Patent Application
20190370872
The following includes information that may be useful in understanding the present disclosure. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art nor material to the presently described or claimed inventions, nor that any publication or document that is specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
The present invention relates generally to the field of mobile applications and websites and more specifically relates to design mobile applications and websites.
Many individuals planning to renovate or refurbish parts of their home have fairly firm ideas as to the features they feel are most important for the new design. Software applications exist which allow a user to create a preliminary plan themselves before seeking the help of a professional architect or designer. However, for the most part, these applications are difficult to use and require the user to be very specific in the placement of all structural features and fittings for the home without the benefit of professional guidance. A suitable solution is desired.
U.S. Pub. No. 2016/0086375 to Ravikiran Devaki relates to a system and method for three-dimensional reconstruction, measurement and visualization. The described system and method for three-dimensional reconstruction, measurement and visualization includes a system, method, and computer program products for window and door design. More particularly, a computer implemented system and method is described for three-dimensional reconstruction and transformation, measurement and three-dimensional visualization of any objects. In one aspect, a computer implemented system and method is described for three-dimensional reconstruction and transformation for automatic measurement and three-dimensional visualization so as to be able to measure dimensions of products from a photograph and visualize same.
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known mobile applications and websites art, the present disclosure provides a novel custom door design system. The general purpose of the present disclosure, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a software app and website that allows users to create their own customized doors.
A custom door design system is disclosed herein. The custom door design system includes a server, the server including a database storing a plurality of files, a software-application hosted on an electronic-device, and a communication-network communicably coupling the server and the electronic-device. The custom door design system provides means for generating customized door design specifications for fabricating a customized door design to install on a surface of a door.
A method for generating customized door design specifications is also disclosed herein. The method for generating customized door design specifications may comprise the steps of: providing a custom door design system including a server, the server including a database storing a plurality of files, a software-application hosted on an electronic-device, and a communication-network communicably coupling the server and the electronic-device; accessing the software-application on the electronic-device; creating customized door design specifications using the plurality of files and a plurality of layout tools; manufacturing a door design using the customized door design specifications; and applying the door design to a surface of a door.
For purposes of summarizing the invention, certain aspects, advantages, and novel features of the invention have been described herein. It is to be understood that not necessarily all such advantages may be achieved in accordance with any one particular embodiment of the invention. Thus, the invention may be embodied or carried out in a manner that achieves or optimizes one advantage or group of advantages as taught herein without necessarily achieving other advantages as may be taught or suggested herein. The features of the invention which are believed to be novel are particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following drawings and detailed description.
The figures which accompany the written portion of this specification illustrate embodiments and methods of use for the present disclosure, a custom door design system, constructed and operative according to the teachings of the present disclosure.
The various embodiments of the present invention will hereinafter be described in conjunction with the appended drawings, wherein like designations denote like elements.
As discussed above, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a mobile applications and websites and more particularly to a custom door design system as used to improve the efficiency in designing for customized doors.
Generally, the invention is a software application and website that allows users to create their own customized doors. The user can upload various pictures and images to the website or choose from stock images. Then this allows them to customize the layout and style of the door they are looking to create, using the software layout tools. Choose from a selection of standard door sizes and create their own unique door design, materials, colors, integrated lighting. The customer design is then used to create an automated process to fabricate the door using laser guided machinery that cuts the various images, paints and assembles the door to the customer's specifications. Therefore, creating a unique and personalized design.
Referring now more specifically to the drawings by numerals of reference, there is shown in
The customized door design specifications include optional integrated lighting. The customized door design specifications are fabricated using laser guided machinery for example. The software-application generates the customized door design specifications for fabricating and installing the customized door design having user-selected parameters. The software-application provides a visual representation of the door design on a display screen of the electronic-device.
The electronic-device may include a computer, tablet, and a mobile device. The software-application is downloadable onto the electronic-device or accessed via the internet on a website. The software-application includes specification input fields for generating a user-specified the design. The specification input fields include size measurements, color selections, material selections for fabrication, integrated lighting selections, and a series of other customizable options.
It should be noted that step four 504 is an optional step and may not be implemented in all cases. Optional steps of method of use 500 are illustrated using dotted lines in
The embodiments of the invention described herein are exemplary and numerous modifications, variations and rearrangements can be readily envisioned to achieve substantially equivalent results, all of which are intended to be embraced within the spirit and scope of the invention. Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientist, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application.
