Patent ID: 11941236
Assignee: LEVI STRAUSS & CO.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  D | IPC G

Claim 26:
27. A method comprising:
in a garment design tool, creating a garment design by selecting a garment template and a damage asset, wherein the damage asset comprises a digitally captured image of at least one of a hole, an emerging hole, or a rip that is lazed into a first fabric or a second fabric using a laser to digitally represent the first fabric or the second fabric having the at least one of the hole, the emerging hole, or the rip; and
in the garment design tool and prior to manufacturing the garment design, showing on a computer screen a computer-generated preview image in color of the garment design as customized by a user with the garment template and the damage asset, wherein the computer-generated preview image comprises a photorealistic simulated appearance in color of an appearance of the garment design as if the garment design had been lased by the laser to create the damage asset in the garment design and washed by a postlaser wash, wherein the computer-generated preview image is generated by using a simulation of both a first application of a lasing process with the laser on the garment design and a second application of the postlaser wash on the garment design after the lasing process, and the digitally captured image of the damage asset is created at least by:
creating a damage shape in a single color for the at least one of the hole, the emerging hole, or the rip for the damage asset;
using the laser on the first or the second fabric to create a lased fabric having a lased damage shaped;
after washing of the lased fabric with the lased damage shape in the postlaser wash, capturing an image of at least the lased damage shape on the first or the second fabric, and
using the image of at least the lased damage shape as the digitally captured image for the damage asset in the computer-generated preview image in color of the garment design.