Method and server for classifying apparel depicted in images and system for image-based querying
AssigneeQueenly, Inc.
InventorsMengzhou Zhou, Micaella Morales
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Abstract
Many clothing listings, particularly in the secondhand market, lack comprehensive or standardized information about the product's attributes, making it difficult for consumers to find what they need. A method and server for classifying images depicting apparel items based on reference shapes is provided. Images depicting apparel are classified based on reference shapes and a geometrical model of the body. A method and system for querying images based on the classification is further provided.
Claims16
A method for classifying apparel in images, the method comprising:
- receiving at a computing device an image depicting an apparel item and a body;
- at a processor connected to the computing device, segmenting the image into at least a body region corresponding to the body and an apparel region corresponding to the apparel item;
- retrieving a plurality of reference shapes from memory at the computing device;
- at the processor, computing a matching score for each of the reference shapes, the matching score representing a comparison of the respective reference shape to the body region and the apparel region;
- and
- at the processor, selecting one of the reference shapes based on a comparison of the matching scores.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for classifying images, the instructions for:
- receiving at a computing device an image depicting an apparel item and a body;
- at a processor connected to the computing device, segmenting the image into at least a body region corresponding to the body and an apparel region corresponding to the apparel item;
- retrieving a plurality of reference shapes from memory at the computing device;
- at the processor, computing a matching score for each of the reference shapes, the matching score representing a comparison of the respective reference shape to the body region and the apparel region;
- and
- at the processor, selecting one of the reference shapes based on a comparison of the matching scores.
The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the instructions for segmenting the image comprise:
- differentiating colors in the image;
- determining a boundary of the apparel region based on the color differentiation;
- and
- determining a boundary of the body region based on the color differentiation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.