System and method for jewelry design

• US 9,208,265 B2
• Filed: 11/30/2012
• Issued: 12/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jostens Incorporated (Newell Brands Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Jostens Incorporated (Newell Brands Inc.)
• Inventors: Wells, Richard David, Ross, Michael J., Freiberg, John, Rysavy, Paul Joseph, Loring, Eric J., Stanley, Karmin L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Ramesh
• Application Number:
  US13/690,714
• Publication Number:
  US 20130173040A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,103 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 17/02 Settings for holding gems or the like, e.g. for ornaments or decorations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/00 Computer-aided design [CAD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/20 Design optimisation, verification or simulation optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30

Abstract

A system for designing a customized ring may include a ring style selection component, a ring top design component, a ring side design component, and an image panel component where, the components support an interface for monitoring the progress of the ring design and an image panel may show an image of the ring that is periodically updated based on customization input. A system for creating and displaying ring assets may include an extraction component, a rendering component, and a display component. A system for displaying customized bezel text may include a text mapping module configured to receive bezel parameters, map text in a two dimensional space, map text in a three-dimensional space defined by bezel geometry, develop code for displaying the text, and displaying the text.

Claims

1. A system for designing a customized ring comprising:

a computing device having computer implemented instructions stored thereon for receiving and storing ring customization input, the instructions comprising;

a ring style selection component for receiving ring customization input defining the ring style;

a ring top design component for receiving ring customization input defining the ring top design;

a ring side design component for receiving ring customization input defining the ring side design;

an image panel component; and

an interface supported by the components;

wherein the components support the interface for monitoring the progress of the ring customization input, the interface having a ring image panel controlled by the image panel component that shows an image of the ring and the image is periodically updated based on the ring customization input to show the customized ring.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a metal selection component.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising an engraving component.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the ring top design component comprises:

a stone design component; and

a bezel text design component.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the bezel text design component comprises a plurality of bezel text options including a custom option.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the custom option comprises a layout component configured to receive bezel text input and layout bezel text based on a ring style and the bezel text input.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the ring side design component comprises a plurality of ring side options for selection by a user, the ring side options comprising a plurality of three-dimensionally modeled depictions of a corresponding plurality of ring side designs.

8. The system of claim 7, further comprising an image creation component for generating the three-dimensionally modeled depictions.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising manufacturing a ring based on the ring customization input.

10. A system for creating and storing ring assets for use in designing a customized ring, the system comprising:

a computing device having computer implemented instructions stored thereon for creating ring assets, the instructions comprising;

an extraction component for extracting relevant data from a computer aided drafting file;

a rendering component for creating a rendered image based on the data; and

a storage component for storing the rendered image in a repository for access by a ring customization system.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the ring assets comprise ring side panel artwork and the data comprises curve data and surface data representing the artwork.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the ring assets comprise ring crests and the data comprises curve data and surface data representing the crests.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the ring assets comprise ring bezels and the data comprises curve data and surface data representing the bezels.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the ring assets comprise outside custom artwork and the data comprises curve data and surface data representing the outside custom artwork.

15. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

a user interface for displaying a plurality of the rendered images;

a selection component for allowing a user to select from the plurality of rendered images; and

an image panel component configured to display an image of the customized ring and dynamically update the image with one of the rendered images when the user selects from the plurality of rendered images.

16. A system for displaying customized bezel text of a customized ring, the system comprising:

a computing device having computer implemented instructions stored thereon for receiving and storing custom bezel text input, the instructions comprising a text mapping module configured for performing a plurality of dynamic operations, the dynamic operations comprising;

receiving bezel parameters;

mapping the text in a two dimensional space;

mapping the text in a three-dimensional space defined by bezel geometry;

transforming the three-dimensionally mapped text into code for displaying the text on a screen; and

displaying the text on a screen.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the system further comprises an interface for monitoring the progress of the customized ring and the interface includes a ring image panel and displaying the text comprises displaying the text on the ring image panel.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise creating polygon representations of the text.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise creating polygon representations of dividers.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise splitting the text between separate panels of a bezel.