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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2002
Noriyuki Suzuki, Wakayama, JP;
Noriyuki Suzuki, Wakayama, JP;
Shima Seiki Manufacturing Limited, Wakayama, JP;
Abstract
An object of the invention is to display an image giving a feeling close to the feeling of a knitted fabric actually knitted with a knitting yarn. Linear knitting yarn image datais divided into a plurality of meshes. The meshis made to match a transformed meshtransformed along the shape of a knitting stitch loop. The knitting yarn image datais subjected to an image drawing processing by a mesh transforming technique to create the image of the knitting stitch loop. A lower sectionand an upper sectionare defined in a portion where the knitting stitch loopsare overlapped, the portion where the knitting stitch loops are overlapped is synthesized as a knitted fabric, and displayed. Fluffiness or the like is also reproduced, and consequently the feeling like that of an actual knitted fabric can be given.