ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,814, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Levi Strauss & Co. (San Francisco).
"Rendering a 3D garment preview" was invented by Christopher Schultz (Beaverton, Ore.), Debdulal Mahanty (Fremont, Calif.), James Barton Sights (San Francisco), Benjamin Bell (San Francisco) and Jennifer Schultz (Beaverton, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs in three dimensions before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. Based on a laser input file with a pattern, a laser will burn the pattern onto ap...