Body measurement garment for optimal garment fit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10172403-B2
Application number	US-201414568187-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 12, 2014
Priority date	Dec 12, 2014
Publication date	Jan 8, 2019
Grant date	Jan 8, 2019

Abstract

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a computing device comprising:
a machine-readable medium;
a data receiver communicatively coupled to a body measurement garment, the body measurement garment comprising a plurality of sensors, the plurality of sensors producing a set of output data comprising a plurality of length measurements corresponding to a user and one or more manual adjustments made by the user to the plurality of length measurements, the data receiver configured to receive the set of output data from the body measurement garment, the data receiver further configured to store the plurality of output signals in the machine-readable medium; and
a modeling engine configured to generate a body shape model based on the plurality of length measurements corresponding to the user and one or more manual adjustments made by the user to the plurality of length measurements, the body shape model being a structured data set representing a shape of a body of the user,
the modeling engine further configured to generate a garment fit model using the body shape model and a garment model, the garment model being a structured data set including dimensions of a physical garment, the garment fit model representing a fit of the physical garment on the user.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the modeling engine is configured to generate the garment fit model based on a comparison of the body shape model with the garment model.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the modeling engine is configured to generate the body shape model by performing operations including:
composing a measurement profile from the plurality of length measurements, the measurement profile being a structured data set that includes a plurality of body measurements of the user; and
creating the body shape model using the measurement profile.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensors includes at least one sensor configured to receive the one or more manual adjustments from the user.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a renderer configured to cause presentation of a three-dimensional virtual representation of the user by rendering the body shape model.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the renderer is further configured to visually distinguish a portion of the garment, a tightness of the portion of the garment exceeding a predefined tightness threshold, the tightness of the portion of the garment corresponding to a measure of pressure exerted on the user by the portion of the garment.

7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising the body measurement garment comprising the plurality of sensors, the body measurement garment further comprising at least one wireless transmitter communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors, the at least one wireless transmitter configured to transmit the set of output data produced by the plurality of sensors to the data receiver module.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein each of the plurality of sensors are configured to produce an output signal and are communicatively coupled to a wireless transmitter configured to transmit the respective output signal produced by the sensor.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the at least one transmitter is a low energy wireless transmitter configured to transmit signals according to a low energy transmission protocol.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the body measurement garment further comprises a plurality of interwoven treads, wherein a portion of the plurality of sensors are coupled to one or more of the plurality of interwoven threads.

11. A method comprising:
receiving a set of output data from a body measurement garment being worn by a user, the body measurement garment comprising a plurality of sensors, the plurality of sensors producing the set of output data, the set of output data comprising a plurality of length measurements corresponding to a user and one or more manual adjustments made by the user to the plurality of length measurements;
extracting the plurality of length measurements from the set of output data, the plurality of length measurements corresponding to body measurements of the user;
generating a body shape model using the plurality of length measurements and the one or more manual adjustments made by the user to the plurality of length measurements included in the set of output data received from the body measurement garment, the body shape model being a structured data set representing a shape of a body of the user, the body shape model being renderable to present a three-dimensional virtual representation of the user;
accessing a garment model representing a physical garment, the garment model being a structured set of data including dimensions of the physical garment; and
generating a garment fit model based on a comparison of the body shape model and the garment model, the garment fit model representing a fit of the garment on the user and indicating a tightness of a portion of the garment on the user that transgresses a predefined tightness threshold, the tightness of the portion of the physical garment including a measure of pressure exerted on the user by the portion of the physical garment.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the gannent model specifies a fabric type and a tensile strength of the fabric type.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the generating of the garment fit model includes determining the amount of pressure exerted by the portion of the garment on the user.

14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
identifying the portion of the garment based on the portion exceeding the predefined tightness threshold;
causing presentation of a virtual representation of the physical garment being worn by the user, a portion of the virtual representation of the physical garment being visually distinguished from a remainder of the virtual representation of the physical garment, the portion of the virtual representation of the physical garment corresponding to the portion of the physical garment that exceeds the predefined tightness threshold.

15. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
receiving one or more additional sets of output data from the body measurement garment, the one or more additional sets of output signals being received while the user is in motion and wearing the body measurement garment; and
generating a garment wear model using the one or more additional sets of output data, the garment wear model being a structured data set representing a normal wear pattern of the user.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein a portion of the one or more additional sets of output data are received from a friction sensor.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the garment wear model is specific to the garment and is based in part on the garment model.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the body measurement garment further comprises a plurality of tensioning bands coupled to the plurality of sensors, wherein the plurality of sensors is configured to measure a length of tensioning band displaced by the user wearing the body measurement garment.

19. A tangible machine-readable storage medium embodying instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
receiving a set of output data from a body measurement garment, the body measurement garment comprising a plurality of sensors, the plurality of sensors producing the set of output data, the set of output data comprising a plurality of length measurements corresponding to a user and one or more manual adjustments made by

Assignees

• Ebay Inc

Inventors

• Glasgow Dane
• Ramadge David
• Maclaurin Matthew Bret
• Sherman Corinne Elizabeth
• Carlson Timothy
• Selhorst Bria

Classifications

• A61B5/1072

  measuring distances on the body, e.g. measuring length, height or thickness (A61B5/1076 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A41D1/002

  adapted to accommodate electronic equipment (patients' garments for medical monitoring A41D13/1281; luminous ornaments A41D27/085) · CPC title

• A61B5/6805

  Vests, e.g. shirts or gowns · CPC title

• G01B21/20

  for measuring contours or curvatures, e.g. determining profile · CPC title

• A41H1/02 Primary

  Devices for taking measurements on the human body · CPC title