Automatic adjustable mannequin
AssigneeOvad Custom Stages, LLC
InventorDavo Scheich
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Abstract
An automated adjustable mannequin is provided for use as a platform for producing computer generated fashion model clothing displays. The clothing displays may be static photographs or video. The mannequin combines manually adjustable dress forms currently used by seamstresses and clothing designers with three dimensional scanning and photographic technologies. Actual body scan data of a living model may be used to automatically adjust the shape or contours of a dress form in real time to match the size and dimensions of a previously photographed model. The automated adjustments to the mannequin may be made at a rate of one frame at a time or 30 frames per second, where the body-form adapts to changes in the underlying model's movements.
Claims15
A system for fashion photography, the system comprising;
- an
- automated adjustable mannequin comprising:
- a body with a torso;
- a set of adjustment dials that adjust contours, measurements, and dimensions of the body;
- and
- a set of servo motors for automatic adjustment of the set of adjustment dials that are driven by three dimensional (3D) data of a subject that is generated using a photographic stage or photographic booth;
- a computer with a storage medium;
- wherein said photographic stage or photographic booth combine synchronized volumetric capture and fashion photography;
- wherein the volumetric capture is configured to record multiple angles with “flat” lighting for creation of a 3D object from the subject;
- wherein the fashion photography captures is configured to capture footage of the subject with fashion lighting;
- and
- wherein the synchronization between the volumetric capture and fashion photography is accomplished by offsetting the volumetric capture and fashion photography by a fraction of a second.
A process for producing computer generated fashion model clothing displays, the process comprising:
- obtaining three dimensional (3D) body scan data of a live subject;
- providing the 3D body scan data to an automated adjustable mannequin, the mannequin comprising:
- a body with a torso;
- a set of adjustment dials that adjust contours, measurements, and dimensions of the body;
- and
- a set of servo motors for automatic adjustment of the set of adjustment dials that are driven by the three dimensional (3D) data;
- photographing articles of clothing on the adjusted mannequin;
- and
- combining the photographed articles of clothing with images of the live subject using computer generated imagery
- wherein the obtaining three dimensional (3D) body scan data of a live subject further comprises:
- using a photographic stage or photographic booth that combines synchronized volumetric capture and fashion photography;
- wherein the volumetric capture records multiple angles with “flat” lighting for creation of the 3D body scan data of the subject;
- wherein the fashion photography captures footage of the subject with fashion lighting;
- and
- wherein the synchronization between the volumetric capture and fashion photography is accomplished by offsetting the volumetric capture and fashion photography by a fraction of a second.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.