well as interface boards for coupling various inputs to the motherboard.
  • One interface board provides a coupling between the central processing unit on the motherboard and a floppy disk drive 30 which comprises one suitable mechanism for storing data from the hand held measuring device 12.
  • the storage unit 16 comprises an IBM (registered trademark) personal computer with a hard disk drive 32 that allows rapid data storage as well as a more permanent means of storing that data.
  • the computer prompts the user as to the proper procedures to take in performing the various measurements the device 12 is capable of taking.
  • the operating system of the computer sequentially prompts via the display 26 the user as to which measurement is to be taken.
  • the user then reorients the measuring device 12 to take the particular measurement and actuates the pushbutton 22 so that a length and angle measurement are automatically transmitted to the computer 16.
  • the manufacturing process begins at a store location (10 Figure 1) where a store assistant performs a series of measurements 50 on a subject. These measurements are transmitted to the storage unit 16 which as noted above comprises a personal computer.
  • the storage unit performs a so-called pre-interpreter process 52 which verifies 54 a possible fit based upon the style selected.
  • This information is combined with the customer's material selection 56 and results in the generation of an order 58 which is transmitted to a manufacturing location or factory 60.
  • the information in the order is a combination of the customer's measurements, the order makeup (vest, pants etc.), style and the desired material for the garment, customer information such as name, address etc. and the results generated during the pre-interpreter step 52.
  • a final interpreter step 62 is performed which is analogous to the pre-interpreter step and will be described in detail below.
  • a next step 64 alterations in a standard suit size are made based upon the output from the final interpreter step 62.
  • appropriate computer control data such as a computer tape
  • laser cutting of the garment is performed 66.
  • assembly takes place 68 and finally the garment is transmitted to an inventory location 70 in preparation for shipment back to the store 10 where the customer picks up the completed garment.
  • pre-interpreter step 52 An important step that takes place in the store 10 is the pre-interpreter step 52.
  • the customer's measurements and his preferences in style are analyzed to determine whether that style selection can be used in fabricating the garment.
  • This pre-interpretation step 52 takes place at the store 10 so that an order is not generated if a fit is not possible. This avoids the situation in which an order is placed and sometime later the customer informed that this was an inappropriate choice and the garment selection process must be repeated.
  • the measurement step 50 the customer can be informed whether or not his style preference can be fulfilled.
  • a second important feature of the invention worthy of emphasis is the alteration of the patterns at the step 64.
  • a standard garment size is used as a starting point in this step. The garment designer generates the standard size for a particular style garment and pattern points that define this style are stored on computer. These standards are then used in generating altered pattern points which define the location of various cuts to be made by the laser cutting apparatus.
  • the pre-interpreter process 52 is summarised in Figure 3. As noted above, the pre-interpreter utilises measurements 110 taken by the store assistant. These measurements are stored in the memory of the storage units 16. As a first step in the pre-interpretation process the measurements are combined 111 with information regarding the customer's order data and preference data. The computer then performs verification steps 112, 114, 116 to determine that the measurement information, order information and preference information is valid.
  • the in-store interpreter combines this information at a step 118 to make a determination 120 whether the customer's preferences and measurements are compatible. If the answer to this question is no, a rejection flag 122 is set and saved 124 on the floppy disk storage unit 30. A customer data disk 126 has been schematically illustrated in Figure 3 to indicate a permanent record of this rejection is maintained at the store 10. If a fit is possible, an acceptance flag is set 128 and in a similiar fashion, this information is stored on the floppy disk 126.
  • the information is stored regardless of whether a fit is possible. A file is therefore created for each customer whose measurements are taken utilising the hand held measuring device 12. This information is sent to the manufacturer and can be accessed as needed.
  • the rejection data can be useful in the business planning of the garment manufacturer. If enough people need a particular modification to a given style and that modification cannot be accommodated by the disclosed process, it behooves the manufacturer to create that style or allow an existing style to be modified to meet the customer's needs. Thus, if a significant percentage of customers are rejected for the same reason after selecting a particular style, modifications can be made in the style to accommodate those customers.
  • the computer 16 next prints 130 the customer data and invoice information. This printing step involves separate generation of a customer data report 132 and generation of a customer in-store invoice 134.
  • a communications link (not shown) between the store computer 16 and a factory computer is maintained either along a dedicated link-up or alternately over the public telephone system with the use of a modem.
  • the factory computer is responsible for generating a control tape used by a separate factory computer 138 ( Figure 8) in controlling a laser cutter 139.
  • the factory computer begins the process of generating a control tape by retrieving customer information at a step 140 in Figure 4A. At this step, customer data from the floppy disk 126 at the store location is transmitted to the factory computer and this information is transmitted at a step 142 to a customer file 144 maintained on a hard disk unit forming part of the factory computer system.
  • This algorithm utilizes model specifications stored on a disk 148 to make a determination 150 regarding the best model fit for a customer's body type.
  • the computer compares the model specifications with the customer measurements to determine alterations in the model specifications to fit the particular customer. This alteration or delta information is stored on the customer order file 144.
  • the computer prints 154 an interpretation report 156 for future reference.
  • Figure 4B schematically illustrates the steps in modifying the pattern points based upon the interpretation process 62.
  • the pattern is altered before any laser cutting can be performed.
  • Each garment includes a number of different patterns which are sewn together to produce that garment.
  • the reference or pattern points are stored on a pattern file 160 which are repeatedly accessed by the computer in modifying the pattern points.
  • a first pattern is taken to size 162 and a number of pattern points altered 164 until a determination 166 is made all pattern points for a particular pattern have been altered. Details of this alteration process for one pattern, the back piece for a man's suit, are described below in conjunction with Figures 6A and 6B.
  • the computer loads 168 the altered pattern points for a particular pattern into a marker file 170.
  • a test 172 is made whether all patterns for a particular garment have been adjusted. If all patterns have been adjusted, a routing sheet 174 for that garment is printed 176. If all patterns have. not been modified, the computer returns to the beginning 162 to access the next set of pattern points from the pattern file 160.
  • the modified patterns stored in the marker file 170 are utilized to layout 178 the garment on a cathode ray tube.
  • This layout corresponds to pattern arrangement from a web of material.
  • the process of building these markers 178 involves an operator sitting in front of a cathode ray tube and moving the patterns for a particular garment to a screen area that represents the material. As the operator arranges the patterns the arrangement is stored by the computer and used to generate a control tape for the laser cutter 139. Alternately, the process of marker generation can be accomplished automatically by a computer program.
  • Figure 4C summarizes bookkeeping steps that must be performed prior to laser cutting.
  • a plan or order 180 of cutting must be determined.
  • a determination must also be made concerning the amount of materials required by the laser cutter.
  • This determination 182 utilizes a material file 184 and results in the printing 186 of a material requirements report 188.
  • a control tape 192 for the computer 138 to control laser cutting of a number of garments.
  • a materials cut plan report 196 is generated indicating the sequence and timing of laser cutting.
  • a laser cutting station 194 is illustrated in Figure 8.
  • a roll 195 of fabric 197 is unwound and moved by a conveyor 198 beneath the laser cutter 139 at a controlled rate.
  • the computer 138 responds to the control tape 192 and directs the cutter 139 to cut patterns from the fabric 197.
  • Subsequent to laser cutting of the fabric a number of manufacturing steps ( Figures 4D and 4E) are monitored and controlled. Prior to discussing these steps, however, details of the interpretation process 150 and pattern alteration process 164 are described.
  • a first interpreter step 210 the computer accesses model specifications stored on a disk storage 148.
  • the interpreter determines 212 what size the customer needs based upon the measurements and adds or subtracts 214 increments to the master model specifications stored on disk 148. This addition or subtraction is required for a suit, for example, if the customer measurements call for anything other than a size 40 regular.
  • minimum and maximum values are determined for each of the measurements for the particular size the customer needs. Also at this step an ideal value for each measurement is determined.
  • a customer ease is added to a particular customer measurement. This ease factor is the amount a customer measurement must be incremented to give the ideal garment measurement.
  • the customer ease measurement is compared 220 to the model minimum and maximum values. If the customer measurement including ease is within the minimum or maximum value, the garment need not be altered based upon this measurement. Each measurement in turn is compared in this way until all measurements have been compared with the minimum and maximum values.
  • an alteration delta is generated 224 and this delta factor is compared 226 with alteration limits. If this change or delta is within limits, this alteration delta is stored 228 in memory 229. If it is not within limits, the alteration change is modified 230 to be within the alteration limits and then stored 228. Eventually, either each measurement will have been seen to be within the minimum and maximum value and therefore no change in that measurement is needed or an alteration delta will be generated for that particular measurement.
  • specifications for a different model are accessed 210 by the interpreter and the same process performed for each of the measurements for that particular model.
  • four different models are analyzed for each style. One of these models produces the best fit for that customer's measurements. The model that produces that best fit is used to manufacture the garment. The customer knows that the suit corresponds to a particular style but does not know which model among the four possible choices for a particular style the computer will choose in matching his or her style preferences with his or her unique measurements. The optimum model choice depends on how many measurements are beyond the minimum/maximum values as well as the size of the alteration deltas generated for each of the multiple models.
  • FIG. 6A, 6B and 7 the modification or alteration 164 of the reference points for a particular pattern will be discussed in conjunction with a specific example. This process takes place after a particular garment model has been chosen.
  • the specific example discussed is the modification of the back pattern 310 ( Figure 7) for a man's suit based upon variations from a normal neck dimension.
  • a point reference array 352 is initialized 312.
  • Each of approximately seventy points that define the back pattern 310 has an entry in a point attribute array 314 which tells what position in the point reference array that point occupies. This position is extracted 316 so that the point reference array is filled with the reference numbers of each of the seventy points.
  • Each pattern has a ten digit pattern number 320 with the last three digits corresponding to a part number.
  • the part number can refer to either the cloth back (pattern 011) or one of two (patterns 001, 002) linings for the back. Based upon this part number, certain critical points of the pattern are defined and extracted 353 from the point reference array 352.
  • a pattern co-ordinate array 362 stores the X and Y co-ordinates for each of the points which define a particular pattern and size. Stated another way, the backpiece for a 44 normal (for example) has 70 pattern points to define the backpiece of Figure 7. The X-Y co- ordinates for these 70 points is stored in the pattern co-ordinate array.
  • the Figure 6A algorithm saves 364 the neck and shoulder point co-ordinates by ascertaining the position of these points from the point reference array 352 and then changes 366 the Y co-ordinate (see Figure 7) of each of the pattern points between the neck point and the shoulder point inclusive by an alteration or delta factor 368 based upon the subject's neck dimension. This results in a shift to the right (small neck) or left (large neck) of the curve 369 between the shoulder 356 and neck point 358. These altered point co-ordinates are saved in the pattern co-ordinate array 362.
  • a parameter array is then filled 370 from the coordinates of the points defining the old neck hole curve 372 and the new and old end points 358, 360 for the neck hole curve.
  • a reshaping subroutine 374 reshapes the neck hole 372 and fills in co-ordinates for the new pattern into the parameter array. This reshaping is based upon an approximation method using derivatives (slopes) of the old curve and the new or altered endpoints.
  • the parameter array co-ordinates are transferred 375 back to the pattern array 362 and define the altered pattern.
  • the co-ordinates for the original armhole curve 376, and the end points 354, 356 for the new and old armhole curve are entered 378 into the parameter array and the reshaping subroutine 374 modifies the co-ordinate points along the armhole 376.
  • the new armhole co-ordinates are transferred 380 from the parameter array to the pattern array 362.
  • a modification in the back based upon neck size is complete and the computer goes on to make modifications based upon other measurements for other patterns until the pattern points for the entire garment have been altered.
  • This data is all stored and is represented by the patterns presented to the CRT operator who builds 178 the material cut arrangements. The altered patterns then, of course, become embodied in the computer control tape 192.
  • FIGS 4D and 4E schematically illustrate post- laser cutting procedures utilized in the automated garment manufacturing process.
  • a number of garment pieces have been cut using the laser cutter and these pieces are ticketed or marked 410 and sent 412 to appropriate locations for sewing.
  • Routing sheets 174 are generated to indicate the particular path a garment pattern must follow.
  • the routing sheets 174 contain control data used in the manufacture of the garment. This control data is used to ensure the proper and precise assembly of the garment since each garment is unique and requires different handling during assembly.
  • the control data is any information needed for the precise assembly of a garment. This data can be anything as specific as the proper positioning of a pocket or button to something as general as whether or not to edge stitch the lapel or a specific way the finished garment needs to be pressed.
  • the control data also includes finished dimensions of the garment. These dimensions are used for quality control during the various phases of the manufacturing process.
  • This control data can be in either a printed form for manual assembly or in a numeric control form for automated assembly.
  • each of the parts or patterns goes to its respective sewing shops where parts are sewn together and sent to a stockroom ( Figure 4E) where all the garment components (jacket, pants, vest, etc) are matched 434 together. The garment is then shipped 437 back to the store and delivered 438 to the customer.
  • the term precision is used. This term is required in the fabrication process since it would be counter productive for the precision alteration of the various pattern points to be performed under computer control, first in the generation of the control tape and secondly in the laser cutting and then lose this precision by sloppy sewing at the sew shops. If the suit or other garment is made to fit the customer with the aid of the computer, the sewing steps 424, 428, 429 must be precisely carried out with the highest standards of quality control maintained.
  • the generation 435 of a daily shipping list is in conformity with the automated steps described above.
  • that subject is promised a suit on a given delivery day which is coordinated with the back log of orders at the factory.
  • the shipping list generated at the stage 435 after the garment components have been assembled in the stockroom, is based upon that earlier order information and unless production has fallen behind for a legitimate reason the two dates should match.
  • the disclosed invention has been described with a degree of particularity.
  • the choice of computer system and measuring devices for both retail and factory locations is based upon the memory and storage requirements of the manufacturing system. As business needs dictate, this computer system choice can be modified.
  • the manufacturing process need not be limited to a man's suit although certain ones of the manufacturing steps have obviously been described in relation to a man's suit.

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1. Appareil pour la fabrication d'un article d'habillement ayant une forme et des dimensions défi nies par un positionnement relatif entre des points d'un patron qui définissent le contour d'une ou plusieurs pièces de l'article, l'appareil comprenant une machine de coupe déplaçable le long d'un trajet déterminé par les points du patron pour couper une ou plusieurs pièces de l'article à partir d'une source de matière, caractérisé par des moyens pour mémoriser des points du patron définissant une taille standard, des moyens actionnables pour déterminer une taille standard et l'ensemble correspondant de points de patron standard sur la base des mesures du sujet, des moyens pour comparer les points du patron standard de la taille standard déterminée avec les mesures du sujet afin de déterminer les modifications des points du patron standard nécessaires pour définir un article d'habillement sur mesure et des moyens pour modifier de manière correspondante les points du patron standard.
2. Appareil suivant la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les moyens pour modifier les points du patron standard, comprennent des moyens pour modifier les points du patron standard comparés avec les mesures du sujet et des moyens pour modifier d'autres points du patron standard sur la base de la modification par rapport aux points de patron standard comparés.
3. Appareil suivant la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de mémorisation des points du patron, de comparaison des points du patron standard et de modification des points du patron comprennent un ordinateur ayant un processeur pour engendrer un ensemble de points de patron repositionnés qui sont utilisés pour engendrer un programme de commande destiné à commander la machine de coupe lorsque ladite machine coupe une ou plusieurs pièces dudit article d'habillement sur mesure.
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