Measurement of a Body Part
AssigneeMy Size Israel 2014 Ltd.
InventorShoshana Zigdon
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Abstract
A method of obtaining a user's measurement for matching an item, comprising obtaining a predefined definition of a first body part; displaying on a user's handheld device instructions for measuring, using the handheld device, the first body part according to the predefined definition; utilizing a sensor of the handheld device that is adapted to measure physical displacement of the handheld device to measure a total physical displacement of the handheld device's movement over the first body part, giving rise to a first measurement; and searching for an item having a specification that matches the first measurement.
Claims22
A method of obtaining a user's measurement for matching an item, comprising:
- obtaining a predefined definition of a first body part;
- displaying on a user's handheld device instructions for measuring, using the handheld device, the first body part according to the predefined definition;
- utilizing a sensor of the handheld device that is adapted to measure physical displacement of the handheld device to measure a total physical displacement of the handheld device's movement over the first body part, giving rise to a first measurement;
- and
- searching for an item having a specification that matches the first measurement.
A handheld device, comprising:
- a display;
- a sensor adapted to measure physical displacement of the handheld device;
- a body part definition repository including a predefined definition of at least a first body part;
- a measurement repository that is adapted to store a measurement of at least the first body part;
- a body part measurement engine that is adapted to implement a body measurement routine including:
- displaying on the display instructions for measuring the first body part according to a respective definition of the first body part;
- measuring, using the sensor, a total physical displacement of the handheld device over first the body part, giving rise to a first measurement;
- and
- an item search engine adapted to search for an item having a specification that matches the first measurement.
14-27. (canceled)
A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for obtaining a user's measurement for matching an item, the computer program product comprising:
- computer readable program code for causing the computer to obtain a predefined definition of a first body part;
- computer readable program code for causing the computer to display on a user's handheld device instructions for measuring, using the handheld device, the first body part according to the predefined definition;
- computer readable program code for causing the computer to utilize a sensor of the handheld device that is adapted to measure physical displacement of the handheld device to measure a total physical displacement of the handheld device's movement over the first body part, giving rise to a first measurement;
- and
- computer readable program code for causing the computer to search for an item having a specification that matches the first measurement.
29-32. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.