US 8,525,828 B1Granted

Visualization of fit, flow, and texture of clothing items by online consumers

AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.

InventorAmy Bates

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Abstract

Technologies are described herein for providing visualization of fit, flow, and texture of clothing to an online consumer. A merchant maintains detailed measurements and a number of 3-D models for a clothing item offered for sale. The 3-D models may represent a representative size of the clothing item as worn by similarly sized mannequins or body models of varying body shapes. Each of the 3-D models captures the fit, flow, and texture of the clothing item as worn by the corresponding mannequin. When a consumer selects the clothing item, a 3-D virtualization representing the clothing item worn by the consumer may be generated by scaling the appropriate 3-D model based on dimensional data regarding the consumer, and then combining the scaled 3-D model with a 3-D avatar for the consumer. The dimensional data and 3-D avatar for the consumer may be supplied from a user profile associated with the consumer.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method for providing a visualization of fit, flow, and texture of a clothing item to an online consumer, the method comprising executing instructions in a computer system to perform the operations of:

storing at a computer a plurality of three-dimensional models of the clothing item created by placing a representative size of the clothing item on a plurality of mannequins having distinct body shapes and scanning the plurality of mannequins wearing the clothing item with a three-dimensional scanner, wherein the three-dimensional scanner captures the fit, flow, and texture of the clothing item as worn by the mannequin, and wherein body dimensions of each of the plurality of mannequins are known;
receiving data regarding a body shape and body dimensions of the consumer, wherein the data regarding the body shape and body dimensions of the consumer comprises data describing a three-dimensional avatar representing the consumer;
selecting a three-dimensional model of the clothing item from the plurality of three-dimensional models of the clothing item based upon the body shape of the consumer;
scaling the selected three-dimensional model of the clothing item based on a comparison between each of the body dimensions of the mannequin and a corresponding body dimension of the consumer;
and
combining the scaled three-dimensional model of the clothing item with the three-dimensional avatar to produce a three-dimensional visualization of the consumer wearing the clothing item.

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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

maintain data describing three-dimensional models of each of a plurality of clothing items as worn by a body model and body dimensional data regarding the body model;
receive body dimensional data regarding a consumer and data describing a three-dimensional avatar representing the consumer;
receive a selection of one or more of the plurality of clothing items;
scale the three-dimensional models of each of the one or more selected clothing items based on a comparison of the body dimensional data regarding the body model and the body dimensional data representing the consumer;
and
combine the scaled three-dimensional models with the three-dimensional avatar to produce a three-dimensional visualization of the consumer wearing the one or more selected clothing items.

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maintaining data at the computer system describing a plurality of three-dimensional models of a clothing item, wherein each of the plurality of three-dimensional models represents the clothing item as worn by a specifically shaped body model;
receiving data regarding a body shape and body dimensions of the consumer, wherein the data regarding the body shape and body dimensions of the consumer comprises data describing a three-dimensional avatar representing the consumer;
selecting a three-dimensional model from the plurality three-dimensional models of the clothing item based upon the body shape of the consumer;
scaling the selected three-dimensional model of the clothing item according to the data regarding the body dimensions of the consumer;
and
combining the scaled three-dimensional model of the clothing item with the three-dimensional avatar to produce a three-dimensional visualization of the consumer wearing the clothing item.

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A system for providing a visualization of fit, flow, and texture of a clothing item to an online consumer, the system comprising:

a merchant system comprising one or more server computers;
and
a 3-D clothing visualization engine executing on the one or more server computers and configured to perform the operations of:
receive a plurality of three-dimensional models of a clothing item, wherein each of the plurality of three-dimensional models represents a representative size of the clothing item worn by a specifically shaped body model,
receive data regarding a body shape and dimensions of the consumer, wherein the data regarding the body shape and dimensions of the consumer comprises data describing a three-dimensional avatar representing the consumer,
select a three-dimensional model of the clothing item from the plurality of three-dimensional models of the clothing item based upon the body shape of the consumer, and
combine the selected three-dimensional model of the clothing item with the three-dimensional avatar to produce a three-dimensional visualization of the consumer wearing the clothing item.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.