Patent Document ID: 5487011
Application ID: 08210303
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for aligning a garment segment pattern at a selected location in a marker with a geometric design in a fabric web on an upper surface of a table in a system having a moveable video sub-system including a camera having an array of pixel elements configured to receive light from a portion of the fabric web and provide electrical signal equivalents thereof; said method comprising the steps of: receiving marker signals including garment segment pattern signals and a reference signal corresponding to a reference location in said marker of said fabric design and camera pixel element alignment therewith; receiving, from said camera video sub-system signals including signals corresponding to said web fabric design; generating signals indicative of initial web fabric design alignment as compared to said marker reference location; computationally rotating said web fabric design signals to a plurality of angularly separated positions; comparing, at each of said plurality of angularly separated positions, said rotated web fabric design signals with said camera pixel element alignment signals and generating therefrom signals indicative of corresponding web alignment; selecting the one of said plurality of angularly separated positions which yields the greatest alignment of said camera pixel elements with said web fabric design; and generating signals to adjust the position of said garment pattern signals in said marker to remove any offset between said initial web fabric design alignment and the selected one of said plurality of angularly separated positions.