INTERACTIVE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGN, CUSTOMIZATION AND MANUFACTURE OF DECORATIVE TEXTILE SUBSTRATES

摘要

A system and method for enabling customer specification of images to be used for decorating textile substrates at the economies of mass customization. An automated patterning apparatus is implemented that comprises a plurality of individual colorant substances (418) that are directed through a set of colorant applicators in accordance with predetermined pattern data, the colorant substances capable of being selectively applied to individual pixels on the substrate in accordance with the predetermined pattern data. The system and method particularly implements a device (20, 21) providing an interface for enabling remote access to an image manipulation design tool (35) that enables user customization of the digitized image to form a target image over a communications network (15).