Automatically fitting a wearable object

• US 10,089,680 B2
• Filed: 03/12/2013
• Issued: 10/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Exalibur IP LLC
• Inventors: Lin, Shih-Chiang, Hsiao, Shu-Fang
• Primary Examiner(s): Bautista, Xiomar L
• Application Number:
  US13/796,757
• Publication Number:
  US 20140282137A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,030 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers

Abstract

Image of a subject is received along with viewable representations of a user selected wearable object having a respective size indicative of physical dimensions of the wearable object. The physical proportions of the subject are determined and a display is generated that shows how the wearable object having a respective size will look when worn by the subject having the determined physical proportions.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a processor, a first image of a subject, the first image comprising an entity that forms a portion of a subject'"'"'s body;

determining, by the processor, proportions of the portion of the subject'"'"'s body based on the entity in the first image;

receiving, by the processor, a user selection of a wearable object from a plurality of wearable objects, each of the wearable objects having a respective size indicative of respective physical dimensions, the user selection comprising a gesture;

retrieving, by the processor, a graphical representation of the wearable object having a size corresponding to the physical dimensions of the wearable object, the retrieving further comprising selecting, by the processor, the size as an optimum size for the subject, the optimum size selected based on the proportions of the subject'"'"'s body from a plurality of sizes that comprise the size and other sizes alternately available for the wearable object, the selecting of the optimum size further comprising comparing, by the processor, the proportions of the subject'"'"'s body with metadata associated with the plurality of sizes and selecting, by the processor, from the plurality of sizes, a size that has respective metadata with measurement ranges including the proportions as the optimum size;

receiving, by the processor, a voice command;

decoding, by the processor, the voice command to extract an instruction to show a second image;

generating, by the processor, in response to the decoded voice command, the second image by combining the first image and the graphical representation, said second image showing the user selected wearable object on the subject'"'"'s body, such that the user selected wearable object'"'"'s physical dimensions are depicted in accordance with the proportions of the subject'"'"'s body; and

communicating, by the processor, the second image for display to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting, by the processor, information regarding the plurality of wearable objects for display to the user to facilitate the user selection.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first image is retrieved by the processor from a processor readable storage medium.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first image is received by the processor in real-time from an imaging device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the user is the subject.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the size is selected by the user.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving, by the processor, a request to determine an optimum size for the user selected wearable object;

accessing, by the processor, metadata associated with a plurality of sizes that define respective dimensions available for the user selected wearable object; and

comparing, by the processor, the proportions of the subject to the metadata associated with each of the plurality of sizes.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

selecting, by the processor, from the plurality of sizes, a size different from the size that has respective metadata with measurement ranges including the proportions as the optimum size; and

generating, by the processor, a third image that shows the selected wearable object of the optimum size on the subject'"'"'s body in accordance with the proportions of the subject'"'"'s body and the physical dimensions of the selected wearable object by combining the first image with the graphical representation of the wearable selected object having the optimum size; and

transmitting, by the processor, the third image for display to the user.

9. A computing device comprising:

a processor;

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the program logic comprising;

image receiving logic, executed by the processor, for receiving a first image of a subject, the first image comprising an entity that forms a portion of a subject'"'"'s body;

determining logic, executed by the processor, for determining proportions of the portion of the subject'"'"'s body based on the entity in the first image;

selected wearable objects receiving logic, executed by the processor, for receiving a user selection of a wearable object from a plurality of wearable objects, each of the wearable objects having a size indicative of respective physical dimensions, the user selection comprising a gesture;

graphical representation retrieving logic, executed by the processor, for retrieving a graphical representation of the wearable object having a size corresponding to respective physical dimensions, the graphical representation retrieving logic further comprising size selecting logic executed by the processor for selecting the size as an optimum size for the subject, the optimum size selected based on the proportions of the subject'"'"'s body from a plurality of sizes that comprise the size and other sizes alternately available for the wearable object, the selecting of the optimum size further comprising comparing, by the processor, the proportions of the subject'"'"'s body with metadata associated with the plurality of sizes and selecting, by the processor, from the plurality of sizes, a size that has respective metadata with measurement ranges including the proportions as the optimum size;

voice command receiving logic executed by the processor for receiving a voice command;

voice command decoding logic executed by the processor for decoding the voice command to extract an instruction to show a second image;

image generating logic, executed by the processor, for generating, in response to the decoded voice command, the second image by combining the first image and the graphical representation, said second image showing the user selected wearable object on the subject'"'"'s body, such that the user selected wearable object'"'"'s physical dimensions are depicted in accordance with the proportions of the subject'"'"'s body;

image communication logic, executed by the processor, for transmitting the second image for display to the user.

10. The computing device of claim 9, further comprising:

wearable objects transmitting logic, executed by the processor, for transmitting information regarding the plurality of wearable objects for display to the user to facilitate the user selection.

11. The computing device of claim 9 wherein the size selecting further comprises:

comparing logic, by the processor, for comparing the proportions of the subject'"'"'s body with metadata associated with the plurality of sizes.

12. The computing device of claim 9 wherein the user is the subject.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, comprising instructions, which when executed by a processor cause the processor to:

receive a first image of a subject, the first image comprising an entity that forms a portion of the subject'"'"'s body;

determine proportions of the portion of the subject'"'"'s body based on the entity in the first image;

receive a user selection of a wearable object from a plurality of wearable objects, each of the wearable objects having a respective size indicative of respective physical dimensions, the user selection comprising a gesture;

retrieve a graphical representation of the wearable object having a size corresponding to the physical dimensions of the wearable object, the retrieving further comprising selecting the size as an optimum size for the subject, the optimum size selected based on the proportions of the subject'"'"'s body from a plurality of sizes that comprise the size and other sizes alternately available for the wearable object, the selecting of the optimum size further comprising comparing the proportions of the subject'"'"'s body with metadata associated with the plurality of sizes and selecting, from the plurality of sizes, a size that has respective metadata with measurement ranges including the proportions as the optimum size;

receive a voice command;

decode the voice command to extract an instruction to show a second image;

generate, in response to the decoded voice command, the second image by combining the first image and the graphical representation, said second image showing the user selected wearable object on the subject'"'"'s body, such that the user selected wearable object'"'"'s physical dimensions are depicted in accordance with the proportions of the subject'"'"'s body;

communicate the second image for display to the user.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, further comprising instructions which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

transmit information regarding the plurality of wearable objects for display to the user to facilitate the user selection.