US 12,037,740 B2Granted

Technique to change garments within an existing image

AssigneeLevi Strauss & Co.

InventorsDebdulal Mahanty, Benjamin Bell, James Barton Sights, Christopher Schultz, Jennifer Schultz

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Abstract

A system automatically generates apparel collection imagery from user-provided imagery. The user-provided imagery includes images of people wearing one or more garments. The system uses segmenting analysis to analyze the user-provided image to identify locations of the garment. From the locations of the garments, the system can determine which garments from an apparel collection can be used to replace those in the user-provided imagery. The system uses pose estimation on the user-provided imagery and modifies a preview image of a replacement garment from the collection. This modified replacement garment image is used to replace the garment in the user-provided imagery.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

in a garment design tool, generating a first preview image on a computer screen of a garment with a finishing pattern to be created by a laser using a laser input file, wherein the generating comprises
providing a base image of a garment without the finishing pattern,
generating an adjusted base image from the base image of the garment without the finishing pattern,
generating a pattern mask based on the laser input file,
for a pixel at a pixel location of the preview image, obtaining a first contribution by combining a first value associated with a pixel of the pattern mask at a pattern mask pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the preview image and a value of a pixel of the base image at a base image pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the preview image,
for the pixel at the pixel location of the preview image, obtaining a second contribution by combining a second value associated with the pixel of the pattern mask at the pattern mask pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the preview image and a value of a pixel of the adjusted base image at an adjusted base image pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the preview image,
combining the first contribution and second contribution to obtain a combined value for the pixel at the pixel location for the preview image, and
displaying the generated first preview image with the pixel on the computer screen, wherein the pixel is displayed as a color corresponding to the combined value for the pixel at the pixel location;
providing a user-provided image, wherein the user-provided image comprises a person or portion of a person wearing a first user-provided garment;
analyzing the user-provided image to identify a location of the first user-provided garment, wherein the first user-provided garment is at a first location;
determining a first pose of the person or the portion of the person at the first location captured in the user-provided image;
modifying the first preview image based on the first pose captured in the user-provided image to obtain a modified first preview image;
and
modifying the user-provided image by replacing the first user-provided garment at the first location with the modified first preview image.

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A method comprising:

in a garment design tool, generating a first preview image on a computer screen of a garment with a finishing pattern to be created by a laser using a laser input file, wherein the generating comprises
providing a base image of a garment without the finishing pattern,
generating an adjusted base image from the base image of the garment without the finishing pattern,
generating a pattern mask based on the laser input file,
for a pixel at a pixel location of the preview image, obtaining a first contribution by combining a first value associated with a pixel of the pattern mask at a pattern mask pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the preview image and a value of a pixel of the base image at a base image pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the preview image,
for the pixel at the pixel location of the preview image, obtaining a second contribution by combining a second value associated with the pixel of the pattern mask at the pattern mask pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the preview image and a value of a pixel of the adjusted base image at an adjusted base image pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the preview image,
combining the first contribution and second contribution to obtain a combined value for the pixel at the pixel location for the preview image, and
displaying the generated first preview image with the pixel on the computer screen, wherein the pixel is displayed as a color corresponding to the combined value for the pixel at the pixel location;
providing a second preview image;
providing a user-provided image comprising a first user-provided garment and a second user-provided garment;
analyzing the user-provided image to identify locations of the first user-provided garment and second user-provided garment, wherein the first user-provided garment is at a first location and the second user-provided garment is at a second location, different from the first location;
based on the analysis of the user-provided image, determining that the first preview image is more appropriate for the first location than the second location;
determining a first pose of a person or portion of a person at the first location captured in the user-provided image;
modifying the first preview image based on the first pose captured in the user-provided image to obtain a modified first preview image;
and
generating a replacement image having an appearance similar to the user-provided image, wherein changes in the replacement image comprise the first user-provided garment at the first location of the user-provided image being replaced by the modified first preview image.

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A method comprising:

in a garment design tool, generating a first preview image on a computer screen of a garment with a finishing pattern to be created by a laser using a laser input file, wherein the generating comprises
providing a base image of a garment without the finishing pattern,
generating an adjusted base image from the base image of the garment without the finishing pattern,
generating a pattern mask based on the laser input file,
for a pixel at a pixel location of the preview image, obtaining a first contribution by combining a first value associated with a pixel of the pattern mask at a pattern mask pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the preview image and a value of a pixel of the base image at a base image pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the preview image,
for the pixel at the pixel location of the preview image, obtaining a second contribution by combining a second value associated with the pixel of the pattern mask at the pattern mask pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the preview image and a value of a pixel of the adjusted base image at an adjusted base image pixel location that corresponds to the pixel location of the preview image,
combining the first contribution and second contribution to obtain a combined value for the pixel at the pixel location for the preview image, and
displaying the generated first preview image with the pixel on the computer screen, wherein the pixel is displayed as a color corresponding to the combined value for the pixel at the pixel location;
providing a second preview image;
receiving a user-provided image, wherein the user-provided image comprises a person or a portion of a person wearing a first user-provided garment and another person or a portion of another person wearing a second user-provided garment;
analyzing the user-provided image to identify locations of the first user-provided garment and second user-provided garment, wherein the first user-provided garment is at a first location and the second user-provided garment is at a second location;
based on the analysis of the user-provided image, determining that the first preview image is appropriate for the first location than the second location;
for the first location, determining a first pose of the person or the portion of the person at the first location captured in the user-provided image;
modifying the first preview image based on the first pose captured in the user-provided image;
and
modifying the user-provided image by replacing the first user-provided garment at the first location with the modified first preview image.

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Facts

Application: 18/186,134Filed 17 Mar 2023 · continuation
Priority: 27 Feb 2018
Published: US 2023/0220612 A113 Jul 2023
Granted: 16 Jul 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification59 codes

D06M 10/005
Physical treatment of fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics or fibrous goods made from such materials, e.g. by ultrasonic waves, corona discharge,…:…
A41D 1/06
Garments: trousers
A41D 27/00
Details of garments or of their making
A41D 27/08
Details of garments or of their making: trimmings; Ornaments

Family

Application62/636,112Us provisional application · filed 27 Feb 2018
Application62/636,108Us provisional application · filed 27 Feb 2018
Application16/288,053Parent of this continuation · filed 27 Feb 2019
Application17/305,718Parent of this continuation · filed 13 Jul 2021
US 11,058,163 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 13 Jul 2021
US 2023/0220612 A1Pre-grant publication · published 13 Jul 2023
US 11,613,843 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2019/0261717 A1Published application
US 2021/0337906 A1Published application
US 12,037,740 B2This patent

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