Patent ID: 6865439

Claim:
A computer-assisted method for making a patterned textile article simulating a fabric sample having a particular pattern, comprising the steps of: storing a set of two-dimensional image data of the fabric sample; selecting a textured yarn to form the textile article, the textured yarn being changeable from one texture to another texture to define the pattern; reading the image data along a direction corresponding to orientation of the yarn designed for the textile article, and determining the position of the pattern in the fabric sample; generating a set of one-dimensional linear data from the two-dimensional image data, the linear data representing distances and lengths on the yarn and including position data defining the positions of the textures on the yarn; storing yarn texture control data representative of parameters of the texturing of the yarn in a yarn fabricating device; fabricating the yarn by controlling the yarn fabricating device to change the texture of the yarn according to the position data and the yarn texture control data; and forming the patterned textile article using the fabricated yarn.