Patents by Inventor Carmelo Sberna

Carmelo Sberna has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for digitizing a pattern
    Patent number: 7426302
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel system and method for digitizing garment patterns. In a system embodiment, there are imaging devices supported above a garment pattern-making table. The imaging devices are connected to a computing device via a suitable network connection. The imaging devices are operable to capture data representative of a known garment pattern, and deliver that data to the computing device. In turn, the computing device is operable to vectorize the pattern. Once vectorized, the pattern is subjected to a fully automated recognition operation, and a file is outputted that includes a digitized pattern representing the garment pattern, including elements such as the border, turn points along the border and other specific elements within the border.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Inventors: John Amico, Carmelo Sberna
  • System and method for digitizing a pattern
    Publication number: 20060171592
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel system and method for digitizing garment patterns. In a system embodiment, there are imaging devices supported above a garment pattern-making table. The imaging devices are connected to a computing device via a suitable network connection. The imaging devices are operable to capture data representative of a known garment pattern, and deliver that data to the computing device. In turn, the computing device is operable to vectorize the pattern. Once vectorized, the pattern is subjected to a fully automated recognition operation, and a file is outputted that includes a digitized pattern representing the garment pattern, including elements such as the border, turn points along the border and other specific elements within the border.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: John Amico, Carmelo Sberna
  • Automatic digitization of garment patterns
    Patent number: 7031527
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for digitizing shapes especially for garment styles by using image scanning techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Nhega, LLC
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishikawa, John Amico, Carmelo Sberna
  • System and method for digitizing a pattern
    Publication number: 20050119779
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel system and method for digitizing garment patterns. In a system embodiment, there are imaging devices supported above a garment pattern-making table. The imaging devices are connected to a computing device via a suitable network connection. The imaging devices are operable to capture data representative of a known garment pattern, and deliver that data to the computing device. In turn, the computing device is operable to vectorize the pattern. Once vectorized, the pattern is subjected to a fully automated recognition operation, and a file is outputted that includes a digitized pattern representing the garment pattern, including elements such as the border, turn points along the border and other specific elements within the border.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: John Amico, Carmelo Sberna