Sensor-Embedded Garment for Precise Body Measurement and Fit Simulation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Consumers face challenges in purchasing clothing remotely due to sizing discrepancies between manufacturers and countries, leading to uncertainty about how clothing will fit without physical presence.
Innovation Solution
A body measurement garment with sensors generates accurate body measurements, creating an electronic measurement profile that can be used to simulate garment fits, allowing for bespoke clothing production and virtual try-ons through a fit simulation system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If standard sizing models are used for clothing production, then manufacturing efficiency is improved, but measurement precision for individual consumers deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the body measurement process into multiple segments by placing sensors at specific locations (chest, waist, hips, arms, legs) to capture localized measurements. This segmentation allows standard clothing production to be maintained while obtaining precise individual measurements through the wearable sensor system.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a wearable sensor system as an intermediary between the consumer and the clothing manufacturing process. This intermediary captures precise body measurements and transmits them to create a digital avatar, which then serves as the reference for personalized clothing production, resolving the contradiction between standardization and precision.
2Ease of manufacture
If clothing is produced according to standard sizing, then ease of manufacture is improved, but adaptability to different consumers deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the parameter of body measurement from standard categories to precise digital values captured by sensors. This allows the clothing design parameters to be dynamically adjusted based on individual consumer data while maintaining the simplicity of the manufacturing process through automated digital avatar generation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary measurement and data collection before clothing production. By capturing body measurements and creating a digital avatar in advance, the system prepares customized clothing parameters ahead of time, enabling easy manufacturing while achieving high adaptability to individual consumers.
3Ease of operation
If consumers shop for clothing remotely without physical presence, then shopping convenience is improved, but measurement precision for fit prediction deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a digital copy (avatar) of the consumer's body based on sensor measurements. This digital avatar serves as an accurate representation that can be used for remote shopping and fit prediction, maintaining both the convenience of online shopping and the precision of fit measurement without requiring physical store visits.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of physical try-ons in stores with an electronic sensor system. The sensors capture body measurements and transmit data to create a digital avatar, substituting the mechanical measurement process with an electronic one that enables remote shopping while maintaining high measurement precision for fit prediction.
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AI summary
A system comprising a machine-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method for collecting body measurements of a human user using a body measurement garment is provided. The body measurement garment comprises a plurality of sensors configured to produce a set of output data. The method may include receiving the set of output data from the body measurement garment and determining a plurality of body measurements from the output data. The method may further include generating a body shape model representing the shape of the body of the user. The method may also include generating a garment fit model representing the fit of a garment on the human user.