Product Dimension Visualization via 2D Overlay
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current e-commerce platforms struggle to effectively help users visualize the dimensions of products from two-dimensional images, leading to difficulties in determining whether a product will fit in a desired space, resulting in lost sales for small retailers.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that allows users to visualize product dimensions by capturing an image of an object using a client device camera, entering boundary information for an imaginary housing, and comparing product dimensions against the housing dimensions, all without requiring expensive 3D image rendering.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If 3D rendering of products is used to enable virtual outfit experience, then user visualization capability is improved, but cost for small retailers worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses 2D product images as simplified copies instead of creating expensive 3D models. The system overlays scaled 2D product images onto captured images of the placement surface, providing adequate dimension visualization at minimal cost while maintaining the core functionality of helping users visualize product size in their space.
2Loss of information
If textual product dimensions are provided, then information delivery is improved, but user visualization capability worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms 1D textual dimension data into 2D visual representations by overlaying scaled product images onto the captured surface image. This dimensional transformation allows users to visually perceive product size and proportions much more accurately than reading text alone, while still using the original textual dimensions as the basis for scaling.
3Measurement precision
If camera captures image at focal distance, then boundary measurement accuracy is improved, but processing time worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary scaling of the product image based on the captured boundary information and focal distance before displaying it to the user. By pre-calculating the appropriate scale and positioning the product image overlay in advance, the system provides real-time visualization feedback without requiring complex post-processing operations.
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AI summary
A computer readable medium for sizing a product includes instructions, that when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing device to: retrieve from a webpage information on a product including product dimensions; present on a display of a client device a graphical button that upon access by a user activates a camera for capturing an image of an object positioned at a focal distance from the camera, the object having a surface; prompt the user to enter boundary information of an imaginary housing to be placed on the surface; generate the imaginary housing dimensions in two dimensions (2D) based on the boundary information and the focal distance; and determine whether the product fits within the imaginary housing by comparing the product dimensions against the imaginary housing dimensions.