Computerized, custom-fit garment pattern production system for automatic garment pattern extrapolation or interpolation based upon changes in indirect body dimension parameters

摘要

A computerized garment pattern production system automatically extrapolates or interpolates the dimensions of an existing garment pattern for a new custom-fitting garment upon the input of changes in a customer's stored indirect parameters. In a preferred embodiment, along with a customer's body dimensions, the customer's weight is also stored in his/her profile. When a customer who has gained weight (or lost weight) since his/her body dimensions were stored orders a new garment, the dimensions of the pattern are automatically extrapolated (or interpolated) according to a stored algorithm and the new weight to surmise new body and hence pattern dimensions. Therefore, a customer with a stored profile ordering new garments need merely supply his/her new weight, and need not have his/her body dimensions re-measured. The present invention better facilitates custom garment ordering from remote locations via telephone, the Internet, and the like for customers with stored profiles. In an alternate embodiment, a different extrapolation/interpolation algorithm is used depending on a customer's identified body type (e.g., endomorph, ectomorph, mesomorph) to better predict changes in body dimensions due to weight changes. Further aspects include for children and growing young adults, the inclusion of height data as an indirect parameter in a customer's stored profile.