Method and apparatus for identifying vitual body profiles
First Claim
1. A method for identifying virtual body profiles for the needs of the clothing industry, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing an information processing system, b) introducing into said processing system generic 3D morphological data representative of reference size models of garment brands and respective generic categorizing data as resulting from predetermined categorizing criteria, c) deriving from said generic 3D morphological data generic volumetric, dimensional, and angular data as resulting from predetermined volumetric, dimensional, and angular criteria, and recording said generic volumetric, dimensional, and angular data, d) organizing said generic 3D morphological data in said information processing system according to said brands, said categorizing criteria and said volumetric, dimensional, and angular criteria, e) storing said generic 3D morphological data, said generic categorizing data, and said generic volumetric, dimensional, and angular data thereby creating a database of virtual body profiles, f) acquiring personal morphological data from a human subject under consideration and respective personal categorizing data as resulting from said categorizing criteria, g) deriving from said personal morphological data personal volumetric, dimensional, and angular data as resulting from said volumetric, dimensional, and angular criteria, and recording said personal volumetric, dimensional, and angular data, h) searching in said database and selecting therefrom a suitable profile matching, within acceptable tolerances, said personal volumetric, dimensional, and angular data and said personal categorizing data.
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Abstract
3D morphological data representative of reference size models of garment brands and respective categorizing data are introduced into an information processing system. These 3D morphological data are indexed by brand names, categorizing data, and volumetric, dimensional, and angular data derived from the morphological data in order to build a database of virtual human body profiles. For selecting a suitable profile matching a consumer'"'"'s body, his/her personal measurements and categorizing data are introduced into the system, either directly if they are known, or acquired by scanning only a minimum numbers of points on the customer'"'"'s body in a scanning booth so as to derive these measurements. Instead of methods of the prior art defining the body profiles of the consumers per se from the general population, this method attempts to categorize the body profiles of the specific brands'"'"' reference size human models, and all offered sizes, through the brands'"'"' grading rules.
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1. A method for identifying virtual body profiles for the needs of the clothing industry, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) providing an information processing system, b) introducing into said processing system generic 3D morphological data representative of reference size models of garment brands and respective generic categorizing data as resulting from predetermined categorizing criteria, c) deriving from said generic 3D morphological data generic volumetric, dimensional, and angular data as resulting from predetermined volumetric, dimensional, and angular criteria, and recording said generic volumetric, dimensional, and angular data, d) organizing said generic 3D morphological data in said information processing system according to said brands, said categorizing criteria and said volumetric, dimensional, and angular criteria, e) storing said generic 3D morphological data, said generic categorizing data, and said generic volumetric, dimensional, and angular data thereby creating a database of virtual body profiles, f) acquiring personal morphological data from a human subject under consideration and respective personal categorizing data as resulting from said categorizing criteria, g) deriving from said personal morphological data personal volumetric, dimensional, and angular data as resulting from said volumetric, dimensional, and angular criteria, and recording said personal volumetric, dimensional, and angular data, h) searching in said database and selecting therefrom a suitable profile matching, within acceptable tolerances, said personal volumetric, dimensional, and angular data and said personal categorizing data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. Apparatus for identifying virtual body profiles for the needs of the clothing industry, said apparatus comprising:
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an information processing system comprising a database system, means for introducing into said information processing system generic 3D morphological data representative of reference size models of brands and respective generic categorizing data as resulting from predetermined categorizing criteria, means for deriving from said generic 3D morphological data generic volumetric, dimensional, and angular data as resulting from predetermined volumetric, dimensional, and angular criteria, and recording said generic volumetric, dimensional, and angular data, means for organizing and storing said generic 3D morphological data in said database system according to said brands, said categorizing criteria, and said volumetric, dimensional, and angular criteria, thus creating virtual body profile records, means for acquiring in said information processing system said personal morphological data from a human subject under consideration and respective personal categorizing data as resulting from said categorizing criteria, means for deriving from said personal morphological data personal volumetric, dimensional, and angular data as resulting from said volumetric, dimensional, and angular criteria, and recording said personal volumetric, dimensional, and angular data, means for searching in said database and selecting therefrom a suitable profile matching, within acceptable tolerances, said personal volumetric, dimensional, and angular data and said personal categorizing data. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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