Smart Closet 3D Imaging for Accurate Virtual Outfit Fitting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional shopping methods, both physical and online, face challenges in accurately determining clothing sizes due to non-standard sizing across brands, leading to high return rates and poor customer experience, especially with the limitations of 2D images in online shopping.
Innovation Solution
A smart closet device equipped with image sensors and a computing unit that captures images of outfits and users to generate 3D models, allowing for virtual outfit fitting by overlaying the outfit models onto the user's image, facilitating accurate size determination and selection without physical try-ons.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If customers physically try on outfits in stores, then they can accurately determine fit and comfort, but they spend excessive time in fitting rooms and experience long waits
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a digital 3D copy of the customer's body using image sensors and generates virtual try-on images that replicate the appearance of physically wearing outfits. This digital copying eliminates the need for physical fitting room visits while maintaining fit assessment accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical process of physically trying on clothes with an automated image processing system. The computing unit automatically captures images, generates 3D body models, creates outfit overlays, and presents virtual try-on results, substituting manual fitting room operations with automated digital processing.
2Loss of time
If customers shop online using 2D images, then they save time and avoid fitting room waits, but they cannot accurately determine outfit fit and make wrong size selections
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from 2D images to 3D modeling by capturing images from multiple angles and generating three-dimensional representations of both the customer's body and the outfits. This dimensional enhancement provides accurate fit visualization while maintaining the convenience of online shopping.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates accurate digital copies of the outfits in 3D format and overlays them onto the customer's 3D body model. This copying approach allows customers to visualize the actual fit and appearance of garments online, eliminating size selection errors while maintaining shopping convenience.
3Adaptability or versatility
If brands use non-standard sizing across different brands and styles, then they have design flexibility, but customers experience high return rates due to inaccurate size selection
Solution Approach 1:
The system measures and analyzes actual garment dimensions and customer body parameters, then uses these measured parameters to generate accurate size recommendations. By basing sizing on actual measurements rather than non-standard brand labels, the system maintains design flexibility while significantly improving purchase accuracy and reducing returns.
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AI summary
A system configured to facilitate virtual outfit fitting is described. The system includes a smart closet device having components including a display door and a plurality of image sensors. A first image sensor of the plurality of image sensors is configured to move across a horizontal axis and a vertical axis of enclosure of the smart closet device to capture a plurality of images of a first outfit hung on an outfit hanging column. The smart closet device also includes a computing unit to generate a three-dimensional (3D) model of the first outfit based on the plurality of images. The computing unit is further configured to update an outfit database by storing the generated 3D model of the first outfit in an outfit database. The computing unit generate an image of a user wearing the output in response to receiving a selection of the first output from the user.