Patent ID: 8306286
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: A45D,G06T

Abstract:
1. A computerized method, comprising: obtaining an image that includes a rendering of a face or body part of a person using at least one computing device, wherein the rendering is at least one of the person's image or a proxy image representing a person; analyzing the image to obtain at least one characteristic of the rendering of the face or body part using the at least one computing device, wherein the at least one characteristic comprises a shape associated therewith; wherein the outline of the shape is defined by a given number of dimensions; wherein the shape of the at least one characteristic is selected from the group of (i) the face, (ii) at least one eye, (iii) a nose, (iv) a mouth, (v) at least one lip, (vi) an ear, or (vii) hair; forming, as a function of the at least one characteristic, a model of the rendering of the face or body part using the at least one computing device; wherein forming the model, as a function of the characteristic, includes adjusting the predetermined shape to be consistent with the given number of dimensions; processing the image to obtain at least one region of the rendering of the face or body part using the at least one computing device; including in the model the at least one region using the at least one computing device; and using the model to select at least one article using the at least one computing device.