Product simulation and control system for user navigation and interaction
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1. A product simulation and control system, comprising:
- a) a product simulation and control server; and
b) a product simulation and control device, which comprises a product simulator;
wherein the product simulation and control device is configured to allow a user to browse catalogues of products, and review product information and interact with physical simulations of selected products;
wherein the product simulator is configured to store a digital material representation for each product in the catalogues of products, such that the digital material representation is based on a high-precision scan of a physical material sample;
wherein the product simulator is configured to;
enable the user to do a right page swipe on a first material sample, such that the product simulator transitions from showing the first material sample to showing a second material sample; and
enable the user to do a left page swipe on the second material sample, such that the product simulator transitions from showing the second material sample to showing the first material sample;
wherein the product simulator is configured with a predetermined device scale factor, which scales a representation of a material swatch rendering of a material sample on a screen of the product simulation and control device, such that the product simulator is configured to show the material swatch rendering with a normal size with a 1;
1 scale factor in relation to the physical material sample, by resizing the representation of the material swatch rendering with the predetermined device scale factor; and
wherein the product simulator is configured to calculate a sheet movement simulation, which models a physical movement of the first material sample during the right and left page swipe movements, such that the folding of the first material sample is modeled based on physical characteristics of the first material sample, using a method of sheet modeling within a gravitational and physical calculation engine.
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Abstract
A product simulation and control system includes: a server, including a product storage; and a device, including a processor, non-transitory memory, input/output, product browser, product simulator that simulates physical movement of products, and a product classifier that uses machine learning to optimize a product classification function. Also disclosed is a method for product simulation and control, including browsing, favoriting, tagging, selecting, page browsing, pinching, stretching, and simulating movement of products.
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1. A product simulation and control system, comprising:
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a) a product simulation and control server; and b) a product simulation and control device, which comprises a product simulator; wherein the product simulation and control device is configured to allow a user to browse catalogues of products, and review product information and interact with physical simulations of selected products; wherein the product simulator is configured to store a digital material representation for each product in the catalogues of products, such that the digital material representation is based on a high-precision scan of a physical material sample; wherein the product simulator is configured to; enable the user to do a right page swipe on a first material sample, such that the product simulator transitions from showing the first material sample to showing a second material sample; and enable the user to do a left page swipe on the second material sample, such that the product simulator transitions from showing the second material sample to showing the first material sample; wherein the product simulator is configured with a predetermined device scale factor, which scales a representation of a material swatch rendering of a material sample on a screen of the product simulation and control device, such that the product simulator is configured to show the material swatch rendering with a normal size with a 1;
1 scale factor in relation to the physical material sample, by resizing the representation of the material swatch rendering with the predetermined device scale factor; andwherein the product simulator is configured to calculate a sheet movement simulation, which models a physical movement of the first material sample during the right and left page swipe movements, such that the folding of the first material sample is modeled based on physical characteristics of the first material sample, using a method of sheet modeling within a gravitational and physical calculation engine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A product simulation and control device, comprising:
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a) a processor; b) a non-transitory memory; c) an input/output component; d) a product browser; and e) a product simulator;
all connected viaf) a data bus; wherein the product simulation and control device is configured to allow a user to browse catalogues of products, and review product information and interact with physical simulations of selected products; wherein the product simulator is configured to store a digital material representation for each product in the catalogues of products, such that the digital material representation is based on a high-precision scan of a physical material sample; wherein the product simulator is configured with a predetermined device scale factor, which scales a representation of a material swatch rendering of a material sample on a screen of the product simulation and control device, such that the product simulator is configured to show the material swatch rendering with a normal size with a 1;
1 scale factor in relation to the physical material sample, by resizing the representation of the material swatch rendering with the predetermined device scale factor; andwherein the product simulator is further configured to model a physical movement of the material swatch rendering of the material sample during a pinching movement with two fingers of the user; and
during a stretching movement with the two fingers;
such that the curvature and flexible movement of the material swatch rendering is modeled based on physical characteristics of the material sample, using a method of sheet modeling within a gravitational and physical calculation engine. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A product simulation and control system, comprising:
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a product simulation and control device, which comprises a product simulator; and a product classifier; wherein the product simulation and control device is configured to allow a user to browse catalogues of products, and review product information and interact with physical simulations of selected products; wherein the product simulator is configured to store a digital material representation for each product in the catalogues of products, such that the digital material representation is based on a high-precision scan of a physical material sample; wherein the product simulator is configured to enable a user to associate a material sample with a plurality of descriptive tags, to indicate material properties; and wherein the product classifier is configured to use a machine learning algorithm to calculate a product classification function based on analysis of stored material samples with associated tags, such that the machine learning algorithm optimizes the product classification function to map the material sample, physical characteristics of the first material sample, and a test descriptive tag of the plurality of descriptive tags to an association confidence. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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