System and Method to Capture and Process Body Measurements

Abstract

The present technology is directed to system and method capture and process body measurement data including body scanners including stationary cameras disposed about a tower and a rotatable platform disposed at a distance away from the cameras. The body scanner is configured to capture a first and second pluralities of depth images of a user standing atop the rotatable platform at first and second capture times, create three dimensional avatars of the user associated respectively with the first and second capture times, and extract body measurement data of the user associated respectively with the first and second capture times. A user interface is configured to retrieve and display and compare the body measurement data and three dimensional avatar of the first and second capture times.

1 . A body measurement system, comprising:
 a body scanner comprising a plurality of stationary cameras disposed about a tower and a rotatable platform disposed at a predetermined distance away from the plurality of stationary cameras; and   a user interface; wherein   the body scanner is configured to capture a first plurality of depth images of a user standing atop the rotatable platform associated with a first capture time, create a first three dimensional avatar of the user associated with the first capture time, and extract first body measurement data of the user associated with the first capture time;   the body scanner is configured to capture a second plurality of depth images of a user standing atop the rotatable platform associated with a second capture time, create a second three dimensional avatar of the user associated with the second capture time, and extract second body measurement data of the user associated with the second capture time; and   the user interface is configured to retrieve and display and compare the body measurement data and three dimensional avatar of the first capture time and second capture time.   
     
     
         2 . The body measurement system of  claim 1 , wherein the rotatable platform comprises a platform on which the user is positionable and which is rotatable relative to the plurality of stationary cameras to capture the first plurality of depth images at the first capture time and the second plurality of depth images at the second capture time. 
     
     
         3 . The body measurement system of  claim 1 , wherein the rotatable platform comprises a drive motor and a sensor in communication with a computing device configured to control the rotatable platform. 
     
     
         4 . The body measurement system of  claim 1 , wherein the body scanner is configured to extract a first body assessment value of the user associated with the first capture time, and the body scanner is configured to extract a second body assessment value of the user associated the second capture time. 
     
     
         5 . The body measurement system of  claim 4 , wherein the user interface is configured to display and compare the first body assessment value and the second body assessment value. 
     
     
         6 . The body measurement system of  claim 1 , wherein the user interface is configured to receive a selection of a portion of the three dimensional avatar and to display a body measurement value for the portion of the three dimensional avatar of the selection. 
     
     
         7 . The body measurement system of  claim 1 , further comprising a user computing device and a web platform usable to display the user interface. 
     
     
         8 . The body measurement system of  1 , further comprising a backend system configured to receive the first plurality of depth images and the second plurality of depth images, create the first three dimensional avatar and the second three dimensional avatar, and extract the first body measurement data and the second body measurement data. 
     
     
         9 . The body measurement system of  claim 8 , wherein the backend system comprises a combination of hardware and software. 
     
     
         10 . The body measurement system of  claim 9 , wherein the software comprises Java, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, dBASE or flat text. 
     
     
         11 . The body measurement system of  claim 9 , wherein the hardware comprises the Amazon Cloud Computing stack. 
     
     
         12 . The body measurement system of  claim 9 , wherein the body scanner comprises the backend system. 
     
     
         13 . A method for taking body measurements, comprising:
 providing a body scanner comprising a plurality of stationary cameras and a rotatable platform disposed a predetermined distance away from the plurality of stationary cameras;   capturing a first plurality of depth images of a user with the body scanner at a first capture time;   capturing a second plurality of depth images of the user with the body scanner at a second capture time;   generating a first three dimensional avatar of the user based on the first plurality of depth images;   generating a second three dimensional avatar of the user based on the second plurality of depth images;   extracting first body measurement data of the user associated with the first capture time;   extracting second body measurement data of the user associated with the second capture time; and   providing for display on a user interface at least one selected from: the first three dimensional avatar, the second three dimensional avatar, the first body measurement data, and the second body measurement data.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising displaying the user interface on a display device. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 receiving a selection of a portion of at least one selected from the first three dimensional avatar and the second three dimensional avatar;   providing for display a body measurement value for the selection; and   providing for display an avatar based at least in part on the body measurement value.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 extracting a first body assessment value of the user associated with the first capture time;   extracting a second body assessment value of the user associated with the second capture time; and   providing the first and second body assessment values for display and comparison on the user interface.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising receiving the plurality of depth images of the user at a backend system, creating a three dimensional avatar of the user using the backend system, and extracting body measurement data of the user using the backend system, the backend system comprising a combination of hardware and software. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the body scanner comprises the backend system. 
     
     
         19 . A system for capturing and processing body measurements, comprising:
 a body scanner comprising a plurality of stationary cameras and a rotatable platform disposed at a predetermined distance away from the cameras; and   a user interface; wherein   the body scanner is configured to capture a plurality of depth images of a user standing atop the platform at a first capture time, create a first three dimensional avatar of the user associated with the first capture time, and extract first body measurement data of the user associated with the first capture time;   the body scanner is configured to capture a plurality of depth images of a user standing atop the platform at a second capture time, create a second three dimensional avatar of the user associated with the second capture time, and extract second body measurement data of the user associated with the second capture time; and   the user interface is configured to retrieve and display at least one selected from: the first body measurement data, the second body measurement data, the first three dimensional avatar, and the second three dimensional avatar.   
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein:
 the body scanner is further configured to extract a first body assessment value of the user associated with the first capture time and to extract a second body assessment value of the user associated the second capture time; and   the user interface is configured to display and compare the first body assessment value and the second body assessment value.