Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
Automated trimming of pliable items
The present invention relates to the automated cutting of pliable items. More particularly, the present invention relates to the automatic cutting and/or trimming of pliable items, such as a shoe upper that lacks uniformity. An image of the pliable item is captured having image features and a pattern is retrieved having pattern features, such as a proposed cut path. An image feature is compared to distance tolerances associated with pattern features to adjust the proposed cut path such that it satisfies the distance tolerances while providing a consistently sized and shaped trimmed item.
NIKE, Inc.
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Mike F. Chih-Chi Shu-Hui Cheng-Yen
Quigley Chang Wang Ho