# US 12,000,856 B2 · Support garment testing system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,000,856 B2 - Document ID: US12000856B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/120,739 - Filed: 2023-03-13 - Published: 2023-07-06 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2019-03-25 - Assignees: NIKE, Inc. - Applicants: Nike, Inc. - Inventors: Lisa Campbell; Gregory Paul Dufour; Bridget Munro; Ian Wright; Kim B Blair; Daniel A Kingsley; Luri Robert Middleton; John David Pye; Elizabeth A. Rapp van Roden - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12000856B2 ## CPC - G01P 13/00: Indicating or recording presence, absence, or direction, of movement (electric switches H01H; counting moving objects G06M7/00) - A41H 1/00: Measuring aids or methods - A41H 5/01: with means for adjustment, e.g. of height - G06T 7/246: using feature-based methods, e.g. the tracking of corners or segments - A41C 3/00: Brassieres - G01M 99/007: {by applying a load, e.g. for resistance or wear testing (G01M99/001 takes precedence; testing the elasticity of structures G01M5/00)} - G06F 3/0346: with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a three-dimensional [3D] space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors - G06T 2207/10016: Video; Image sequence - G06T 2207/30204: Marker - G09B 23/32: with moving parts - G01P: MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT (measuring or recording blood flow A61B5/02, A61B8/06; monitoring speed or deceleration of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L3/00; vehicle lighting systems adapted to indicate speed B60Q1/54; determining position or course in navigation, measuring ground distance in geodesy or surveying G01C; combined measuring devices for measuring two or more variables of movement G01C23/00; measuring velocity of sound G01H; measuring velocity of light G01J7/00; measuring direction or velocity of solid objects by reception or emission of radiowaves or other waves and based on propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effect, propagation time, direction of propagation, G01S; measuring speed of nuclear radiation G01T; measuring acceleration of gravity G01V; {measuring or recording the speed of trains B61L23/00; speed indicators incorporated in motor vehicles B60K35/00; measuring frequency or phase G01R; traffic control G08G}) - A41H: APPLIANCES OR METHODS FOR MAKING CLOTHES, e.g. FOR DRESS-MAKING OR FOR TAILORING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - A41C: CORSETS; BRASSIERES - G01M: TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G09B: EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS (devices for psychotechnics or for testing reaction times A61B5/16; games, sports, amusements A63; projectors, projector screens G03B) ## Abstract Aspects herein are directed to a support garment testing system comprising a torso form having a motion tracking sensor associated with one or more breast structures of the torso form. A support garment is secured to the torso form, and the torso form is mounted on a motion platform that, when actuated, causes displacement of the breast structures. The amount of displacement is measured by the sensor, and the data is used to assign a level of support provided by the support garment. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A support garment testing system comprising: a torso form comprising a first breast structure and a second breast structure; one or more markers coupled to the torso form; a motion platform that is coupled to the torso form and that is configured to move the torso form in at least one degree of movement; a motion capture system configured to record image data associated with one or more of the torso form and the marker; and a computing system communicatively coupled to the motion capture system and configured to determine, based on the image data, displacement of the first breast structure and the second breast structure relative to the torso form. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The support garment testing system of claim 1 further comprising: a support garment positioned on the torso form, wherein the one or more markers comprises a first marker coupled to the torso form and a second marker coupled to the support garment. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The support garment testing system of claim 1, wherein the motion capture system includes a video camera. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The support garment testing system of claim 1, wherein the torso form includes a motion tracking sensor. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The support garment testing system of claim 4, wherein the motion tracking sensor provides data to the computing system to determine a level of support assigned to a support garment. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The support garment testing system of claim 1, wherein the torso form includes a skin layer, a muscle layer, and a foam core. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The support garment testing system of claim 6, wherein the skin layer comprises a silicone material. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The support garment testing system of claim 6, wherein the muscle layer comprises a silicone material. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The support garment testing system of claim 1, wherein the displacement of the first breast structure and the second breast structure relative to the torso form is aligned with a superior/inferior z-axis. ### Claim 10 A support garment testing system comprising: a torso form having a first breast structure and a second breast structure; at least one external marker coupled to the torso form; a video camera that records image data associated with the external marker; and a computing system communicatively coupled to the video camera and configured to determine, based on the image data, displacement of the first breast structure and the second breast structure relative to the torso form. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The support garment testing system of claim 10 further comprising: a motion platform coupled to the torso form and configured to move the torso form to simulate rotational movement. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The support garment testing system of claim 10, wherein the at least one external marker is positioned on one of the first breast structure or the second breast structure. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The support garment testing system of claim 10, wherein the displacement of the first breast structure and the second breast structure relative to the torso form is aligned with a superior/inferior z-axis. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The support garment testing system of claim 10, wherein the at least one external marker is positioned at a lower neck portion of the torso form or at a lower abdomen portion of the torso form. ### Claim 15 A support garment testing system comprising: a torso form having a first breast structure and a second breast structure, the torso form being configured to support a support garment positioned on the torso form; a motion platform that is coupled to the torso form and that is configured to move the torso form in at least one degree of movement; and a motion capture system that configured to record first image data associated with the torso form and second image data associated with the support garment positioned on the first breast structure and the second breast structure; and a computing system communicatively coupled to the motion capture system configured to determine, based on the image data, displacement of the first breast structure and the second breast structure relative to the torso form. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The support garment testing system of claim 15 further comprising: a first marker coupled to the torso form and a second marker coupled to the support garment. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The support garment testing system of claim 15, wherein the displacement of the first breast structure and the second breast structure relative to the torso form is aligned with a superior/inferior z-axis. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The support garment testing system of claim 17 further comprising: a computing system communicatively coupled to the motion capture system and configured to determine, based on the at least the first image data, displacement associated with the torso form. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The support garment testing system of claim 15 further comprising: a first marker coupled to the torso form and a second marker coupled to the support garment, wherein the first marker is positioned in a nipple area of the torso form and the second marker is aligned with the nipple area when the support garment is positioned on the torso form. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The support garment testing system of claim 19 further comprising: a motion tracking sensor coupled to the torso form.