AUTOMATIC FASHION OUTFIT COMPOSITION AND RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20200134694A1
• Filed: 09/25/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IntelliSys Co., Ltd., Seoul National University R&DB Foundation (Seoul National University)
• Original Assignee: IntelliSys Co., Ltd., Seoul National University R&DB Foundation (Seoul National University)
• Inventors: PARK, Sung-Chan, SEOL, Jin-Seok, AHN, Chae-Min, LEE, Sang-Goo
• Granted Patent: US 11,062,379 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0625 Directed, with specific intent or strategy
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations

Abstract

Provided is an automatic fashion outfit composition and recommendation method including a user'"'"'s query item about fashion being input to a vendor item DB and the vendor item DB extracting the class and vector of the query item and transmitting the same to a reference DB, the reference DB retrieving and extracting similar items having vectors that are similar to the vector of the query item and then retrieving and extracting reference fashion outfit including the similar items, the reference DB extracting reference items included in the reference fashion outfit, computing the class and vector of each of the reference items, and transmitting the same to the vendor item DB, the vendor item DB retrieving and extracting recommended items having vectors that are similar to the vectors of the reference items, and the vendor item DB combining the query item and the recommended items to compose recommended fashion outfit and sorting and transmitting the recommended fashion outfit to a user.

Claims

1. An automatic fashion outfit composition and recommendation method comprising:

(A) a user'"'"'s query item about fashion being input to a vendor item DB and the vendor item DB extracting a class (part) and a vector of the query item and transmitting the extracted class (part) and vector of the query item to a reference DB;

(B) the reference DB retrieving and extracting similar items having vectors that are highly similar to the vector of the query item and then retrieving and extracting reference fashion outfit comprising the similar items;

(C) the reference DB extracting reference items included in the reference fashion outfit, computing a class (part) and a vector of each of the reference items, and transmitting the computed class (part) and vector of each of the reference items to the vendor item DB;

(D) the vendor item DB retrieving and extracting recommended items having vectors that are highly similar to the vectors of the reference items; and

(E) the vendor item DB combining the query item and the recommended items with each other in order to compose recommended fashion outfit, sorting the recommended fashion outfit, and transmitting the recommended fashion outfit to a user.

2. The automatic fashion outfit composition and recommendation method according to claim 1, wherein step (A) comprises a query item vector computation module of the vendor item DB extracting the class (part) and the vector of the query item and transmitting the extracted class (part) and vector of the query item to the reference DB.

3. The automatic fashion outfit composition and recommendation method according to claim 1, wherein step (B) comprises:

a similar item retrieval module of the reference DB retrieving and extracting similar items having vectors that are highly similar to the vector of the query item; and

a reference fashion outfit retrieval module of the reference DB retrieving and extracting reference fashion outfit comprising the similar items.

4. The automatic fashion outfit composition and recommendation method according to claim 1, wherein step (C) comprises:

separating and extracting reference items included in the reference fashion outfit through a reference item extraction module of the reference DB; and

computing the class (part) and the vector of each of the reference items through a reference item vector computation module of the reference DB and transmitting the computed class (part) and vector of each of the reference items to the vendor item DB.

5. The automatic fashion outfit composition and recommendation method according to claim 1, wherein step (D) comprises a recommended item retrieval module of the vendor item DB retrieving and extracting recommended items having vectors that are highly similar to the vectors of the reference items.

6. The automatic fashion outfit composition and recommendation method according to claim 1, wherein step (E) comprises:

a recommended fashion outfit composition module of the vendor item DB combining the query item and the recommended items with each other in order to compose recommended fashion outfit; and

a recommended fashion outfit sorting module of the vendor item DB sorting the recommended fashion outfit and displaying the recommended fashion outfit to the user in order of sorting.

7. The automatic fashion outfit composition and recommendation method according to claim 1, wherein step (C) comprises removing an item having an identical class (part) to the query item from among the reference fashion outfit and extracting an item having a class (part) different from the class (part) of the query item as a reference item.

8. The automatic fashion outfit composition and recommendation method according to claim 1, wherein step (C) comprises retrieving and extracting reference fashion outfit in an order in which fit scores of fashion outfit that were input previously are relatively high through a reference fashion outfit evaluation module of the reference DB.

9. The automatic fashion outfit composition and recommendation method according to claim 1, wherein step (E) comprises sorting recommended fashion outfit in descending order based on a result obtained by multiplying two or more factors selected from among a fit score of reference fashion outfit, a value of similarity of a similar item, and a value of similarity of a recommended item or computing a mean value thereof and transmitting the recommended fashion outfit sorted in descending order to the user.

10. The automatic fashion outfit composition and recommendation method according to claim 1, wherein step (B) comprises a similar item retrieval module of the reference DB retrieving and extracting 5 to 10 similar items having vectors that are highly similar to the vector of the query item.

11. The automatic fashion outfit composition and recommendation method according to claim 1, wherein step (D) comprises a recommended item retrieval module of the vendor item DB retrieving and extracting 5 to 10 recommended items having vectors that are highly similar to the vectors of the reference items.

12. An automatic fashion outfit composition and recommendation system comprising:

a vendor item DB; and

a reference DB, wherein

the vendor item DB comprises;

a query item vector computation module for extracting a class (part) and a vector of a user'"'"'s query item that is input and transmitting the extracted class (part) and vector of the user'"'"'s query item to the reference DB;

a recommended item retrieval module for retrieving and extracting recommended items having vectors that are highly similar to vectors of reference items that are input from the reference DB;

a recommended fashion outfit composition module for combining the user'"'"'s query item and the recommended items with each other in order to compose recommended fashion outfit; and

a recommended fashion outfit sorting module for sorting the recommended fashion outfit and transmitting the sorted recommended fashion outfit to a user in order of sorting, and wherein

the reference DB comprises;

a similar item retrieval module for retrieving and extracting similar items having vectors that are most highly similar to the vector of the query item;

a reference fashion outfit retrieval module for retrieving and extracting reference fashion outfit comprising the similar items;

a reference item extraction module for extracting reference items included in the reference fashion outfit; and

a reference item vector computation module for computing a class (part) and a vector of each of the reference items and transmitting the computed class (part) and vector of each of the reference items to the vendor item DB.

13. The automatic fashion outfit composition and recommendation system according to claim 12, wherein the reference DB further comprises a reference fashion outfit fit evaluation module for retrieving and extracting reference fashion outfit in consideration of fit scores of fashion outfit.

14. The automatic fashion outfit composition and recommendation system according to claim 12, wherein the recommended fashion outfit sorting module sorts the recommended fashion outfit in descending order based on a result obtained by multiplying two or more factors selected from among a fit score of reference fashion outfit, a value of similarity of a similar item, and a value of similarity of a recommended item or computing a mean value thereof and transmits the recommended fashion outfit sorted in descending order to the user.

15. The automatic fashion outfit composition and recommendation system according to claim 12, wherein the reference fashion outfit are a group of only fashion outfit to which consumers give predetermined scores or higher when a plurality of sets of fashion outfit is presented to the consumers in advance.

16. The automatic fashion outfit composition and recommendation system according to claim 12, wherein the class (part) of the item is classified as a top, a bottom, a coat, shoes, a bag, or another accessory.

17. The automatic fashion outfit composition and recommendation system according to claim 12, wherein the query item is input through a user terminal or is input through a display panel connected to the vendor item DB.

18. The automatic fashion outfit composition and recommendation system according to claim 12, wherein the similar item is identical in class (part) to the query item.

19. The automatic fashion outfit composition and recommendation system according to claim 12, wherein the fashion outfit are a set of fashion items comprising at least a top and a bottom or a set of fashion items further comprising at least one of shoes, a coat, a bag, or another accessory in addition to the top and the bottom.