Arius Fred Hopman

US Patent:

20070095234, May 3, 2007

Filed:

Oct 27, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/259254

Inventors:

Arius Hopman - Hanapepe HI, US

International Classification:

B41F 17/00

US Classification:

101483000, 101035000

Abstract:

Advances in digital imaging, half-tone printing and printing of the entire garment combine to provide realistic optical illusions of three dimension on garments or fabric. Throughout this application, “fabric” means cloth, film, or any pliable and wearable, utilitarian or aesthetic material. Crude air brush simulations or hand illustrations have herein been replaced with digitally or physically “flattening” an image of a three-dimensional object which is printed on flat cloth and reassembled to provide an illusion of three dimensionality when worn as a garment. The flattening process renders the image of a three-dimensional object as a two-dimensional image that is minimally stretched, shrunk or distorted compared to the original three-dimensional objects, unlike rectangular world maps, for instance, which are distorted to represent a spherical globe on a flat surface. The flattened images of three-dimensional objects when printed and worn can simulate a knight's armor, flowers or jewelry, ethnic costumes or nightgowns including intricate folds and details. Such image preparation and printing on a garmnet results in a printed optical illusion of three-dimensionality that relates to the wearer's body in a visually meaningful way.