Balancing yarn use in designing tufted patterns for textiles

Tools are provided that communicate to a pattern designer how much yarn is being used on every needle for a given tuft height pattern and permit the designer to adjust the pattern accordingly to balance the yarn usage on the needles. An electronic representation of a pattern design is received for c...

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Main Authors Del Angel Jorge, Jones William Nathan, Ripley Graeme Robert
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 26.12.2017
Subjects
EMBROIDERING
SEWING
TEXTILES
TUFTING
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Summary:Tools are provided that communicate to a pattern designer how much yarn is being used on every needle for a given tuft height pattern and permit the designer to adjust the pattern accordingly to balance the yarn usage on the needles. An electronic representation of a pattern design is received for controlling a carpet tufting operation. The pattern design includes a pile height per tuft. A grid is provided for representing the pattern design using different visual cues to represent different pile heights. A graph depicting use-of-yarn per needle for the carpet tufting operation is generated. The grid and the graph are on a common user interface and are viewable at the same time on a display device.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201715405351