Patent ID: 6895787
Filing Date: 2005-05-24
Classification: D04B,G06T

Abstract:
1. A knit design method for designing a knitted fabric while displaying an image of the knitted fabric, comprising: allowing designing a knitted fabric by combining an image representing a shape of a basic knitting stitch for making a predetermined basic knitted fabric and an image representing a shape of a knitting stitch for a pattern for forming a texture pattern by changing a knitting stitch of the knitted fabric from the shape of the basic knitting stitch; allowing generating a plurality of kinds of images of transformed knitting stitches representing a shape of a knitting stitch in a periphery of the knitting stitch for a pattern that is transformed in accordance with a position by an influence of making the knitting stitch for a pattern, based on a combination of the basic knitting stitch and the transformed knitting stitch; substituting an image selected from the plurality of images of transformed knitting stitches in accordance with a position of a knitting stitch for the knitting stitch in the periphery of the knitting stitch for a pattern, based on a predetermined corresponding relationship when design of the knitted fabric is performed by combining the basic knitting stitch and the knitting stitch for a pattern; and displaying the image of the knitted fabric as an image obtained by combining the basic knitting stitch, the knitting stitch for a pattern and the transformed knitting stitch.