WO2011046976A1 - Configurateur de bijou personnalisé pour client - Google Patents

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WO2011046976A1
WO2011046976A1 PCT/US2010/052392 US2010052392W WO2011046976A1 WO 2011046976 A1 WO2011046976 A1 WO 2011046976A1 US 2010052392 W US2010052392 W US 2010052392W WO 2011046976 A1 WO2011046976 A1 WO 2011046976A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C27/00—Making jewellery or other personal adornments
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q30/00—Commerce
    • G06Q30/06—Buying, selling or leasing transactions
    • G06Q30/0601—Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
    • G06Q30/0603—Catalogue ordering
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T19/00—Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
    • G06T19/20—Editing of 3D images, e.g. changing shapes or colours, aligning objects or positioning parts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C9/00—Finger-rings
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F2111/00—Details relating to CAD techniques
    • G06F2111/20—Configuration CAD, e.g. designing by assembling or positioning modules selected from libraries of predesigned modules
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    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T2219/00—Indexing scheme for manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
    • G06T2219/20—Indexing scheme for editing of 3D models
    • G06T2219/2012—Colour editing, changing, or manipulating; Use of colour codes
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T2219/00—Indexing scheme for manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
    • G06T2219/20—Indexing scheme for editing of 3D models
    • G06T2219/2016—Rotation, translation, scaling
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    • G06T2219/2021—Shape modification

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  • the present invention relates to an application for an end-user to create customized jewelry in a virtual environment, render a realistic image in real time, quote pricing of same and submit the design to a manufacturer for production.
  • an end user typically the customer, either has a conceptualized design in mind for jewelry, or has a representation of a jewelry piece (picture or physical item) that he wishes to have modified in certain ways to achieve a unique appearance and design.
  • the present invention of the custom jewelry configurator is thus a much- improved way to deal with the challenges involved in creating and producing custom jewelry pieces as it streamlines the design, ordering and manufacturing process.
  • the configurator can also help those who are less artistically inclined to find a unique and fitting piece by giving them a starting point in the design process as well as the ability to set different parameters to vary the design and see the results of potential changes. This can generally reduce customer surprise, or the variation between that ordered and that delivered, and increase customer satisfaction, thus bolstering the customer/jeweler relationship.
  • the configurator can also render a clearer image to a customer of what their piece is likely to look like, provide realtime quotes of prices to avoid unnecessary and numerous price quotes and streamline the communication link between consumer, jeweler and manufacturer to reduce lead times and, in turn, cost.
  • One object of the invention is to provide a jewelry configurator that is easy to operate by a consumer.
  • An additional object of this invention is to provide a jewelry configurator that reduces lead times of jewelry manufacture.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide a jewelry configurator that is able to present a consumer with a catalog of available templates from which to start his design.
  • Yet another object of this invention is to provide a jewelry configurator that is able to provide real time quoting of pricing based on what the consumer has selected in the configurator.
  • Still another object of this invention is to provide a jewelry configurator that is able to communicate the consumer's design to a manufacturer directly for production.
  • a jewelry configurator which permits a consumer or end user to begin with a catalog of jewelry pieces that he is able to then customize and alter in various ways to tailor the piece to his taste, view a rendering of said piece, get a price quote for the piece, and send same directly to manufacture for production.
  • Figure 1 is a diagram showing a selection of settings for an end user to choose from.
  • Figure 2 is a diagram showing a rendering of a selected setting picked by a user.
  • Figure 3 is a diagram showing how a user may manipulate setting parameters.
  • Figure 4 is a diagram showing how a user may manipulate gemstone parameters.
  • Figure 4A is a diagram showing how a user may manipulate the number of gemstones in the setting.
  • Figure 5 is a diagram showing how a user selects a wearer's appendage for sample viewing of the piece.
  • Figure 6 is a diagram showing a virtual wearer's appendage in a sample viewing of the piece.
  • Figure 6 A is a diagram showing how the virtual wearer's appendage may be manipulated to allow virtual viewing of the piece.
  • Figure 6B is another diagram showing how the virtual wearer's appendage may be manipulated to allow virtual viewing of the piece.
  • Figure 7 is a diagram showing a high resolution rendering of an end user's selected piece.
  • Figure 8 shows a high resolution rendering of the piece displayed on a cell phone, with the phone positioned over the user's hand.
  • Figure 9 is a flowchart illustrating the process by which jewelry pieces may be selected, manipulated, and rendered.
  • the present invention relates to a jewelry configurator that can be in various forms, such as an appliance, a software application or a consultation method.
  • the invention is a software program which can be driven in either a client-side or server-side configuration such that an end user can access the invention.
  • the configurator will be used on a computer having a central processing unit that is operative connected to a display device such as a monitor and an input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, or a touchscreen.
  • the configurator begins by presenting a user with a catalog of available settings and materials for these settings based on two pieces of data: one, what a given jeweler or manufacturer wants to be made available for configuration and two, what type of setting an end user may want. For example, if a jeweler has various solitaire settings, two and three stone settings as well as baguette-flanked settings that are available for purchase, the end user can select, or "drill down" from that group to confine his choices to what he may be interested in seeing. See Figure 1. This unique way of presenting settings enables an end user to see all that which is available and which meets the basic requirements of the user. In this way, no settings are presented that are not available, and the user need not sift through more settings than those which meet his basic requirements.
  • Piece designs are preferably provided as .jpeg or .png images.
  • a three dimensional (3D) model of the jewelry piece will be loaded into the system.
  • the 3D models are preferably .3DM files, a file format created with the Rhinoceros 3D modeling application (available from McNeel North America, 3670 Woodland Park Ave N; Seattle, WA 98103 USA), that have been made to function parametrically - (i.e., a when a parameter is changed, the whole model is changed).
  • the user is presented with a similar list of available gems from which to choose.
  • one or more gems may be selected to be set within the chosen setting.
  • the user is given the option to alter the attributes of the gems contained therein (size, weight, cut, color, type of stone, etc.), the materials (such as metal type and karat or grade), placement of gems, number of gems, sizing of the setting (e.g., ring size) and more (depending on the setting type) until the desired look and size are achieved.
  • the configurator alters the 3D model, rendering a visual approximation in real time of the piece with the selected attributes as the piece is being altered by the user via the program. See Figures 3 - 4A.
  • the customization options available to the user will vary from setting to setting. However, some features that will commonly be available for alteration include the side shank thickness, the bottom shank thickness, the shape of the ring exterior, the ring profile top width, the ring profile top height, the ring profile bottom width, gem size, gem shape, gem orientation, gem count and so forth.
  • the user will preferably be provided with a series of slide controls that will allow these characteristics to be adjusted. See, Figures 3-4A. Alternatively, the user may manipulate the same characteristics by clicking and dragging on the items in the 3D model with the mouse.
  • the parametrically active .3DM files allow the changes to be rendered in real time for the viewer to see on the screen.
  • a computer generated image of a human appendage such as a hand or an earlobe may also be created.
  • the user will be able to select skin tone and, where appropriate, nail color of the appendage in order to more closely approximate the appearance of the piece on the intended wearer.
  • the user may select the finger on which a ring may be placed. See, Figures 5-6.
  • the appendage will be created as an .stl mesh file.
  • the software program will then superimpose the approximation of the piece onto the appendage, so that the user may view the approximated piece in a setting that closely the mimics the appearance the piece will have in use. This is accomplished by simultaneously displaying the .stl mesh file of the appendage and the 3D model of the ring or other piece.
  • the software program will allow the user to rotate the virtual appendage.
  • the superimposed piece will track the rotation of the virtual appendage, allowing the user to view the virtual piece from different perspectives.
  • the user can zoom in and out on the virtual piece and appendage.
  • this is accomplished using the Rhinocerous 3D program, available from McNeel, identified above.
  • the piece is rotated together with an appendage
  • the piece could be rendered without the appendage allowing the user to manipulate the image of the piece independently, thereby allowing the user to view the piece from multiple perspectives.
  • the user may select a virtual image and create a highly realistic rendering.
  • the software takes the virtual 3D model and creates a "near real" rendering of the piece, and preferably the appendage as well, providing the user with a highly realistic image of the design.
  • this is accomplished using a rendering program such as V-ray, available from ASGVIS, LLC of 3430 2 nd Street, Suite 400 in Baltimore, MD 21225.
  • V-ray available from ASGVIS, LLC of 3430 2 nd Street, Suite 400 in Baltimore, MD 21225.
  • this near real rendering will be manipulable; however, because of the processor demands required to both render the highly realistic image and to manipulate it, it may be desirable to prohibit manipulation of the high resolution renderings in current versions of the program. Of course, as processor capacities increase, there may be no reason to prohibit manipulation of the high resolution rendering.
  • a user can also choose to have an appendage of his or her body imaged, such as with a digital camera integrated with the program. Then, this image can be coupled by the software program with the visual approximation of the piece. The software will then superimpose the visual approximation of the piece onto the image of the user's appendage.
  • the visual approximation can also include a visual approximation of the intended wearer's body part with the piece on said body part for sampling, such as a wearer's finger, neck, earlobe, etc. so that a more representative image can be seen with the user "virtually" wearing the piece without the need to actually place it into production. This feature is expected to be particularly advantageous in a "smart phone" application.
  • the user may generate a visual approximation of the piece superimposed onto the image of the user's hand.
  • the phone By placing the phone over the user's hand or other appendage, the user can see what the piece would look like on his or her body. See, Figure 8.
  • the visual approximation is also presented by the configurator in a completely scalable view, such that the gems selected will remain true to their size, even when the setting is reduced or increased in size, thus giving the user a much more realistic view of the design which takes into consideration every parameter of the piece.
  • the program may be configured to scale automatically based upon an algorithm and a known or measured distance between the camera and the user's appendage. Alternatively, scaling could be accomplished with reference to an object of known size such as a penny..
  • scaling is a function inherent in the 3D program available from Rhinocerous.
  • the invention is designed to be programmed to permit a great deal of latitude in the design process, but is also coded such that certain combinations of attributes which are either infeasible or inadvisable may be precluded from a user's purview.
  • the stones to be set in such channel would be confined to appropriately sized and shaped stones so that a user would be prevented from submitting an impractical design.
  • requesting that an improper number of stones be set into a channel can be avoided as well, to prevent a design which is physically impossible to produce from being submitted.
  • the actual prohibited alterations will vary from piece to piece.
  • the user can select to have a price quote provided to him based on all the attributes selected, so the user can determine if the price is acceptable.
  • the price will be generated based upon the estimated size and quality of the stone or stones to be included with the piece, plus the estimated quantity, grade (e.g. purity), and market price of precious metal or other material that will be utilized in the ring.
  • the invention can store the data for the ultimately selected piece, complete with all attributes, in memory for transmission.
  • the end user's data is then collected for purposes of contacting user and delivering the finished product, whereupon this data is then coupled with the above-referenced modeling and material data into a single file vessel, or a unitary file.
  • This single file vessel reduces complexity and the possibility for loss or confusion in the ordering process. See Figure 9.
  • This file can then be directly transmitted to the manufacturer for production, where the piece can be made.
  • a user enters the application, and is presented with several pieces from which to choose. He may either select one of the presented pieces, or drill down by attribute to a more refined grouping of available settings. At this point, metal choices, gem choices and other attributes are presented for selection by the user. See Figure 1.
  • the user can then mix and match settings, changing each in a visual environment showing the changes in real time as each selection is made/changed. See Figures 3 and 4.
  • the piece can be viewed on a virtual wearer to sample the piece on an individual.
  • the program is configured to allow the user to manipulate the image of the virtual wearer in order to observe the piece from multiple perspectives. See Figures 6 - 6B.
  • the near life representation should be a high resolution image, preferably in a standard bit map format such as .jpeg, .png, and .bmp..
  • “high resolution” refers to an image having a resolution of at least 1000 x 1000 pixels.
  • the user can then enter his personal data for ordering and quotation purposes, get a price estimate of the piece he has "virtually" constructed, and if desired, send the information on himself and the 3D model of the piece as well as any other relevant details to a manufacturer, who can then produce and dispatch the product directly to the end user.

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L'invention concerne un configurateur de bijou permettant à un client ou à un utilisateur final de commencer avec un catalogue d'articles de bijouterie qu'il est ensuite capable de personnaliser et de modifier de différentes façons afin d'adapter l'article à son goût, de visualiser une restitution dudit article, d'obtenir un prix sur devis pour l'article, et d'adresser ce dernier directement à la manufacture pour sa fabrication.
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