Interactive Garment Customization via Vector Line Manipulation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for customizing apparel remotely require users to navigate complex selection menus, lacking an intuitive interface for designing garments based on body measurements and features.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that generates an interactive user interface with a visual representation of a body and garment, using vector lines with multiple points to allow users to input adjustments to garment edges, automatically modifying the visual representation in response to user inputs, enabling seamless customization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users are provided with numerous selections and drop-down menus to specify garment features, then the system can capture detailed customization requirements, but the user interface complexity and ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses visual copies of the actual garment overlaid on a body representation, allowing users to interact with familiar visual elements rather than abstract menu options. This maintains full customization capability while dramatically improving ease of operation through intuitive visual selection and manipulation of garment features
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an image-based intermediary layer between the user and the customization system. Instead of directly interacting with complex specification menus, users manipulate visual representations of garments, which then translate their selections into detailed customization parameters automatically
2Measurement precision
If an in-person fitting and measurement process is used, then measurement precision and garment fit are improved, but the productivity and efficiency of the customization process deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical in-person fitting process with a digital image processing system. Users upload photographs that are automatically processed to extract body measurements and garment fit characteristics, eliminating the need for physical fittings while maintaining measurement precision through advanced image analysis algorithms
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary image processing and measurement extraction automatically when users upload their photographs. This preliminary action prepares all necessary measurement data in advance, enabling rapid customization without requiring time-consuming in-person measurement sessions
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AI summary
Provided is a method, system, and computer program product for providing an interactive user interface. The method includes generating a user interface including a visual representation of a body having a garment arranged thereon, generating a plurality of vector lines corresponding to portions of the body and the garment, detecting a user input on a portion of the garment, the portion of the garment having an end portion aligned with a first point of the at least three points of the vector line, determining a second point of the at least three points of the vector line based on the user input on the portion of the garment, and automatically modifying the visual representation of the garment to move the end portion in alignment with the second point of the at least three points in response to determining the second point of the vector line.