Direct 3D Modeling of Upper Garments from Images

As an efficient approach to create garments with a designer's Kansei, we developed a method for three-dimensional (3D) garment modeling with sleeves by deforming a 3D reference clothing model according to the contours of garment images with the aim to apply it to garment patternmaking. We determined an appropriate reference bodice model from various dress forms. We made the reference sleeve model by sweeping the armhole of a dress whose armhole was on a plane. Using this method, we obtained models of two jacket bodices and sleeves by deforming each reference clothing model using the contours of jacket images from the front and side views. After adjusting the positions of the 3D models of the bodice and sleeve, we obtained jacket models with a sleeve. We obtained the jacket armhole from the intersection of the surfaces of the bodice and sleeve models. We successfully made 3D garment models and armholes using the proposed method. We also obtained bodice and sleeve patterns that reflected the armhole. The simulated patterns exhibited a similar clothing shape to the images with curved shapes along the arm. Thus, we demonstrated that the proposed method efficiently reflected the designer's Kansei clothing model.