Vehicle-Mounted Virtual Try-On System for Clothing Coordination

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Solution Overview

Problem

In mail-order clothing sales, users struggle to visualize how clothing would fit and be coordinated with their body, as existing simulation technologies do not adequately account for professional coordination advice.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus and system that includes a communication interface and controller to display virtual clothing wear images on a vehicle-mounted display, transmitting these images to provide coordination information from a professional coordinator.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If virtual try-on simulation is implemented, then users can visualize clothing fit, but professional coordination advice is not provided

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecoordination informationVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an information providing apparatus as an intermediary component that specializes in providing coordination information. This separates the coordination advice function from the virtual try-on system, allowing the system to remain relatively simple while still providing comprehensive coordination information through the intermediary apparatus.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The information providing apparatus is designed to provide multiple types of information including coordination information, sizing information, and product information through a single unified interface. This multi-functional approach consolidates various information needs into one system, reducing overall complexity while comprehensively addressing information requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Reliability

If comprehensive coordination information is provided, then purchasing decision quality improves, but information processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepurchasing decision accuracyVSAvoidinformation processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the information provision system into specialized components: an information providing apparatus that handles coordination information, a virtual try-on system that handles visualization, and a communication interface that connects them. This segmentation allows each component to focus on specific tasks, improving decision reliability while managing processing complexity through modular design.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The communication interface acts as an intermediary that manages the exchange of information between the virtual try-on system and the information providing apparatus. This intermediary layer organizes and filters information flow, ensuring comprehensive coordination information is provided without overwhelming the system with unstructured complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS11501364B2Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and vehicle
Publication Date: 2022.11.15 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
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AI summary

A user can easily grasp a state of wearing clothing, and information regarding coordination corresponding to the clothing is provided to the user. An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a communication interface that performs communication with an information providing apparatus that provides coordination information regarding coordination of clothing, and a controller that displays, using a display apparatus mounted on a vehicle, an image of a state in which a user is virtually wearing clothing. The controller transmits the image to the information providing apparatus and receives coordination information, provided by the information providing apparatus, corresponding to the image, via the communication interface, and informs the user of the coordination information received.