Patent ID: 9013714
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for determining the placement of an absorbent article, the method comprising: a. receiving a still or video image of the absorbent article in an undergarment; b. analyzing the image of the undergarment with a computing device to locate a longitudinal axis and a central axis for the undergarment and determining a center point for the undergarment where the longitudinal axis crosses the central axis; c. analyzing the image of the absorbent article with a computing device to locate a longitudinal axis and a central axis for the absorbent article and determining a center point for the absorbent article where the longitudinal axis crosses the central axis; d. using the computing device to analyze a stain and to determine a central and a longitudinal axes for the stain; e. determining the distance between the absorbent article center point and the stain longitudinal axis; f. determining the distance between the absorbent article center point and the stain central axis; and g. adjusting the absorbent article on the undergarment according to the distances determined between the stain axis and the absorbent article center point so that the center point of the stain is less than about 20 mm from the center point of the absorbent article.