Virtual Body Model Generation for Garment Fit Visualization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for online clothing purchases lack the ability to accurately predict garment fit and style, leading to high return rates due to the inability to try on clothes virtually before purchase, and existing virtual body models fail to provide a complete and practical solution for visualizing garment fit and style.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented system that generates a user's virtual body model, allowing for the visualization of garments by combining photographs of physical garments onto the model, providing size recommendations, hairstyle and makeup suggestions, and enabling dynamic adjustments for height and pose, with features like social sharing and integration with online retailers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users purchase clothes from online retailers, then shopping convenience is improved, but the ability to try on clothes before purchase is lost, leading to high return rates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a virtual copy of the user's body model and virtual copies of garments, allowing the user to try on clothes virtually without physical handling. The system generates a 3D body model from photographs and maps garment images onto this model, enabling realistic visualization of fit and style before purchase, thereby maintaining online shopping convenience while improving fit prediction accuracy.
2Measurement precision
If users visit physical shops to try on clothes, then garment fit visualization is improved, but time consumption and travel costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a computer-implemented virtual fitting room system as an intermediary between the user and the garments. Instead of physically visiting shops, users interact with a digital system that combines their body photographs with garment images to create virtual try-on visualizations. This intermediary solution provides accurate fit visualization remotely, eliminating travel time and allowing shopping to be done from home.
3Adaptability or versatility
If existing virtual body models are used for garment visualization, then the ability to try on clothes virtually is improved, but the completeness and practicality of the solution is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary actions by capturing multiple photographs of the user's body from different angles and positions before generating the virtual body model. The system processes these photographs to create an accurate 3D representation, including body measurements and shape characteristics. This preliminary data collection and processing ensures high model accuracy, which then enables reliable garment fit visualization when virtual clothes are tried on.
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AI summary
Methods for generating and sharing a virtual body model of a person, created with a small number of measurements and a single photograph, combined with one or more images of garments. The virtual body model represents a realistic representation of the users body and is used for visualizing photo-realistic fit visualizations of garments, hairstyles, make-up, and/or other accessories. The virtual garments are created from layers based on photographs of real garment from multiple angles. Furthermore the virtual body model is used in multiple embodiments of manual and automatic garment, make-up, and, hairstyle recommendations, such as, from channels, friends, and fashion entities. The virtual body model is sharable for, as example, visualization and comments on looks. Furthermore it is also used for enabling users to buy garments that fit other users, suitable for gifts or similar. The implementation can also be used in peer-to-peer online sales where garments can be bought with the knowledge that the seller has a similar body shape and size as the user.