Method and system to create custom, user-specific eyewear

• US 10,031,351 B2
• Filed: 06/07/2017
• Issued: 07/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bespoke Inc.
• Original Assignee: Bespoke Inc.
• Inventors: Fonte, Timothy A., Varady, Eric J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Thomas K
• Assistant Examiner(s): BROOME, SHARRIEF I
• Application Number:
  US15/616,837
• Publication Number:
  US 20170269385A1
• Time in Patent Office: 412 Days
• Field of Search: 351204, 351246, 35115974
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/0041 characterised by display arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/111 for measuring interpupillary distance
• CPC Class Codes: B29D 12/02 Spectacle frames constructional form G02C
• CPC Class Codes: B33Y 10/00 Processes of additive manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: B33Y 50/00 Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: B33Y 80/00 Products made by additive manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 13/001 Assembling; Repairing
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 13/003 Measuring during assembly or fitting of spectacles
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 13/005 Measuring geometric parameters required to locate ophtalmic lenses in spectacles frames apparatus for testing or instruments for examining the eyes per se A61B3/00; machines or devices and accessories for grinding the edges of lenses using spectacles as a template B24B9/144
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/024 Methods of designing ophthalmic lenses
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/027 considering wearer's parameters
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/00 Computer-aided design [CAD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0621 Item configuration or customization
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/20 Editing of 3D images, e.g. changing shapes or colours, aligning objects or positioning parts
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/2012 Colour editing, changing, or manipulating; Use of colour codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/166 using acquisition arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/169 Holistic features and representations, i.e. based on the facial image taken as a whole
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 5/00 ICT specially adapted for modelling or simulations in systems biology, e.g. gene-regulatory networks, protein interaction networks or metabolic networks
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 for simulation or modelling of medical disorders
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 : Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/611 : where the recognised objects include parts of the human body

Abstract

Systems and methods for creating fully custom products from scratch without exclusive use of off-the-shelf or pre-specified components. A system for creating custom products includes an image capture device for capturing image data and/or measurement data of a user. A computer is communicatively coupled with the image capture device and configured to construct an anatomic model of the user based on the captured image data and/or measurement data. The computer provides a configurable product model and enables preview and automatic or user-guided customization of the product model. A display is communicatively coupled with the computer and displays the custom product model superimposed on the anatomic model or image data of the user. The computer is further configured to provide the customized product model to a manufacturer for manufacturing eyewear for the user in accordance with the customized product model. The manufacturing system is configured to interpret the product model and prepare instructions and control equipment for the manufacturing of the customized product.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for generating an individual-specific eyewear product, using a computer system, the method comprising:

storing a correspondence between an anatomic characteristic and an eyewear design attribute;

receiving, over an electronic network, an anatomic characteristic of an individual;

retrieving an eyewear design attribute associated with the anatomic characteristic of the individual, based on the stored correspondence between the anatomic characteristic and the eyewear design attribute and based on the individual'"'"'s style descriptor(s), attire, eyewear style, eyewear material, eyewear shape, color, eyewear finish, eyewear position, eyewear lens size, skin feature(s), facial feature(s), hair feature(s), age, gender, ethnicity, local trend(s), occupation, word usage, place(s) visited, artistic preference(s), or a combination thereof;

determining, based on the retrieved eyewear design attribute, a computerized parametric model of an individual-specific eyewear product for the individual;

determining or receiving over the electronic network, a geometric modification to the computerized parametric model of the individual-specific eyewear product; and

electronically generating an updated computerized parametric model of the product based on the geometric modification to the one or more configurable features of the computerized parametric model of the individual-specific eyewear product.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the retrieved eyewear design attribute includes one or more of:

an eyewear fit, geometry, size, suggested style, aesthetic, material, shape, color, finish, width, thickness, position on the individual'"'"'s face, and/or lens size;

or

wherein the retrieved eyewear design attribute or the received anatomic characteristic of the individual are determined automatically.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

appending a weight, or enabling the individual to append a weight, to the anatomic characteristic and to each of one or more characteristics of the individual, the weight representing a significance of the anatomic characteristic and each of the one or more characteristics to an algorithm for selecting corresponding eyewear design attributes for the individual.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating an electronic representation of the updated computerized parametric model in spatial relation to image information representing the individual.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the electronic representation of the updated computerized parametric model includes an interactive user interface having one or more user elements configured to receive input from the individual, the input including the anatomic characteristic of the individual and/or the modification to the parametric model.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

generating the one or more user elements to receive input from the individual based on previously received input from the individual or input from one or more other individuals.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining the retrieved eyewear design attribute associated with the anatomic characteristic of the individual based on one or more eyewear design attributes associated with one or more other individuals.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating the stored correspondence using a machine learning algorithm.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

updating the machine learning algorithm or training the machine learning algorithm, in real-time, based on real-time preferences received from the individual and/or other individuals.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

generating the stored correspondence based on analyses of individual images using one or more image-based characteristics or one or more image filtering techniques.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

classifying the individual into one or more groups, or the individual as having one or more demographics, based on one or more of the analyses; and

determining the retrieved eyewear design attribute further based on the classifying.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining the retrieved eyewear design attribute by using a look-up table to identify eyewear design attributes stored in relation to the anatomic characteristic based on one or both of;

machine learning techniques and historical selections of eyewear design attributes by other individuals for whom individual characteristics are stored.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

ranking one or more eyewear design attributes based on predictions made from the anatomic characteristic of the individual.

14. The method of claim 1, further including:

importing the anatomic characteristic of the individual from a social network, user profile, and/or advertising database information.

15. The method of claim 1, further including:

generating an electronic file storing the updated computerized parametric model, for generating a display including the updated computerized parametric model or for generating instructions for manufacturing the product.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the modification to computerized parametric model is received from the individual'"'"'s input of one or more fit preferences, or from one or more fit preferences inferred or extracted from one or more images of the individual.

17. A system for generating an individual-specific eyewear product, the system comprising:

a data storage device storing instructions for creating the model of the individual-specific eyewear product; and

a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a method comprising;

storing a correspondence between an anatomic characteristic and an eyewear design attribute;

receiving, over an electronic network, an anatomic characteristic of an individual;

retrieving an eyewear design attribute associated with the anatomic characteristic of the individual, based on the stored correspondence between the anatomic characteristic and the eyewear design attribute and based on the individual'"'"'s style descriptor(s), attire, eyewear style, eyewear material, eyewear shape, color, eyewear finish, eyewear position, eyewear lens size, skin feature(s), facial feature(s), hair feature(s), age, gender, ethnicity, local trend(s), occupation, word usage, place(s) visited, artistic preference(s), or a combination thereof;

determining, based on the retrieved eyewear design attribute, a computerized parametric model of an individual-specific eyewear product for the individual;

determining or receiving over the electronic network, a geometric modification to the computerized parametric model of the individual-specific eyewear product; and

electronically generating an updated computerized parametric model of the product based on the geometric modification to the one or more configurable features of the computerized parametric model of the individual-specific eyewear product.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium for use on a computer system containing computer-executable programming instructions for generating an individual-specific eyewear product, the method comprising:

storing a correspondence between an anatomic characteristic and an eyewear design attribute;

receiving, over an electronic network, an anatomic characteristic of an individual;

retrieving an eyewear design attribute associated with the anatomic characteristic of the individual, based on the stored correspondence between the anatomic characteristic and the eyewear design attribute and based on the individual'"'"'s style descriptor(s), attire, eyewear style, eyewear material, eyewear shape, color, eyewear finish, eyewear position, eyewear lens size, skin feature(s), facial feature(s), hair feature(s), age, gender, ethnicity, local trend(s), occupation, word usage, place(s) visited, artistic preference(s), or a combination thereof;

determining, based on the retrieved eyewear design attribute, a computerized parametric model of an individual-specific eyewear product for the individual;

determining or receiving over the electronic network, a geometric modification to the computerized parametric model of the individual-specific eyewear product; and

electronically generating an updated computerized parametric model of the product based on the geometric modification to the one or more configurable features of the computerized parametric model of the individual-specific eyewear product.