Clothing Information System Using Image Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems cannot provide information about clothing actually worn by other people to a user terminal.

Innovation Solution

A clothing information providing system that includes an image acquiring unit to capture images via a network, a detecting unit to analyze the images and detect clothing, and a display unit to show the detected clothing information on a user terminal.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If a system collects information from images of items owned by customers, then purchase information can be acquired, but information about clothing actually worn by other people cannot be provided

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveclothing wear informationVSAvoidinformation coverage

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses image copying technology to capture and analyze visual information of clothing worn by people in public spaces through cameras. By creating digital copies of the clothing items from these images, the system can identify and provide information about actual wear without requiring direct access to the physical clothing or the wearer's purchase data.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces an image analysis intermediary between the physical clothing worn by people and the information provision to users. Cameras capture images of clothing in public spaces, image processing units analyze these images to identify clothing items, and this intermediate analysis step enables the system to bridge the gap between physical wear and digital information delivery.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Loss of information

If images are captured and analyzed to detect clothing, then clothing information can be provided to user terminals, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveclothing information accessibilityVSAvoidsystem structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system divides the information provision task into separate functional modules: image capturing units that collect visual data, image processing units that analyze the captured images to detect clothing, and information provision units that deliver results to user terminals. This segmentation allows each module to specialize in a specific function, reducing overall system complexity while improving information accessibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables user terminals to autonomously receive and display clothing information without requiring manual intervention. The information provision unit automatically transmits detected clothing information to user terminals, and the terminals self-display the information, reducing the operational complexity for users while maintaining high information accessibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS10592551B2Clothing information providing system, clothing information providing method, and program

Publication Date: 2020.03.17 OPTIM

AI summary

A clothing information providing system 1 includes an image acquiring unit 11 that acquires an image captured by an image capturing device 2 via a network 90, a detecting unit 121 that analyzes the image acquired by the image acquiring unit and detects clothing of a subject appearing in the image, and a display unit 24 that displays clothing information on the clothing detected by the detecting unit 121 on a user terminal 20.