Providing a virtual shopping environment for an item

• US 10,366,447 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2014
• Issued: 07/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Zhao, Lucy Ma, Zamer, Kamal
• Primary Examiner(s): Shui, Ming
• Application Number:
  US14/474,116
• Publication Number:
  US 20160063613A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,795 Days
• Field of Search: 705 261- 272
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers

Abstract

Techniques for providing a virtual item shopping environment are presented herein. A dimension module may be configured to determine one or more dimensions of a person near a display. A selection module may be configured to select one or more items from a database based on the determined dimensions. A display module configured to present the one or more items on the display. In other embodiments, the selection module may further be configured to receive a selection from the person via a user interface. The selection may indicate one of the presented items. In another embodiment, the display module may be configured to display a live real-time video of the person wearing the selected item. The live real-time video may include video of the person with an overlaid image of the selected item.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a display;

a camera configured to capture live video of a person walking past the display;

a non-transitory computer storage medium containing a plurality of software modules which, when executed by one or more processors, operate one or more software modules, including;

a dimension module configured to determine one or more dimensions of the person walking past the display based on the live video;

a selection module configured to select one or more items from a database based on the determined dimensions and to receive one or more data records representing the one or more respective items from the database, wherein the selection module is configured to automatically determine an item available for sale and select the item without intervention from said person; and

a display module configured to present the one or more items on the display, based on the one or more data records representing the one or more respective items from the database, the display module being further configured to present live real-time video of the person walking past the display with an overlaid view of the item available for sale to provide an unrequested view of the item available for sale;

the selection module further configured to receive a selection from the person via a user interface, the selection indicating one of the presented items.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a transaction module configured to receive an indication from the person to purchase the selected item, the transaction module further configured to transmit a request to purchase the indicated item to a financial entity.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the display module is further configured to render the overlaid view of the selected item based on tension or force in the item draped on a body and how the item flows as the body performs actions matching actions performed by the person in the live real-time video.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the dimensions comprise height and weight of the person.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the dimension module is further configured to adjust a size of the selected item based on a brand of the selected item and information about dimensions of the size for the brand.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the live real-time video further comprises a simulated background.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more items are selected from an inventory of items available at a physical location within proximity of the display.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the dimension module is further configured to determine the one or more dimensions of the person based on the live video, based on the known distance, and based on clothing worn by the person.

9. A method comprising:

capturing, using a camera, live video of a person walking past a display;

determining one or more dimensions of the person walking past the display based on the live video;

selecting one or more items from a database based on the determined dimensions, said selecting comprising automatically determining an item available for sale and selecting the item without intervention from said person;

retrieving one or more data records representing one or more respective items from a database based on the determined dimension;

presenting the one or more items on a display based on the one or more data records representing the one or more respective items, said presenting comprising presenting live real-time video of the person walking past the display with an overlaid view of the item available for sale to provide an unrequested view of the item available for sale;

receiving a selection from the person via a user interface, the selection indicating one of the presented items.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving an indication to purchase the selected item; and

transmitting a request to purchase the selected item to a financial entity.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the displaying further comprises rendering the overlaid view of the selected item based on tension or force in the item draped on a body and how the item flows as the body performs actions matching actions performed by the person in the live real-time video.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the determining comprises determining a dimension of the person using data from two or more cameras.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising adjusting a size of the selected item based on a brand of the selected item and information about dimensions of the size for the brand.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the live real-time video comprises a full body view of the person wearing the selected item.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the live real-time video further comprises a simulated background.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the one or more items are selected from an inventory of items at a physical location within proximity of the display.

17. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions, which when implemented by one or more machines, cause the one or more machines to perform operations comprising:

capturing, using a camera, live video of a person walking past a display;

determining one or more dimensions of the person based on the live video of the person walking past the display;

selecting one or more items from a database based on the determined dimensions, said selecting comprising automatically determining an item available for sale and selecting the item without intervention from said person;

retrieving one or more data records representing one or more respective items from a database based on the determined dimension;

presenting the one or more items on a display based on the one or more records representing the one or more respective items from the database, said presenting comprising presenting live real-time video of the person walking past the display with an overlaid view of the item available for sale to provide an unrequested view of the item available for sale;

receiving a selection from the person via a user interface, the selection indicating one of the presented items.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise receiving an indication to purchase the selected item and transmitting a request to purchase the selected item to a financial entity.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the displaying further comprises rendering the overlaid view of the selected item based on tension or force in the item draped on a body and how the item flows as the body performs actions matching actions performed by the person in the live real-time video.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the determining comprises measuring a dimension of the person using data from two or more cameras.

21. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise adjusting a size of the selected item based on a brand of the selected item and information about dimensions of the size for the brand.

22. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the live real-time video comprises a full body view of the person wearing the selected item.

23. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the live real-time video further comprises a simulated background.

24. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the one or more items are selected from an inventory of items at a physical location within proximity of the display.