Wardrobe Management System

• US 20070225859A1
• Filed: 05/09/2005
• Published: 09/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Kolesnychenko, Aleksey, Liedenbaum, Coen Theodorus Hubertus
• Application Number:
  US11/568,812
• Publication Number:
  US 20070225859A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/216
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders

Abstract

The invention relates to an intelligent wardrobe management system for advising appropriate clothing to a user. It comprises a wardrobe controller which is arranged to: receive input data, said input data comprising information about the clothing in a wardrobe; receive user data; process said input data and said user data; and output, on the basis thereof, a clothing proposal to the user. The system facilitates and accelerates the user'"'"'s access to the wardrobe.

Claims

1. An intelligent wardrobe management system for advising appropriate clothing to a user, characterized in that it comprises a wardrobe controller which is arranged to:

receive input data, said input data comprising information about the clothing in a wardrobe;

receive user data;

process said input data and said user data; and

output, on the basis thereof, a clothing proposal to the user.

2. An intelligent wardrobe management system according to claim 1, comprising a database wherein said received input data is stored.

3. An intelligent wardrobe management system according to claim 1, comprising at least one scanner which is arranged to obtain said input data.

4. An intelligent wardrobe management system according to claim 1, wherein said system comprises a user interface, whereby at least one of said reception of user data and said output of clothing proposal is performed.

5. An intelligent wardrobe management system according to claim 4, wherein said user interface comprises a visual display for displaying said clothing proposal.

6. An intelligent wardrobe management system according to claim 1, comprising a network interface which is arranged to connect the system to at least one network.

7. An intelligent wardrobe management system according to claim 6, wherein at least one of said input data, said user data and said clothing proposal is communicated through said network interface.

8. An intelligent wardrobe management system according to claim 6, arranged for ordering a specific clothing piece over said network interface in order to complete the wardrobe.

9. An intelligent wardrobe management system according to claim 1, wherein said received user data comprises information about a location that the user is to visit, and/or information about circumstances regarding the visit, which circumstances affect the clothing and/or information about a duration of said visit during which the user will be in need of clothing.

10. A method for advising appropriate clothing to a user, characterized in that it comprises the steps of:

receiving input data, said input data comprising information about the clothing in a wardrobe;

receiving user data;

processing said input data and said user data; and

outputting, on the basis thereof, a clothing proposal to the user.

11. A computer program product, loadable into a digital computer, comprising computer program code portions for carrying out the steps of the method as claimed in claim 10.