Systems and methods to automatically determine garment fit

Abstract

Systems and methods for automatically determining of garment sizing (e.g., fit) using a images including video images. The method may perform non-contact estimations of garment fit from visual (e.g., video) input by receiving an video of the subject's head and face and profile and determining a scaling factor from the subject's intraocular spacing and using this scaling factor when analyzing images of other body regions to determine garment sizing.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of automatically determining garment sizing for a subject from a video of the subject, the method comprising:
 receiving a video of the subject, wherein the video includes at least one frontal image of the subject including the subject's eyes, and a plurality of images of the portion of the subject's body to be fitted, including frontal and side images;   determining a scaling factor from the subject's interocular distance to convert image space measurements to distance measurements;   measuring the portion of the subject's body to be fitted from the video;   scaling the measurements using the scaling factor; and   providing an estimate of the subject's measurements appropriate for garment sizing using the measurements of the portion of the body to be fitted.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising automatically recognizing the subject's eyes. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein determining the scaling factor comprises determining the distance between the centers of the subject's pupils. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising receiving one or more of: a subject's age, gender, and race. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein determining the scaling factor comprises using the subject's interocular distance and one or more of the subject's age, gender, and race. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the video comprises a continuous video scanning the subject's body including frontal and sagittal regions. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein providing an estimate of the subject's measurements appropriate for garment sizing comprises providing a shoulder, arm measurement, neck, upper torso, and lower torso measurement. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising providing a garment adapted to fit the subject's estimated measurements. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising determining a location for one or more biosensors to be integrated into a garment using the subject's measurements. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising automatically transmitting the subject's measurements to a machine configured to fabricate the garment. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising determining a correction function based on a distance between a plane including the subject's eyes and a plane of the subject's trunk or limbs. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein using the scaling factor and correction function comprises adding the correction function to the scaling factor to determine a number of distance units per pixel. 
     
     
         13 . A method of automatically determining garment sizing for a subject, the method comprising:
 receiving a video of the subject, wherein the video includes at least one frontal image of the subject including the subject's eyes, and a plurality of images of the portion of the subject's body to be fitted, including frontal and side images;   determining a scaling factor from the subject's interocular distance to convert image space measurements to distance measurements;   measuring the portion of the subject's body to be fitted from the video, wherein measuring is performed without reliance upon an external reference object;   scaling image measurements of the portion of the subject's body using the scaling factor to obtain distance measurements of the portion of the subject's body; and   providing an estimate of the subject's measurements appropriate for garment sizing.   
     
     
         14 . A non-contact method of automatically determining garment sizing for a subject, the method comprising:
 receiving a video of the subject, wherein the video includes at least one frontal image of the subject including the subject's eyes, and a plurality of images of the portion of the subject's body to be fitted, including frontal and side images;   determining a scaling factor from the subject's interocular distance to convert image space measurements to distance measurements;   measuring the portion of the subject's body to be fitted, wherein measuring is performed by examining the video, thereby providing image space measurements of the portion of the subject's body without contacting the subject;   scaling the measurements using the scaling factor, thereby providing distance space measurements of the portion of the subject's body; and   providing an estimate of the subject's measurements appropriate for garment sizing, wherein providing comprises delivering the distance space measurements of the portion of the subject's body.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein determining the scaling factor comprises determining the distance between the centers of the subject's pupils. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising receiving one or more of: a subject's age, gender, and race. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein determining the scaling factor comprises using the subject's interocular distance and one or more of the subject's age, gender, and race. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the video comprises a continuous video scanning the subject's body including frontal and sagittal regions. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising determining a correction function based on a distance between a plane including the subject's eyes and a plane of the subject's trunk or limbs. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein using the scaling factor and correction function comprises adding the correction function to the scaling factor to determine a number of distance units per pixel.