US 11,755,790 B2
System and method of bridging 2D and 3D assets for product visualization and manufacturing
Christopher W. Hancock, Knoxville, TN (US); and Jill M. Goodson, Knoxville, TN (US)
Filed by AMERICA'S COLLECTIBLES NETWORK, INC., Knoxville, TN (US)
Filed on Jan. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/162,096.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/967,327, filed on Jan. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0232720 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06F 30/10 (2020.01); G06T 15/50 (2011.01); G06F 30/17 (2020.01); G06F 30/12 (2020.01); G06T 15/20 (2011.01); A44C 27/00 (2006.01); G06F 111/16 (2020.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 30/17 (2020.01) [G06F 30/12 (2020.01); G06T 15/205 (2013.01); G06T 15/50 (2013.01); G06T 19/00 (2013.01); A44C 27/00 (2013.01); G06F 2111/16 (2020.01); G06Q 30/0621 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing system of bridging two-dimensional and three-dimensional technologies for customized product visualization and manufacturing, comprising:
one or more computer-readable storage mediums storing computer-executable instructions for controlling the computing system to:
a) prior to a user creating a customized product, generate a three-dimensional generic base model of a product,
i) wherein the generic base model comprises one or more three-dimensional generic subparts,
ii) wherein each generic subpart comprises one or more generic assets,
iii) wherein each generic asset can accommodate a range of parameters,
b) during the user creating a customized product, modify the three-dimensional generic base model using two-dimensional image manipulation,
i) wherein a customized parameter selected from the range of parameters is assigned to a generic asset, thereby becoming a visualization asset,
ii) wherein the generic subpart is dynamically updated to incorporate the visualization asset,
thereby becoming a customized subpart,
iii) wherein the generic base model is updated to incorporate the customized subpart, thereby becoming a customized base model of a customized product,
c) create a three-dimensional customized base model of a customized product, and one or more processors for executing the computer-executable instructions stored in the one or more computer-readable storage mediums.