System and method for image processing storing and sharing virtual fitting experiences

• US 10,445,803 B2
• Filed: 05/06/2017
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Grace Tang
• Original Assignee: Grace Tang
• Inventors: Tang, Grace
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Sing-Wai
• Application Number:
  US15/588,613
• Publication Number:
  US 20170293958A1
• Time in Patent Office: 892 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/434 using image data, e.g. images, photos, pictures taken by a user
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0621 Item configuration or customization
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/00 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 17/05 Geographic models
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2210/16 Cloth

Abstract

In a multimedia device, a method, apparatus, and system for presenting image(s) and data to user, provide the means and methods for user to select image(s) and/or area(s) and combine them with other image(s), creating virtual visual results generated through a combination of a plurality of images. A method that creates natural looking virtual visual results through graphical image processing and generation. A system and method to generate virtual visual results using images displayed through web browsers. A method for creating and using re-generatable, editable and clickable imaging files, by embedding the image(s) and data in a specific file format, that can be created, edited, managed, saved, shared and transferred through web browsers, and/or other data communication channels.

Claims

1. A method of generating natural looking virtual fitting results, storing and sharing virtual fitting experiences in a reusable, editable and transferrable virtual fitting experience package file:

a. providing a memory configured to store a plurality of virtual fitting images, pixels, configuration settings, mathematical equations and data in said memory;

b. providing a data structure for storing said plurality of virtual fitting images, pixels, configuration settings, mathematical equations and data in raw data format in said memory;

c. providing a header section in said data structure, containing information including the metadata of said file, the starting index and length of each section and other related information in said virtual fitting experience package file;

d. providing a network interface component handling the transferring and receiving of said package file, image and data to and from other devices;

e. providing a memory controller configured to;

i. compress and package said virtual fitting images, pixels, configuration settings, mathematical equations and data according to said data structure into raw data format, store said raw data in said virtual fitting experience package file, save said package file in said memory;

ii. transfer said virtual fitting experience package file through said network interface component;

iii. receive said virtual fitting experience package file through said network interface component;

iv. uncompress and open said virtual fitting experience package file, read said information stored in said header section, use said information and said data structure to parse out said images, pixels, configuration settings, mathematical equations and data stored in said package file;

v. automatically regenerate said virtual fitting experience using said virtual fitting images, pixels, configuration settings, mathematical equations and data;

vi. automatically process, configure and/or edit said virtual fitting images using said mathematical equations stored in said data structure;

f. providing a display being operatively connected to said memory for displaying said regenerated virtual fitting experience to users;

g. providing a user interface for said users to use said regenerated virtual fitting experience, said images, pixels, configuration settings, mathematical equations and data, and to combine with their own images, creating likewise virtual fitting visual results;

wherein said virtual fitting experience package file being utilized for supporting repeatable, editable and sharable virtual experience, that can be recreated, edited, managed, configured, saved, shared and transferred through web browsers, and/or other data communication channels, and wherein the mathematical equations being applied to calculate and process the images for generating preferred visual results including changing the transparency levels of the pixels located on and around the border lines of the virtual fitting image areas.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising sharing said virtual fitting experience package file, along with message(s), data, website address, url links, buttons and landing pages, through social media networks and/or other data communication channels.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said memory controller further configured to embed said shared virtual fitting experience package file with data, url links, buttons and/or other clickable elements;

so that upon receiving and clicking on said files reproducing, configuring, continuing, updating and/or creating new virtual fitting visual results, and creating sharable virtual fitting experience among users.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the url links of said virtual fitting experience package files being displayed through a web browser;

said users being able to select, mark area(s) on top of said web browser;

generating virtual fitting experience and images by combining said area(s), object(s) with said other image(s) selected by said users; and

to edit said results, generate virtual fitting results, view, edit, manage, save, share and/or transfer said results as virtual fitting experience package file, image, video and/or file(s) in other formats.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the url links of said virtual fitting experience package files being embedded in area(s) being displayed through web browser(s) as part of a bigger image(s) or as individual image(s), being made clickable and served as placeholder(s) for receiving user input for creating virtual fitting experience.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising purchasing products and/or services, entering customization request, redesigning product(s), entering review, comments and feedbacks;

communicating with providers, vendors, designers and/or other corresponding parties;

through said memory controller.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said memory controller is further configured to generate reports for data received, processed and sent.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said memory controller further interact with or be part of a point of sale system.

9. A method of generating natural looking virtual fitting results for a user by gradually changing transparency levels along border lines of partial image areas and/or image areas of objects in virtual fitting images, comprising:

a. providing a memory configured to store a plurality of images, mathematical equations, pixels, configuration settings and data in said memory;

b. storing said virtual fitting images with nontransparent partial image areas of virtual fitting items situating on top of transparent backgrounds in said memory;

c. providing a memory controller configured to;

i. recognize the border lines of said partial image areas in said virtual fitting images;

ii. automatically locate pixels situated on said border lines;

iii. automatically and mathematically create an x-axis and y-axis for each pixel situated on said border lines, said x-axis rendering a straight line crossing said pixel, extending from said nontransparent partial image areas to said transparent background, representing the distance of an adjacent pixel to said pixel situated on said border line, said y-axis forming a right angle to said x-axis representing the level of transparency of the corresponding pixel on said x-axis;

iv. use predefined equation(s), mathematically calculating transparency levels for said pixels located on said x-axis;

v. modify the transparency levels of said pixels located on said x-axis and adjacent to said border lines, gradually changing said transparency levels from nontransparent for said pixels inside said partial image areas to fully transparent for said pixels outside said partial image areas;

vi. save said modified pixels with said modified transparency levels and the remaining part of said virtual fitting images as modified virtual fitting images in said memory;

vii. repeat and update the transparency levels for all the pixels situated on and adjacent to said border lines of said partial image areas for said virtual fitting images;

d. providing a display which is operatively connected to said memory for displaying said modified virtual fitting images stored in said memory, placing them on top of background images chosen by the user, and rendering virtual fitting visual results;

wherein said modified virtual fitting images being used for improving virtual fitting results as said partial image areas on said virtual fitting images blending naturally with said background images, creating like-real natural virtual fitting visual results.

10. The method of generating natural looking virtual fitting results in accordance with claim 9, wherein said partial image areas being clickable and serving as placeholder for receiving user clicking input, said memory controller loadings, rendering and/or customizing user interface for said user to virtual fit said areas.

11. The method of generating natural looking virtual fitting results in accordance with claim 10, wherein said partial image areas being linked with other buttons, clickable links, website urls and landing pages, serving as placeholders for receiving user inputs for virtual fitting requests.

12. The method of generating natural looking virtual fitting results in accordance with claim 9, wherein said partial image areas, objects and/or image further configured to be automatically selected and used as components for creating virtual fitting experience.

13. The method of generating natural looking virtual fitting results in accordance with claim 9, wherein said memory controller further providing a manual or automatic way to process said virtual fitting images that including said partial image areas and/or object(s);

editing said virtual fitting images so that semi-transparent border lines being rendered and/or created around said areas;

generating virtual fitting results showing said areas blending in with other image(s), creating a natural looking and/or like-real virtual fitting results.

14. The method of generating natural looking virtual fitting results in accordance with claim 9, wherein said memory controller further providing a manual or automatic way to process said virtual fitting images, so that part of or the entire image(s) becoming transparent or semi-transparent;

and creating the virtual fitting visual results of part and/or the entire image(s) disappearing, merging, blending in and/or showing up as part of and/or on top of other image(s).

15. The method of generating natural looking virtual fitting results in accordance with claim 14, wherein the mathematical equations being applied and used to calculate and render the transparent or semi-transparent results, so that different partial image areas of said part of or the entire image(s) having different levels of transparency;

creating a gradual and/or changing virtual fitting visual results of part of and/or the entire image(s) disappearing, merging, blending in and/or showing up as part of and/or on top of said other image(s).

16. The method of generating natural looking virtual fitting results in accordance with claim 14, wherein the mathematical equations being used at different time(s) in a manual or automatic way;

rendering transparency or semi-transparency results for part of and/or the entire image(s); and

generating animated virtual fitting visual results.

17. The method of generating natural looking virtual fitting results in accordance with claim 9, wherein the mathematical equations being used to change the transparency, color, size, angle, and/or other properties of part of and/or the entire image(s);

and to generate specific virtual fitting visual results in an animated or non-animated way.

18. The method of generating natural looking virtual fitting results in accordance with claim 17, wherein said animated or non-animated virtual fitting visual results further configured to reproduce and/or update said virtual fitting visual results, being managed, saved, stored and/or recorded as image, video and/or file(s) in other formats.

19. The method of generating natural looking virtual fitting results in accordance with claim 9, wherein said virtual fitting visual results further configured to reproduce and/or update said virtual fitting visual results, being managed, saved, stored and/or recorded as virtual fitting experience package file, image, video and/or file(s) in other formats and made sharable and/or transferable through social media networks and/or other data communication channels.

20. The method of generating natural looking virtual fitting results in accordance with claim 9, wherein said partial image areas being embedded and/or linked with clickable data elements, upon clicking on said data elements, said linked data elements being invoked and made active, resulting in change of behavior of said virtual fitting visual results.

21. The method of generating natural looking virtual fitting results in accordance with claim 9, wherein said memory controller further configured for embedding, managing, saving and storing settings for processing and/or handling virtual fitting images and/or components of said images, in a data structure of files;

and reproducing and/or creating specific virtual fitting visual results using said settings, images and/or components.

22. The method of generating natural looking virtual fitting results in accordance with claim 21, wherein said memory controller further configured for enabling said settings, images and/or components to be extracted from said file(s), and being used with or without new image(s) and/or data, to reproduce, continue, update and/or create new virtual fitting visual results.

23. The method of generating natural looking virtual fitting results in accordance with claim 21, wherein said memory controller further formatting said file(s) as re-generatable, editable, clickable and sharable imaging file(s), being managed, shared and/or transferred through web browsers, social media networks, and/or other data communication channels.