Urban Inspirations: Crafting Unique Texture Patterns for Car Interiors

The appeal of a car's exterior often captures a customer's initial attention, but the interior ultimately seals the deal, creating a lasting connection between the customer and car. The interior quality plays a significant role in shaping the overall impression of a vehicle. Interior surfaces with tactile and visual qualities contribute to customer experience. Traditionally, automotive manufacturers have relied on natural grains, leather, and occasional geometric patterns to enhance the aesthetic appeal and tactile experiences of interiors. This study presents a novel approach to texture pattern design for automotive interiors. This method uses city maps from diverse locations as sources to create unique textural patterns. The process begins by capturing high-resolution images of city maps, selecting segments based on tessellation potential, applying abstraction and correction, cleaning the image to eliminate unwanted elements, and generating a 2D black-and-white pattern that simulates the texture when applied to the CAD surfaces of the interior components. This approach offers a unique alternative to the conventional practice of selecting texture patterns from the existing sources. This enables automotive designers to create signature texture patterns that differentiate between brands in a competitive market.