| US 7,330,772 B2 | ||
| Knit design method and apparatus | ||
| Noriyuki Suzuki, Wakayama (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Shima Seiki Manufacturing Limited, Wakayama (Japan) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/551,778 PCT Filed Mar. 30, 2004, PCT No. PCT/JP2004/004496 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Oct. 05, 2006, PCT Pub. No. WO2004/090213, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 21, 2004. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 2003-102033 (JP), filed on Apr. 04, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0156277 A1, Jul. 05, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. D04B 15/66 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 700—139 [66/231] | 14 Claims |
| 1. A knit design method for simulating and displaying an image of a knitted fabric with a fuzzy knitting yarn based on data
for knitting a knitted fabric, comprising:
dividing image data of a knitting yarn extended in a form of a line into fuzz regions on both sides and a yarn main frame
region therebetween with respect to a width direction of the knitting yarn, and dividing into a plurality of meshes with a
predetermined length in a length direction so that sides in the length direction and sides in the width direction form rectangles,
deforming each of the meshes in accordance with a shape of a stitch loop constituting a knitted fabric, deforming the image
data of the knitting yarn in accordance with a state of the deformed meshes, and reducing image data of the fuzz regions,
and
displaying the image data of the knitting yarn on an upper side or a lower side at a portion in which stitch loops overlap
each other, in accordance with a predetermined rule, and thereby simulating an image of the knitted fabric.
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