Product customization system and method
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1. A computer implemented system for designing and producing a customized product, comprising:
- a computer having a memory;
a user interface portion, executed by the computer, that generates a user interface so that one or more two dimensional design areas of a product are created with user content that comprises one or more of a color, a tiled image, a photograph and a user designed image;
a product renderer portion, executed by the computer, that generates a visual three dimensional representation of a finished product using the one or more two dimensional design areas of the product with the user content rendered in three dimensions and the visual three dimensional representation of a finished product with the user content is displayed using the user interface portion, wherein the product renderer portion also generates a product description based on the one or more design areas of the product with the user content;
a manufacturing product rendering portion, executed by the computer, that, based on the product description, generates one or more manufacturing files including a layout of the one or more design areas with user content of the product, a cutting of the one or more design areas with user content of the product and a set of assembly instructions for the one or more design areas with user content of the product; and
a manufacture portion that prints the user content on a piece of material;
that cuts the piece of material into the one or more design areas of the product and that assembles the one or more design areas of the product into an assembled customized product.
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Abstract
A product customization system and method are provided in which a consumer can insert user content, such as images or text, onto a product, such as a shoe, and then view the customized product before purchasing the customized product.
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1. A computer implemented system for designing and producing a customized product, comprising:
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a computer having a memory; a user interface portion, executed by the computer, that generates a user interface so that one or more two dimensional design areas of a product are created with user content that comprises one or more of a color, a tiled image, a photograph and a user designed image; a product renderer portion, executed by the computer, that generates a visual three dimensional representation of a finished product using the one or more two dimensional design areas of the product with the user content rendered in three dimensions and the visual three dimensional representation of a finished product with the user content is displayed using the user interface portion, wherein the product renderer portion also generates a product description based on the one or more design areas of the product with the user content; a manufacturing product rendering portion, executed by the computer, that, based on the product description, generates one or more manufacturing files including a layout of the one or more design areas with user content of the product, a cutting of the one or more design areas with user content of the product and a set of assembly instructions for the one or more design areas with user content of the product; and a manufacture portion that prints the user content on a piece of material;
that cuts the piece of material into the one or more design areas of the product and that assembles the one or more design areas of the product into an assembled customized product. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for designing and producing a customized product, the method comprising:
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generating, using a user interface portion of a computer-based customized product unit, a user interface so that one or more two dimensional design areas of a product are created with user content that comprises one or more of a color, a tiled image, a photograph and a user designed image; generating, using a product renderer portion of the computer-based customized product unit, a visual three dimensional representation of a finished product using the one or more two dimensional design areas of the product with the user content rendered in three dimensions and the visual three dimensional representation of a finished product with the user content is displayed using the user interface portion; generating, using the product renderer portion of the computer-based customized product unit, a product description based on the one or more design areas of the product with the user content; generating, using a manufacturing product rendering portion of the computer-based customized product unit, one or more manufacturing files including a layout of the one or more design areas with user content of the product, a cutting of the one or more design areas with user content of the product and a set of assembly instructions for the one or more design areas with user content of the product based on the product description; and manufacturing, using a manufacture portion of the computer-based customized product unit, the product wherein the manufacturing further comprising printing the user content on a piece of material;
cutting the piece of material into the one or more design areas of the product and assembling the one or more design areas of the product into an assembled customized product. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer implemented system for designing and producing a customized product, comprising:
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a computer; a user interface portion, executed by the computer, that generates a user interface so that one or more two dimensional design areas of a product are created with user content that comprises one or more of a color, a tiled image, a photograph and a user designed image; a product renderer portion, executed by the computer, that generates a visual three dimensional representation of a finished product with the user content based on the one or more design areas of the product wherein the visual three dimensional representation of a finished product with the user content is displayed using the user interface portion, wherein the product renderer portion also generates a product description based on the one or more design areas of the product with the user content; a manufacturing product rendering portion, executed by the computer, that, based on the product description, generates one or more manufacturing files including a layout of the one or more design areas with user content of the product, a cutting of the one or more design areas with user content of the product and a set of assembly instructions for the one or more design areas with user content of the product; a manufacture portion that prints the user content on a piece of material;
that cuts the piece of material into the one or more design areas of the product and that assembles the one or more design areas of the product into an assembled customized product, the manufacture portion generates a reference product with calibration mark-up for the assembled customized product and generates a set of color and material samples for the assembled customized product; anda reflection portion, executed by the computer, that, based on the reference product with calibration mark-up and the set of color and material samples for the assembled customized product, generates one or more calibrated color maps and one or more calibrated luminance maps that are fed back to the product renderer portion to improve the visual three dimensional representation of a finished product and one or more calibrated patterns and one or more visible area layouts that are fed back to the manufacturing product renderer to improve the accuracy of the one or more manufacturing files. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for designing and producing a customized product, the method comprising:
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generating, using a user interface portion of a computer-based customized product unit, a user interface so that one or more two dimensional design areas of a product are created with user content that comprises one or more of a color, a tiled image, a photograph and a user designed image; generating, using a product renderer portion of the computer-based customized product unit, a visual three dimensional representation of a finished product with the user content based on the one or more design areas of the product wherein the visual three dimensional representation of a finished product with the user content is displayed using the user interface portion; generating, using the product renderer portion of the computer-based customized product unit, a product description based on the one or more design areas of the product with the user content; generating, using a manufacturing product rendering portion of the computer-based customized product unit, one or more manufacturing files including a layout of the one or more design areas with user content of the product, a cutting of the one or more design areas with user content of the product and a set of assembly instructions for the one or more design areas with user content of the product based on the product description; manufacturing, using a manufacture portion of the computer-based customized product unit, the product wherein the manufacturing further comprising printing the user content on a piece of material;
cutting the piece of material into the one or more design areas of the product and assembling the one or more design areas of the product into an assembled customized product;generating, based on the reference product with calibration mark-up and the set of color and material samples for the assembled customized product; and using a reflection portion of the computer-based customized product unit, one or more calibrated color maps and one or more calibrated luminance maps that are fed back to the product renderer portion to improve the visual three dimensional representation of a finished product and one or more calibrated patterns and one or more visible area layouts that are fed back to the manufacturing product renderer to improve the accuracy of the one or more manufacturing files. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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