Patent ID: 6490534
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: A41H,G01B

Abstract:
A method of calculating tailor body measurements comprising the steps of:a. providing a camera; b. providing a computer; c. connecting said camera to said computer; d. providing software; e. installing said software on said computer; f. taking a background picture with said camera; g. saving said background picture to a background image file on said computer; h. taking a calibration picture with said camera; i. saving said calibration picture to a calibration image file; j. taking a number of pictures of a subject from a number of sides; k. saving said number of pictures to a number of subject image files; l. subtracting said background image file from each of said subject image files to form a number of binary silhouette files; m. determining pixels per inch in the vertical and horizontal directions from said calibration image file; n. locating pertinent body features from said binary silhouette files; o. saving said pertinent body features in a file; p. computing tailor body measurements by combining said pertinent body features on said binary silhouette files and comparing distances to said calibration image file; and q. saving said tailor body measurements in a text file.