3D Body Model Matching for Personalized Transactions

Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional electronic transactions for consumer-specific products, such as apparel and footwear, often require multiple interactions and transmit sensitive information, leading to inefficiencies and increased processor and battery usage due to redundant user inputs.

Innovation Solution

A system and method utilizing a mobile device with a processor, 3D user body database, and communication interface to execute personalized transactions by searching for items matching user-specific 3D body information, providing alternatives when no match is found, and facilitating purchasing when a match is identified.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If conventional electronic transactions are used for consumer-specific products, then users can purchase items online, but multiple interactions and redundant user inputs are required, increasing cognitive burden and processor/battery usage

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetransaction process simplicityVSAvoidprocessor and battery usage

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by capturing 3D body measurements and creating a digital body model in advance, storing it in a database. This pre-processing eliminates the need for repeated measurements and inputs during subsequent transactions, reducing both cognitive burden and energy consumption.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates a digital copy (3D body model) of the user's physical characteristics and uses this copy for matching with products. This eliminates the need for the user to repeatedly provide physical inputs, reducing processor usage and battery consumption while simplifying the transaction process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

2Productivity

If conventional electronic transactions are used for consumer-specific products, then users can purchase items online, but multiple interactions and transmission of sensitive information are required, reducing transaction efficiency

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetransaction efficiencyVSAvoidtime for multiple interactions

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by capturing 3D body measurements and creating a digital body model in advance, storing it in a database. This pre-processing eliminates the need for repeated measurements and inputs during subsequent transactions, reducing both cognitive burden and energy consumption.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates a digital copy (3D body model) of the user's physical characteristics and uses this copy for matching with products. This eliminates the need for the user to repeatedly provide physical inputs, reducing processor usage and battery consumption while simplifying the transaction process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

3Measurement precision

If 3D body scanning is implemented for personalized transactions, then item matching accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebody measurement accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses a universal 3D body model that can be applied across multiple product categories and vendors. This multi-functional approach allows the same scanning and modeling infrastructure to serve various personalized transaction needs, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high measurement precision.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a server-based 3D body model database as an intermediary between the user's mobile device and the vendor systems. This intermediary handles the complex 3D scanning, processing, and storage operations, allowing the mobile device to remain relatively simple while still achieving high measurement precision through the centralized infrastructure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20250095289A1System and method for providing personalized transactions based on 3D representations of user physical characteristics

Publication Date: 2025.03.20 APPL MOBILES OVERVIEW INC

AI summary

The disclosed systems, components, methods, and processing steps are directed to determining user-item fit characteristics of an item for a user body part by accessing a three-dimensional (3D) reconstructed model of the user body part, accessing information about one or more 3D reference models of the item, the information for each 3D reference model including respective dimensional measurement, spatial, and geometrical attributes, performing a 3D matching process based on the 3D reconstructed model and the accessed information of the one or more 3D reference models to determine a best-fitting 3D reference model from the one or more 3D reference models, integrating the best-fitting 3D reference model with the 3D reconstructed model to provide a 3D best fit representation and displaying the 3D best fit representation along with visual indications of user-item fit characteristics.