METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR MANIPULATION OF IMAGES OF FLOOR COVERINGS OR OTHER FABRICS

摘要

A digital library of fabric models is created, preferably including digitized full-color images (74) and having associated a digital representation of positions that are located within and which characterize the models (75). A user may navigate among the set of alternative models, and may modify the positions of the selected models to test out desired combinations of characteristics -- such as poms or yarn ends, for models of floor coverings (79) -- and view the results. The present invention also provides for substituting colors in digital images of photographic quality, while preserving their realism. The resulting designs can be stored and transmitted to a central facility that can either generate images of the samples, or can directly generate actual samples of the carpet.