Patent ID: 6944327

Claim:
A method for selecting and modifying the shape of eyeglasses utilizing a system, said method comprising the steps of: receiving at least one image of a person's face, and storing the received image in an image database; displaying the stored image to a user; generating a model of the person's face with the received image; displaying to the user a plurality of styles of eyeglass frames available through the system; receiving a style selection by the user; receiving the position of the center of the pupils in the image; determining the axis of symmetry of the person's face and an approximate contour of the face as an elliptical two-dimensional template; automatically determining an appropriate size for a selected eyeglass frame by combining the user style selection and the model of the person's face; generating a virtual image of the person wearing the selected eyeglass frame by superimposing the image of the selected eyeglass frame to the image of the face and; permitting the user to interactively modify the selected eyeglass frame.