US Patent Issued to Levi Strauss & Co. on July 7 for "3D digital imaging technology for apparel sales and manufacture" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,274, issued on July 7, was assigned to Levi Strauss & Co. (San Francisco).

"3D digital imaging technology for apparel sales and manufacture" was invented by James Barton Sights (San Francisco), Benjamin Bell (San Francisco), Debdulal Mahanty (Fremont, Calif.), Ozgur Taylan Kuzucu (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Inci Bayraktar Arican (San Francisco) and Aykut Aygun (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manufacturing flow of apparel such as jeans uses a laser to finish the products. The products are designed using a digital design tool, where photorealistic previews are generated in three dimensions and two dimensions. Imagery of the ...