Patent ID: 9554096
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: A41H,G06F,G06Q

Claim:
1. An automated garment photography system, including: one or more processors; one or more memories; and one or more modules stored on the one or more memories and executable by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising: causing a robotic mannequin to progressively assume a plurality of attribute size combinations based on adjustments of a plurality of movable portions of the robotic mannequin; causing, by a light source that is located above the robotic mannequin, light to be projected onto the robotic mannequin; determining, using one or more image-processing algorithms, a fit characteristic associated with a garment while the garment is placed on an exterior surface of the robotic mannequin and while the light is projected onto the robotic mannequin, the fit characteristic including at least one of a pleat, a crease, a wrinkle, a shadow, or a fold associated with the garment; causing one or more image capture devices to capture one or more images of the garment while the robotic mannequin assumes the plurality of attribute size combinations, at least one image of the garment captured for each one of the plurality of attribute size combinations assumed by the robotic mannequin; determining, from signals provided by one or more pressure sensors of the robotic mannequin and based at least partly on the fit characteristic, that a placement of the garment on the exterior surface of the robotic mannequin is deficient; and causing, responsive to determining that the placement of the garment is deficient, a fit adjustment mechanism to adjust the placement of the garment on the exterior surface of the robotic mannequin.