Body measurement garment for optimal garment fit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11944146-B2
Application number	US-202217952274-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 25, 2022
Priority date	Dec 12, 2014
Publication date	Apr 2, 2024
Grant date	Apr 2, 2024

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 method comprising:
receiving information measured by a plurality of embedded sensors of a body measurement garment worn by a user, the information including an amount of pressure exerted by the body measurement garment on the user measured by the plurality of embedded sensors of the body measurement garment;
determining a tightness of a plurality of different regions of the body measurement garment worn by the user based on the information measured by the plurality of embedded sensors of the body measurement garment worn by the user, wherein the tightness is determined from the amount of pressure exerted by the body measurement garment on the user measured by the plurality of embedded sensors of the body measurement garment; and
generating a garment fit model based on the tightness of the plurality of different regions of the body measurement garment worn by the user.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the tightness corresponds to an amount of pressure exerted by the body measurement garment on the user at the plurality of different regions.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the tightness includes an indication of one or more of the plurality of different regions of the body measurement garment that exceed a predefined threshold for tightness.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the tightness includes an indication of one or more of the plurality of different regions of the body measurement garment that are below a predefined threshold for looseness.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
rendering, by a computing device, the garment fit model to present a three-dimensional visual representation of the garment being worn by the user; and
causing one or more or the plurality of different regions of the body measurement garment which are above a predefined threshold for tightness to be visually distinguished on the garment fit model displayed on the display of the computing device.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
rendering, by a computing device, the garment fit model to present a three-dimensional visual representation of the garment being worn by the user; and
causing one or more or the plurality of different regions of the body measurement garment which are below a predefined threshold for looseness to be visually distinguished on the garment fit model displayed on the display of the computing device.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
rendering, by a computing device, the garment fit model to present a three-dimensional visual representation of the garment being worn by the user; and
causing one or more or the plurality of different regions of the body measurement garment which are above a predefined threshold for tightness to be visually distinguished on the garment fit model displayed on the display of the computing device; and
causing one or more or the plurality of different regions of the body measurement garment which are below a predefined threshold for looseness to be visually distinguished on the garment fit model displayed on the display of the computing device.

8. A tangible machine-readable storage medium embodying instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
receiving information measured by a plurality of embedded sensors of a body measurement garment worn by a user, the information including an amount of pressure exerted by the body measurement garment on the user measured by the plurality of embedded sensors of the body measurement garment;
determining a tightness of a plurality of different regions of the body measurement garment worn by the user based on the information measured by the plurality of embedded sensors of the body measurement garment worn by the user, wherein the tightness is determined from the amount of pressure exerted by the body measurement garment on the user measured by the plurality of embedded sensors of the body measurement garment; and
generating a garment fit model based on the tightness of the plurality of different regions of the body measurement garment worn by the user.

9. The tangible machine-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the tightness corresponds to an amount of pressure exerted by the body measurement garment on the user at the plurality of different regions.

10. The tangible machine-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the tightness includes an indication of one or more of the plurality of different regions of the body measurement garment that exceed a predefined threshold for tightness.

11. The tangible machine-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the tightness includes an indication of one or more of the plurality of different regions of the body measurement garment that are below a predefined threshold for looseness.

12. The tangible machine-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
rendering, on a display of a computing device, the garment fit model to present a three-dimensional virtual representation of the garment being worn by the user;
causing one or more or the plurality of different regions of the body measurement garment which are above a predefined threshold for tightness to be visually distinguished on the garment fit model displayed on the display of the computing device; and
causing one or more or the plurality of different regions of the body measurement garment which are below a predefined threshold for looseness to be visually distinguished on the garment fit model displayed on the display of the computing device.

13. A system comprising:
a body measurement garment comprising a plurality of sensors to generate outputs corresponding to measurements of a user wearing the body measurement garment; and
a computing device configured to obtain the outputs and generate a garment fit model based on the outputs and render the garment fit model to present a three-dimensional virtual representation of the garment being worn by the user.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the outputs correspond to a tightness of the body measurement garment on the user.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the tightness corresponds to an amount of pressure exerted by the body measurement garment on the user at a plurality of different regions of the body measurement garment worn by the user, each of the plurality of different regions corresponding to one of the plurality of sensors.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the tightness includes an indication of one or more of the plurality of different regions of the body measurement garment that exceed a predefined threshold for tightness.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the tightness includes an indication of one or more of the plurality of different regions of the body measurement garment that are below a predefined threshold for looseness.

18. The system of claim 13 , wherein the outputs correspond to a looseness of the body measurement garment on the user.

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of different regions correspond to one of the plurality of embedded sensors.

20. The tangible machine-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein each of the plurality of different regions correspond to one of the plurality of embedded sensors.

Assignees

• Ebay Inc

Inventors

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

Classifications

• A41H1/02 Primary

  Devices for taking measurements on the human body · CPC title

• G01B21/20

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

• G06Q30/00

  Commerce · CPC title

• G06Q30/0269

  based on user profile or attribute · CPC title

• A41D1/002

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