Method and system for measuring anatomical dimensions from a digital photograph on a mobile device
OwnerJoseph Ralph Ferrantelliinventor
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Abstract
A mobile, hand-held communication device with a digital touch screen display and a camera for acquiring an image of the human body is programmed to function as a digital anthropometer. The user digitizes anatomical landmarks on the displayed image to quickly obtain linear measurements which are used with a known morphological relationship to make an anatomical prediction for clothing measurement, body composition and postural displacement with accuracy and without external equipment.
Claims22
A method of deriving an anatomical prediction using a known morphological relationship and a programmed apparatus including a digital touch screen display and a camera configured to acquire images of a person on the digital touch screen display, the method comprising:
- acquiring a plurality of images of a person on the digital touch screen display;
- digitizing points on a plurality of anatomical landmarks on the displayed images;
- determining linear anatomical dimensions of at least a portion of a body of a person in the displayed images using the digitized points and a scale factor for the displayed images;
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- making an anatomical circumferential measurement prediction of the person based on the determined linear anatomical dimensions and a known morphological relationship.
A method for measuring the dimensions of a body of a person, the method comprising:
- providing a digital anthropometer on a mobile device;
- digitizing anatomical landmarks provided on a plurality of images of at least a portion of a body of a person displayed on the device with established calibration methods;
- measuring dimensions of the at least the portion of the body of the person based on the digitized anatomical landmarks across the plurality of images;
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- making an anatomical circumferential measurement prediction of the person based on the measured dimensions and a known morphological relationship.
A system for measuring the dimensions of a body of a person, the system comprising:
- a programmed device comprising a digital touch screen display having an array of pixels and a camera configured to acquire a plurality of images of at least a portion of a body of a person on the digital touch screen display;
- a digital anthropometer configured to digitize anatomical landmarks on the images of the at least the portion of the body of the person displayed on the digital touch screen display in order to measure dimensions of the at least the portion of the body of the person;
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- a controller configured to make an anatomical circumferential measurement prediction of the person using the measured dimensions and a known morphological relationship.
A method of deriving an anatomical prediction using a programmed apparatus including a digital touch screen display and a camera configured to acquire images of a person on the digital touch screen display, the method comprising:
- acquiring a first image of a frontal view of a person on the digital touch screen display;
- acquiring a second image of a side view of a person on the digital touch screen display;
- determining a linear anatomical width dimension of the person from the first image and a linear anatomical depth dimension of the person from the second image;
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- making an anatomical circumferential measurement prediction based on the determined linear anatomical width dimension and the linear anatomical depth dimension,
- wherein the anatomical circumferential measurement prediction is based on Equations (1) and (2):
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- where C is circumference, and a and b are half elliptical axes half of the distance from each of the determined linear anatomical width dimension and the linear anatomical depth dimension.
A method of deriving an anatomical prediction using a programmed apparatus including a digital touch screen display and a camera configured to acquire images of a person on the digital touch screen display, the method comprising:
- acquiring a first image of a frontal view of a person on the digital touch screen display;
- acquiring a second image of a side view of a person on the digital touch screen display;
- determining a linear anatomical width dimension of the person from the first image and a linear anatomical depth dimension of the person from the second image;
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- making an anatomical circumferential measurement prediction of the person based on the determined linear anatomical width dimension and the linear anatomical depth dimension.
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