Patent ID: 11910871
Assignee: NIKE, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  D  G | IPC A  D  G

Claim 15:
16. A system for designing and producing a knit footwear upper, the system comprising:
a user interface on a user interface display that generates and visually updates an appearance of a knit footwear upper design;
one or more input devices that provide design input for a plurality of knit structures associated with the knit footwear upper design;
one or more programmable knitting machines that receive knitting instructions, and knit a footwear upper in accordance with the received knitting instructions; and
a computing device comprising:
one or more processors; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to:
for each knit structure in the plurality of knit structures:
determine a zone of the knit footwear upper design associated with the knit structure; and
apply a plurality of design characteristics associated with the knit structure to a corresponding zone of the knit footwear upper design;

visually update, based on the applied design characteristics, the appearance of the selected knit footwear upper design; and
send, to one or more other computing devices controlling one or more knitting machines to manufacture a knit footwear upper, knitting instructions created based on the knit footwear upper design and the applied design characteristics.