Predictive simulation of heather fabric appearance
First Claim
1. A computer-aided method for predictively simulating and displaying on a display device a color pattern of a hypothetical fabric made of heather yarn which comprises multiple candidate yarn components, the heather yarn imparting appearance properties to the hypothetical fabric, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) selecting a plurality of heathering process parameters including at least;
i) the number of candidate yarn components,ii) the color of each candidate yarn component,iii) at least one factor governing the mixing of the candidate yarn components, andiv) at least one factor governing the rotational relationship of the candidate yarn components as a function of distance along the yarn axis;
b) for each predetermined picture element of the color pattern of the hypothetical fabric, computing a set of simulated-color coordinate values representative of a mixture of the colors of the candidate yarn components that contribute to the apparent color perceptible at a yarn angle;
c) for each predetermined picture dement of the color pattern of the hypothetical fabric, generating a set of display device amplitude values corresponding to the color coordinate values for that picture element, andd) outputting the set of display device amplitude values to the display device, thereby causing said device to display the simulated color of that picture element.
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Abstract
A computer-aided method and an apparatus generates and displays, on a display device, an accurate predictive simulation of the appearance of a color pattern of a hypothetical heather yarn fabric, such as a tufted carpet, comprised of multiple candidate heather yarn components. Starting from a set of user-selected initial conditions a model is generated representing the appearance of a hypothetical heather yarn and the appearance that would be imparted to a hypothetical fabric made from that yarn. Parameters are incorporated into the model that relate appearance properties to actual yarn manufacturing process conditions. The resulting simulated-color coordinates are transformed into the typically radiometrically nonlinear color space of the particular display device to permit the colors to be accurately displayed so as to be properly perceptible to a viewer.
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34 Claims
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1. A computer-aided method for predictively simulating and displaying on a display device a color pattern of a hypothetical fabric made of heather yarn which comprises multiple candidate yarn components, the heather yarn imparting appearance properties to the hypothetical fabric, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) selecting a plurality of heathering process parameters including at least; i) the number of candidate yarn components, ii) the color of each candidate yarn component, iii) at least one factor governing the mixing of the candidate yarn components, and iv) at least one factor governing the rotational relationship of the candidate yarn components as a function of distance along the yarn axis; b) for each predetermined picture element of the color pattern of the hypothetical fabric, computing a set of simulated-color coordinate values representative of a mixture of the colors of the candidate yarn components that contribute to the apparent color perceptible at a yarn angle; c) for each predetermined picture dement of the color pattern of the hypothetical fabric, generating a set of display device amplitude values corresponding to the color coordinate values for that picture element, and d) outputting the set of display device amplitude values to the display device, thereby causing said device to display the simulated color of that picture element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. Apparatus for predictively simulating and displaying on a display device a color pattern of a hypothetical fabric made of heather yarn comprised of multiple candidate yarn components, the heather yarn imparting appearance properties to the hypothetical fabric, said apparatus comprising:
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a) means for generating signals representative of each of a plurality of operator-selected heathering process parameters including at least; i) the number of candidate yarn components, ii) the color of each candidate yarn component, iii) at least one factor governing the mixing of the candidate yarn components, and iv) at least one factor governing the rotational relationship of the candidate yarn components as a function of distance along the yarn axis; b) means responsive to the rotational relationship factor for generating, for each predetermined picture element of the color pattern of the fabric, a yarn-angle value; c) means responsive to the yarn-angle value for computing a set of simulated-color coordinate values representative of a mixture of the colors of the candidate yarn components that contribute to the apparent color perceptible at that yarn angle; d) means for generating a set of display device amplitude values corresponding to the color coordinate values corresponding to the simulated color value for each predetermined picture element of the color pattern of the hypothetical fabric. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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