US 11,989,767 B2
Method for image-based disposable article sizing
Scott K. Stanley, Mason, OH (US); Andrew P. Rapach, Fairfield, OH (US); Andrew J. Sauer, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Alexander E. Unger, Kelkheim (DE)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/927,069.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/968,201, filed on Jan. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0241352 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); A61F 13/472 (2006.01); A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A61F 13/496 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06Q 10/109 (2023.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0631 (2013.01) [A61F 13/472 (2013.01); A61F 13/49 (2013.01); A61F 13/496 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 10/109 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0621 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0643 (2013.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
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1. A computer-based method, comprising:
storing, by a disposable article recommendation computing system in data store, a plurality of disposable article three-dimensional (3D) sizing models that define dimensions of a respective plurality of pre-made disposable articles and that are configured for application to a plurality of fit parameters;
receiving, by the disposable article recommendation computing system, an image collected by at least one camera, wherein the image comprises a representation of a subject and the subject is a consumer of pre-made disposable articles;
determining, by the disposable article recommendation computing system, a scale of the image that correlates dimensions of the representation of the subject in the image to physical dimensions of the subject;
executing an error checking routine configured to ensure that the image is suitable for using for selecting one of the plurality of disposable article 3D sizing models, the error checking routine comprising determining a confidence value (1) for each joint position of the image, and/or (2) for a number of joint positions for a single joint of the image, the error routine configured to reduce error by rejecting the image and requesting a new image if error is detected based on the confidence value;
determining, by the disposable article recommendation computing system, physical attributes of the representation of the subject in the image;
based on the scale of the image and the physical attributes of the representation of the subject, determining, by the disposable article recommendation computing system, the plurality of fit parameters for the subject;
applying, by the disposable article recommendation computing system, the plurality of fit parameters, the plurality of fit parameters comprising at least a range of waist circumferences, a range of thigh circumferences, and range of rise measurements of the subject as determined from the image, to multiple different 3D bounds and sizes of each of the one or more of the plurality of disposable article 3D sizing models;
based on the application of the plurality of fit parameters to the one or more of the plurality of disposable article 3D sizing models, determining, by the disposable article recommendation computing system, a recommended pre-made disposable article for the subject, wherein the recommended pre-made disposable article is selected from the plurality of pre-made disposable articles based on the pre-made disposable article being detected as corresponding to a 3D sizing model, of the plurality of disposable 3D sizing models, the 3D sizing model having a 3D bounds and a size corresponding to the plurality of fit parameters; and
displaying, by the disposable article recommendation computing system, on a display screen an indication of the recommended pre-made disposable article for the subject.