Patent Application
20230315933
This application claims priority to Taiwan Application Serial Number 111112800, filed Apr. 1, 2022, which is herein incorporated by reference.
The present invention relates to a swiveling table system, in particular to a swiveling table system for building a 3D model of fabric to assist in calculating the drape coefficient.
Traditionally, there is no doubt about the upper body effect of fabrics with good drape. Today, the drape coefficient is often used to evaluate the possible drape.
However, the design and development of fabric materials have progressed rapidly, and fabrics have changed from less diverse forms in the past to diversified products designed to meet consumer needs. And it is more multifunctional, and functional fabrics, such as antibacterial and deodorant, sweat-wicking, breathable and waterproof, anti-ultraviolet, etc., or include certain mechanical properties, such as strength, elongation, modulus, heat shrinkage and water permeability coefficients and so on.
Therefore, how to check and judge which fabric has better drape at any time in the process of technology development is an urgent issue in the industry.
According to an aspect of the present invention, a swiveling table system comprises a 3D sensor and a swiveling table device. The swiveling table device further comprises a central turntable disposed on a base and a lifting platform. The central turntable includes a central rotation column and a central tray. The central rotation column is coupled to the central tray for rotating the central tray. The lifting platform disposed on the base. The lifting platform includes a lifting column and an outer ring tray. The lifting column is coupled to the outer ring tray for lifting the outer ring tray. When the outer ring tray and the central tray are coplanar, the outer ring tray surrounds the central tray and is not coupled with the central tray. When a fabric is placed on the coplanar and the lifting column is controlled to lower the outer ring tray in a free-fall manner to make the outer ring tray drop from the position coplanar with the central tray to a descending position in a direction perpendicular to the base, the central rotating column rotates the central tray and the 3D sensor captures a rotating image of the fabric to establish a 3D model of the fabric.
In an embodiment, the central tray further includes a fabric plate and a pressure plate, wherein the fabric plate is configured to place the fabric, and the pressure plate is configured to fix the fabric.
In an embodiment, warp scales are formed on the fabric plate configured to position the warp and weft directions of the fabric.
In an embodiment, the pressure plate includes a magnetic element is configured to fix the fabric on the fabric plate by magnetic attraction.
In an embodiment, the lifting column further includes a fixing base disposed on the base, a sliding rail disposed on the fixing base, and a lifting rod coupled to the outer ring tray, wherein the lifting rod includes a sliding mechanism connected to the sliding rail, and the sliding mechanism moves on the sliding rail to lift the lifting rod.
In an embodiment, both the lifting rod and the fixing base have a pin hole respectively.
In an embodiment, when the pin hole on the lifting rod is aligned with the pin hole on the fixing base, a latch is configured to insert into the pin hole on the lifting rod and the pin hole on the fixing base to fix the lifting rod on the fixing base, wherein when the lifting rod is fixed on the fixing base, the outer ring tray and the central tray are coplanar.
In an embodiment, when the latch is removed from the pin hole on the lifting rod and the pin hole on the fixing base, the lifting rod slides downwards along the sliding rail in a free-fall manner to make the outer ring tray drop from the position coplanar with the central tray to the descending position.
In an embodiment, a buffer disposed on the base is configured to buffer the lifting rod falling in the free-fall manner.
In an embodiment, the swiveling table system of claim 1 further comprises a first 2D sensor configured to capture a 2D image of a front view of the fabric when the fabric is rotating.
In an embodiment, the swiveling table system of claim 1 further comprises a second 2D sensor configured to capture a 2D image of a top view of the fabric when the fabric is placed on the coplanar.
In an embodiment, the swiveling table system of claim 1 further comprises a backplane vertically disposed on the base, wherein the backplane and the base form an “L” shape appearance.
In an embodiment, the backplane and the base are configure to be a green screen.
A method for operating the swiveling table system to build a 3D model of a fabric comprises to make the outer ring tray coplanar with the central tray, to place the fabric on the coplanar, to control the lifting column to lower the outer ring tray in a free-fall manner to make the outer ring tray drop from the position coplanar with the central tray to the descending position in the direction perpendicular to the base, to activate the central rotating column to rotate the central tray, to activate the 3D sensor to capture the rotating image of the fabric, and to build the 3D model of the fabric according to the rotating image of the fabric.
Accordingly, the swiveling table device includes a lifting platform and a central turntable. The lifting platform slides down in a free-fall manner to make the fabrics placed on the outer ring tray to hang down in a free-fall manner. At the same time, the central turntable rotates the fabric on the central tray, and captures the rotating image of the fabric to reconstruct the 3D model of the fabric, so as to calculate the drape coefficient of the fabric. Since the fabric is draped in a natural way to create the 3D model, the 3D model of fabric is very closer to the actual use situation. The user may actually feel the drape situation of the fabric through the 3D model of the fabric. Therefore, the 3D model of the fabric may provide more accurate reference data for developing fabric.
The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.
In order to make the above and other objects, features and advantages of the disclosure more comprehensible, several embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.
Reference will now be made in detail to the present preferred embodiments of the disclosure, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers are used in the drawings and the description to refer to the same or like parts.
To comprehensively describe the disclosure in detail, reference may be made to the accompanying drawings and various embodiments. Meanwhile, components and steps known by the public are not described in the embodiments to prevent unnecessary limitations from being imposed to the disclosure.
Terms such as “couple” or “connect” used in the embodiments may refer to two or more components being in physical or electrical contact with each other “directly”, two or more components being in physical or electrical contact with each other “indirectly”, or acting of two or more components with each other.
The foregoing and other technical content, features, and effects of the present invention can be clearly presented below in detailed descriptions of embodiments with reference to the drawings.
The present application provides a swiveling table system, which can be used to rotate the fabric in the process of fabric development to reconstruct the 3D model of the fabric and calculate the drape coefficient of the fabric based on the 3D model. The lifting mechanism of the swiveling table system may realize the natural drape of the fabric. Accordingly, in addition to allowing the user to feel the drape of the fabric, the present application may also make the established 3D model of the fabric closer to the actual situation and provide users with more accurate reference data for developing fabric.
In one embodiment, a first 2D sensor 107 and a second 2D sensor 108 are further provided on the fixed shelf 101 for capturing 2D images of the fabric. In one embodiment, the first 2D sensor 107 is disposed in front of the swiveling table device 105 to capture a 2D image of a front view of the fabric when it is draped. The second 2D sensor 108 is disposed above the swiveling table device 105 to capture a 2D image of a top view of the fabric when it is placed on the tray 110. In one embodiment, the base 103 and the backplane 104 can be set as a green background to form a green screen for the 3D sensor 102, the first 2D sensor 107 and the second 2D sensor 108 to capture images. The green background may be replaced to remove unnecessary background images or add extra background images.
In one embodiment, the lifting platform 114 further comprises a latch 1145 and each the lifting rod 1147 and the fixing base 1144 has a pin hole. When the pin hole disposed on the lifting rod 1147 is in alignment with the pin hole disposed on the fixing base 1144, the latch 1145 is penetrated into the pin holes disposed on the lifting rod 1147 and the fixing base 1144 simultaneously to make the lifting rod 1147 be fixed on the fixing base 1144. In one embodiment, the position where the lifting rod 1147 is fixed on the fixing base 1144 is, but not necessarily, the lifting column 1141 slides to the top of the sliding rail 1143. In one embodiment, when the lifting rod 1147 is fixed on the fixing base 1144, the outer ring tray 1142 is coplanar with the central tray 1122 to form the tray 110. When the latch 1145 is moved out from the pin holes on the lifting rod 1147 and the fixing base 1144, the lifting rod 1147 slides down along the sliding rail 1143 on the fixing base 1144 in a free-fall manner to drive the outer ring tray 1142 to slide down simultaneously. Accordingly, the outer ring tray 1142 drops from the coplanar position with the central tray 1122 to a lowering position in a direction perpendicular to the base 103. At this time, because the outer ring tray 1142 slides downward, the part of the fabric placed on the outer ring tray 1142 may hang down naturally in the way of free fall. In another embodiment, the base 103 further comprises a buffer 1146. The buffer 1146 is disposed on the base 103 to provide buffer for the lifting rod 1147. The buffer 1146 may prevent the lifting rod 1147 from directly hitting the base 103 to damage the outer ring tray 1142 when the lifting rod 1147 slides down along the sliding rail 1143 on the fixing base 1144 in a free-fall manner.
Accordingly, the swiveling table device includes a lifting platform and a central turntable. The lifting platform slides down in a free-fall manner to make the fabrics placed on the outer ring tray to hang down in a free-fall manner. At the same time, the central turntable rotates the fabric on the central tray, and captures the rotating image of the fabric to reconstruct the 3D model of the fabric, so as to calculate the drape coefficient of the fabric. Since the fabric is draped in a natural way to create the 3D model, the 3D model of fabric is very closer to the actual use situation. The user may actually feel the drape situation of the fabric through the 3D model of the fabric. Therefore, the 3D model of the fabric may provide more accurate reference data for developing fabric.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure of the present disclosure without departing from the scope or spirit of the disclosure. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the present disclosure cover modifications and variations of this disclosure provided they fall within the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 111112800 | Apr 2022 | TW | national |
