Patent ID: 6968075

Claim:
A method for three-dimensional shape and size measurement of a three-dimensional body surface comprising the steps of: providing a three-dimensional scanner; providing a processor; providing a three-dimensional Computer Aided Design system; scanning in three dimensions with the three-dimensional scanner at least a portion of the three-dimensional body surface; creating a data file representative of the three-dimensional body surface; processing the data file with the processor; importing the data file into the three-dimensional Computer Aided Design System; employing the three-dimensional Computer Aided Design System relative to the data file to define and record three-dimensional measuring data relative to at least a portion of the three-dimensional body surface comprising adding three-dimensional shape definition points to the three-dimensional body surface for identifying and defining measurement guidelines and landmarks; and employing the three-dimensional Computer Aided Design System to exploit the three-dimensional measuring data comprising employing the three-dimensional Computer Aided Design System to create garment patterns comprising creating reference points that are spaced from the three-dimensional shape definition points on the three-dimensional body surface, creating three-dimensional curve lines using the reference points, and forming three-dimensional garment pattern pieces using the three-dimensional curve lines and comprising creating automatic custom-made garment patterns by employing pre-selected spatial relationships between the three-dimensional garment pattern pieces and the three-dimensional shape definition points to adjust locations of the reference points automatically to maintain the pre-selected spatial relationships in response to changes in locations of the three-dimensional shape definition points.