METHOD AND SYSTEM TO CREATE CUSTOM, USER-SPECIFIC EYEWEAR

• US 20150154679A1
• Filed: 02/10/2015
• Published: 06/04/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bespoke Inc.
• Original Assignee: Bespoke Inc.
• Inventors: FONTE, Timothy A., VARADY, Eric J.
• Granted Patent: US 10,459,256 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/0041 characterised by display arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/111 for measuring interpupillary distance
• CPC Class Codes: B29D 12/02 Spectacle frames constructional form G02C
• CPC Class Codes: B33Y 10/00 Processes of additive manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: B33Y 50/00 Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: B33Y 80/00 Products made by additive manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 13/001 Assembling; Repairing
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 13/003 Measuring during assembly or fitting of spectacles
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 13/005 Measuring geometric parameters required to locate ophtalmic lenses in spectacles frames apparatus for testing or instruments for examining the eyes per se A61B3/00; machines or devices and accessories for grinding the edges of lenses using spectacles as a template B24B9/144
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/024 Methods of designing ophthalmic lenses
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/027 considering wearer's parameters
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/00 Computer-aided design [CAD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0621 Item configuration or customization
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/20 Editing of 3D images, e.g. changing shapes or colours, aligning objects or positioning parts
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/2012 Colour editing, changing, or manipulating; Use of colour codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/166 using acquisition arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/169 Holistic features and representations, i.e. based on the facial image taken as a whole
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 5/00 ICT specially adapted for modelling or simulations in systems biology, e.g. gene-regulatory networks, protein interaction networks or metabolic networks
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 for simulation or modelling of medical disorders
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 : Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/611 : where the recognised objects include parts of the human body

Abstract

Systems and methods for creating fully custom products from scratch without exclusive use of off-the-shelf or pre-specified components. A system for creating custom products includes an image capture device for capturing image data and/or measurement data of a user. A computer is communicatively coupled with the image capture device and configured to construct an anatomic model of the user based on the captured image data and/or measurement data. The computer provides a configurable product model and enables preview and automatic or user-guided customization of the product model. A display is communicatively coupled with the computer and displays the custom product model superimposed on the anatomic model or image data of the user. The computer is further configured to provide the customized product model to a manufacturer for manufacturing eyewear for the user in accordance with the customized product model. The manufacturing system is configured to interpret the product model and prepare instructions and control equipment for the manufacturing of the customized product.

Claims

1-28. -28. (canceled)

29. A computer-implemented method for creating a model of an individual-specific eyewear product, using a computer system, the method comprising:

receiving, over an electronic network, a characteristic of an individual;

accessing a database to retrieve one or more eyewear design attributes associated with the received characteristic of the individual;

determining, based on the one or more retrieved eyewear design attributes associated with the received characteristic of the individual, one or more configurable features of a parametric model of an individual-specific eyewear product for the individual;

determining, or receiving over the electronic network, a modification to one of the one or more configurable features of the parametric model of the individual-specific eyewear product; and

generating an updated parametric model of the product based on the modification to the one or more configurable features of the parametric model of the individual-specific eyewear product.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the one or more eyewear design attributes include one or more of:

an eyewear fit, geometry, size, suggested style, aesthetic, material, shape, color, finish, width, thickness, position on the individual'"'"'s face, and/or lens size;

or

wherein the one or more eyewear design attributes or the received characteristic of the individual are determined automatically.

31. The method of claim 29, wherein the received characteristic of the individual includes characterizations of one or more anatomical parameters, preferences, aesthetic characteristics, demographics, and/or activities associated with the individual.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein the one or more preferences associated with the individual include the individual'"'"'s style descriptors, attire, eyewear style, eyewear material, eyewear shape, color, eyewear finish, eyewear position on the individual'"'"'s face, and/or eyewear lens size;

wherein the one or more aesthetic characteristics associated with the individual include the individual'"'"'s skin features, facial features, and/or hair features;

wherein the one or more demographics associated with the individual include the individual'"'"'s age, gender, ethnicity, local trends, and/or occupation; and

wherein the one or more activities associated with the individual include the individual'"'"'s word usage, places visited, and/or artistic preferences.

33. The method of claim 32, further comprising:

appending a weight, or enabling the individual to append a weight, to each of one or more received characteristics of the individual, the weight representing a significance of each of the one or more received characteristics to an algorithm for selecting corresponding eyewear design attributes for the individual.

34. The method of claim 29, further comprising:

generating an electronic representation of the updated parametric model in spatial relation to image information representing the individual.

35. The method of claim 34, wherein the electronic representation of the updated parametric model includes an interactive user interface having one or more user elements configured to receive input from the individual, the input including the characteristic of the individual and/or the modification to the one or more configurable features of the parametric model.

36. The method of claim 35, further comprising:

generating the one or more user elements to receive input from the individual based on previously received input from the individual or input from one or more other individuals.

37. The method of claim 29, further comprising:

determining the one or more eyewear design attributes associated with the characteristic of the individual based on one or more eyewear design attributes associated with one or more other individuals.

38. The method of claim 29, wherein the database includes one or more eyewear design attributes associated with one or more individual characteristics according to the training of a machine learning algorithm based on a metric derived from image data.

39. The method of claim 29, further comprising:

updating the machine learning algorithm or training the machine learning algorithm, in real-time, based on real-time preferences received from the individual and/or other individuals.

40. The method of claim 29, further comprising:

training a machine learning algorithm to generate a database of associated eyewear design attributes and individual characteristics based on analyses of individual images using one or more image-based characteristics or one or more image filtering techniques.

41. The method of claim 40, further comprising:

classifying the individual into one or more groups, or the individual as having one or more demographics, based on one or more of the analyses; and

accessing the database to retrieve the one or more eyewear design attributes further based on the classifying.

42. The method of claim 29, further comprising:

retrieving the one or more eyewear design attributes by using a look-up table to identify eyewear design attributes stored in relation to one or more individual characteristics based on one or both of;

machine learning techniques and historical selections of eyewear design attributes by other individuals for whom individual characteristics are stored.

43. The method of claim 29, further comprising:

ranking one or more eyewear design attributes based on predictions made from the received characteristic of the individual.

44. The method of claim 29, further including:

importing the characteristic of the individual from a social network, user profile, and/or advertising database information.

45. The method of claim 29, further including:

generating an electronic file storing the updated parametric model, for generating a display including the updated parametric model or for generating instructions for manufacturing the product.

46. The method of claim 29, wherein the modification to one of the one or more configurable features is received from the individual'"'"'s input of one or more fit preferences, or from one or more fit preferences inferred or extracted from one or more images of the individual.

47. A system for creating a model of an individual-specific eyewear product, the system comprising:

a data storage device storing instructions for creating the model of the individual-specific eyewear product; and

a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a method comprising;

receiving, over an electronic network, a characteristic of an individual;

accessing a database to retrieve one or more eyewear design attributes associated with the received characteristic of the individual;

determining, based on the one or more retrieved eyewear design attributes associated with the received characteristic of the individual, one or more configurable features of a parametric model of an individual-specific eyewear product for the individual;

determining, or receiving over the electronic network, a modification to one of the one or more configurable features of the parametric model of the individual-specific eyewear product; and

generating an updated parametric model of the product based on the modification to the one or more configurable features of the parametric model of the individual-specific eyewear product.

48. A non-transitory computer readable medium for use on a computer system containing computer-executable programming instructions for creating a model of an individual-specific eyewear product, the method comprising:

receiving, over an electronic network, a characteristic of an individual;

accessing a database to retrieve one or more eyewear design attributes associated with the received characteristic of the individual;

determining, based on the one or more retrieved eyewear design attributes associated with the received characteristic of the individual, one or more configurable features of a parametric model of an individual-specific eyewear product for the individual;

determining, or receiving over the electronic network, a modification to one of the one or more configurable features of the parametric model of the individual-specific eyewear product; and

generating an updated parametric model of the product based on the modification to the one or more configurable features of the parametric model of the individual-specific eyewear product.