JP2011081486A - Coordinate image generating device, coordinate image generating method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a coordinate image generating device for generating coordinates suitable for the taste of a user. <P>SOLUTION: The coordinate image generating device includes a clothing information storage part for allowing the user himself/herself to register new clothing data, a coordinate generating part for selecting the clothing meeting to a coordinate condition designated by the user among the clothing registered in the clothing information storage part based on a prescribed coordinate rule and then generating and presenting the coordinates, and an evaluation information receiving part for receiving the input of evaluation information concerning the clothing included in the generated coordinates from the user so as to register the information in association with the closing data. The coordinate generating part selects the clothing to be combined with reference to the evaluation information in addition to the coordinate rule. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a coordinated image creation device, a coordinated image creation method, and a program, and more particularly, to a coordinated image creation device, a coordinated image creation method, and a program for creating a coordinated image using clothing specified by a user.

  Patent Literature 1 includes a clothing data storage unit that stores detailed data and image images of clothing such as clothing owned by the user, and receives the designation of the clothing that is published in a magazine or the like. There is disclosed an apparel purchase support system that creates a coordinate that takes into consideration the fashion system of the magazine using the detailed data and image images of the magazine and proposes them in the form of graphic images.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a try-on image display device that displays a try-on image coordinated in combination with clothes owned by a user and clothes provided as an image. According to the publication, by using this fitting image display device, a fitting image can be created by freely combining persons (face images), clothing, shoes, and the like.

  Patent Document 3 discloses a technique for detecting a facial organ from a user's face image and estimating the user's facial expression based on the degree of opening or bending. Patent Document 4 discloses a technique for estimating a user's facial expression from a difference between data when there is no expression and an input facial image.

JP 2009-37288 A JP 2006-135876 A JP-A-8-249447 JP 2005-293539 A

  The apparel purchase support system of Patent Document 1 proposes coordinates created from the viewpoint of fashion and color coordinates. For example, when there are multiple clothes with similar designs, It is not possible to propose a coordination that takes into account factors that can strongly influence the likes and dislikes of the user, although they are fine points such as presence / absence and silhouette differences.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and the object of the present invention is to create a coordinated image creating apparatus, coordinated image creating method, and program capable of creating a coordinate that reflects the user's evaluation of individual fashion items. Is to provide.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, a clothing information storage unit that allows a user to register new clothing data by himself / herself, and a clothing registered in the clothing information storage unit based on a predetermined coordination rule, A clothing creation unit that selects clothing that matches the coordination conditions specified by the user, creates and presents the coordination, and receives the input of evaluation information about the clothing included in the created coordination from the user, and the clothing data A coordinated image creating device that selects clothing to be combined with reference to the evaluation information in addition to the coordination rule.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, based on a predetermined coordination rule, clothing that matches the coordination condition specified by the user is selected from the registered clothing data including the clothing data that the user has registered. And a step of creating and presenting a coordinate, and a step of accepting an input of evaluation information about clothing included in the created coordinate from a user and registering it in association with the clothing data. When creating, a coordinated image creation method for selecting clothing to be combined is provided by referring to the evaluation information in addition to the coordination rules. This method is linked to a specific machine called a computer that automatically creates a coordinate by selecting clothing data from a plurality of clothing data.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, based on a predetermined coordination rule, clothing that matches the coordination condition specified by the user is selected from the registered clothing data including the clothing data that the user has registered. A program for causing a computer to execute a process of creating and presenting a coordinate and a process of accepting input of evaluation information about clothing included in the created coordinate from a user and registering the associated data with the clothing data A program for causing the computer to select clothing to be combined with reference to the evaluation information in addition to the coordination rules when creating a coordination is provided. This program can be recorded on a computer-readable storage medium. That is, the present invention can be embodied as a computer program product.

  According to the present invention, as it is used, it is possible to create a coordinate that suits the user's preference. The reason is that it is configured to receive an evaluation from the user for the clothes included in the coordinate created by the present apparatus, and to create a coordinate with reference to the user's evaluation after the next time.

It is a figure for demonstrating the outline | summary of this invention. It is a figure showing the structure of the coordinated image production apparatus of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is the figure showing the example of the clothing data memorize | stored in the clothing information storage part of FIG. It is a flowchart showing operation | movement of the coordinated image production apparatus of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the coordination presented by the coordinated image creation device of the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

  First, the outline of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Referring to FIG. 1, an input unit 11 that receives input of various data including clothing data, an evaluation information receiving unit 12, a coordinate creating unit 13, and a coordinate created by the coordinate creating unit 13 are presented to the user. A coordinated image creating apparatus 100 comprising: an output unit 14 that performs coordination; a clothing information storage unit 21 that stores information on clothing to be combined as a coordinate; and a coordinate rule storage unit 22 that stores a coordinate creation rule in the coordinate creation unit 13. It is shown.

  The coordinated image creating apparatus 100 can be realized by various computers. For example, if it is realized by a mobile phone terminal, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a digital camera, a mobile game terminal, etc., the user can go outside. Coordinates can be created and viewed. It is also possible to adopt a client / server configuration in which the coordinated image creating apparatus 100 transmits / outputs coordinated images and the like from the output unit 14 in response to a request from the client.

  The evaluation information reception unit 12 requests the user to input evaluation information for the coordinates created by the coordinate creation unit 13 and output by the output unit 14, and stores the evaluation information input via the input unit 11 as clothing information storage. The process which registers as the evaluation information of the corresponding clothing of the part 21 is performed.

  When creating a coordinate, the coordinate creation unit 13 uses the evaluation information in addition to the coordinate creation rules, if the evaluation information from the user is input to clothes that are candidates for coordination. Create a coordinate. Coordination creation rules may be those described in Patent Document 1, other preference information such as the user's favorite brand and color, and coordination creation conditions that the user inputs separately (clothes included in the coordination Designation, coordination theme, date and time, location, etc.).

  As a result, for example, even clothing that does not differ greatly as information stored in the clothing information storage unit 21 can present better coordination that reflects the user's evaluation due to one point, brand, subtle silhouette differences, etc. become.

[First Embodiment]

  Next, a first embodiment of the present invention in which the above-described evaluation information is acquired from a user's face image will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  First, the outline of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the coordinated image creation apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, an input unit 11, an evaluation information receiving unit 12, a coordinate creating unit 13, an output unit 14, a try-on image generating unit 15, a preference estimating unit 16, a clothing information storage unit 21, and a coordinate A coordinate image creating apparatus 101 including a rule storage unit 22 is shown.

  The input unit 11 includes an input device that receives input of various data including clothing data. In the present embodiment, the input unit 11 includes a clothing image as clothing data, a camera for using a face image as user evaluation information, and a character input button for inputting detailed data of individual clothing. It shall be assumed.

  The evaluation information receiving unit 12 analyzes the user's face image input from the camera included in the input unit 11 and obtains user evaluation information for the corresponding clothing from the user's facial expression obtained as a result of the analysis. A process of registering in association with the corresponding data in the information storage unit 21 is performed.

  As a method of estimating the user's facial expression from the face image, the method of Patent Document 3 can be used. In addition, for example, it is possible to detect a user's facial organ such as eyebrows, eyes, mouth, nose, etc., and use a method of calculating evaluation information based on the degree of opening between eyebrows, the degree of lowering of the corner of the eye, and the degree of rising of the mouth corner. . For example, it is possible to obtain the favor level from the information that the eyebrows are open, the corner of the eye is lowered, and the corner of the mouth is raised, and this can be used as the evaluation information. In addition, as in the technique of Patent Document 4, it is also possible to obtain evaluation information by comparing a user's normal face image and a plurality of user's face image average values.

  As the face image used by the evaluation information receiving unit 12 for obtaining the evaluation information, in addition to the face image of the user who is viewing the coordinate created by the coordinate creation unit 13, the user when wearing the created coordinate Can be used. Of course, it is also possible to add evaluation information or voice comments explicitly input by the user from the character input buttons included in the input unit 11 as evaluation information.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of clothing data stored in the clothing information storage unit 21. The clothing number is a number for uniquely identifying the clothing. For example, as a clothing number of ready-made clothing, a JAN (Japanese Article Number) code or the like can be used.

  The clothing category, brand name, and price in FIG. 3 may be registered by the user, or may be provided by a clothing manufacturer or retailer. Alternatively, the brand name or tag printed on the clothing photographed by the user with the camera may be recognized and acquired. These items are used when determining the user's preference from the clothing stored in the clothing information storage unit 21 of the clothing category when creating a coordinate, or when creating a coordinate specifying a coordinate condition such as a brand and a budget. Referenced.

  The clothing image in FIG. 3 is image data of clothing input from a camera included in the input unit 11. When image data is provided from a clothing manufacturer or retail store, the image data may be replaced.

  The wearing history of FIG. 3 includes the number of times the clothing is worn, the clothing number of the clothing coordinated in the past, (wearing) date and time, (wearing) location, schedule (schedule when wearing (subject), meeting person), etc. Contains information. These pieces of information can be prepared by inputting the user's intention to wear for the created coordinates, or by reading the schedule data from the scheduler installed in the coordinated image creating apparatus 101.

  “Evaluation” in FIG. 3 is registered by the evaluation information receiving unit 12 as described above.

  The preference estimation unit 16 estimates the user's preference (clothing preference) from the clothing data stored in the clothing information storage unit 21 and provides the estimation to the coordination creation unit 13.

  The coordinate creation unit 13 creates a coordinate using the coordinate creation rules stored in the coordinate rule storage unit 22 and the user preference information provided from the preference estimation unit 16, and sends the coordinates to the try-on image generation unit 15. Create an image when the user tries on. For example, when information that the user prefers chic clothes is obtained as the user's preference information, the coordinate creation unit 13 selects chic clothes from the clothing data stored in the clothing information storage unit 21, and According to the coordination rules, create an appropriate coordination from them. For example, as a coordination rule, when a rule has been created in which clothes with high evaluation (high favorability) are given priority first, and then clothes with the highest number of wears are given priority, the user has the highest priority for each clothing category. Coordinates are created by selecting clothing with a high rating of or clothing that is frequently worn. Thereby, the coordination using the item which suits the preference of the user who likes chic clothes and is highly evaluated by the user is created.

  When creating the coordination, a coordination creation condition may be received from the user. In this way, it is possible to propose unusual coordination that is not captured by preference information. Further, the current date and time (for example, day / night, weekday / holiday, season, etc.), location information obtained from GPS (Global Positioning System), etc., the latest of the user provided from the scheduler installed in the coordinated image creation apparatus 101 You may make it produce the coordinate according to TPO (Time / Place / Occasion), such as a user's schedule and a user-specified schedule. For example, when the past wearing date and time and schedule of each piece of clothing are registered in the clothing information storage unit 21, it is possible not to select the clothing worn when the user met the same person in the past. . Further, when it is known that a user always wears clothes of a specific brand in a specific requirement (event) on the schedule, the user may be encouraged to wear the clothes.

  Also, when creating the coordinates, the coordination creating unit 13 receives information on clothing that meets the conditions from a partner site or the Internet, and creates a coordinate that encourages the user to purchase the suggested item. It may be.

  The try-on image generation unit 15 stores data relating to the physical characteristics of the user, and uses the data and the image of the clothing included in the coordinates created by the coordination creation unit 13 to change the body shape of the user. In addition, a fitting image is created by deforming and synthesizing, and output to the output unit 14. As a method for creating a try-on image, a method as described in Patent Document 2 can be used. Alternatively, if clothing data for generating a three-dimensional image and user's physical characteristics are separately prepared in the clothing information storage unit 21, a three-dimensional fitting image may be created using these. .

  The output unit 14 is configured by a liquid crystal display device or the like, and presents a try-on image created by the try-on image generation unit 15 to the user.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the coordinated image creating apparatus 101 of this embodiment. First, an input of conditions for automatically creating coordinates is received from the user (step S001). For example, when the user desires to create a coordinate using clothes seen at a store or magazine and clothes owned by the user, data on the clothes seen at the store or magazine is input. The input of the data is performed by, for example, an image of clothes that the user wants to combine with his own items, camera shooting of a tag, and input of a clothing category as necessary.

  When the input of the coordinate creation conditions is completed, the coordinate creation unit 13 creates a coordinate (step S002).

  Next, the try-on image generation unit 15 creates a try-on image from the created coordinates (step S003).

  The created try-on image is presented to the user at the output unit 14 (step S004).

  The evaluation information reception unit 12 obtains evaluation information for each piece of clothing included in the coordinate from the face image of the user who is browsing the presented try-on image and registers it in the clothing information storage unit 21 (step S005). .

  For example, as shown in the left diagram of FIG. 5, when the user designates a jacket and requests the creation of a coordinate, the coordinated image creation apparatus 101 of the present embodiment includes clothing including evaluation information registered in the clothing information storage unit 21. A coordinate is created by referring to the data, selecting an item that is highly evaluated by the user, an item that is frequently worn, and an item that suits the user's preference. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, instead of the V-neck inner used in coordination often performed by the user, it is coordinated with the inner of the turtleneck that the user has given a high rating (very much) Proposals are made.

  In addition, at each stage of creating and presenting the above-mentioned coordinates, dialogue processing with the user is performed, selection from a plurality of coordinate candidates having the same degree of evaluation information, confirmation information re-input (re-photographing), and further coordination Coordination may be redone by accepting addition / change of creation conditions.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, according to the user's facial expression caused by the presence or absence of one point, a difference in brand, a subtle difference in silhouette, etc. that are difficult to distinguish from clothing images and coarse bibliographic data, Users' preferences (evaluation information) can be obtained and used for better coordination next time.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and further modifications, replacements, and replacements may be made without departing from the basic technical idea of the present invention. Adjustments can be made. For example, referring to the evaluation information and the wear history of the above-described embodiment, the clothing data having a large wear history but a low evaluation may be deleted from the clothing information storage unit 21. Similarly, you may make it designate and delete the clothing category and brand name with which evaluation from the user became low. If it does in this way, it will become possible to maintain the freshness of the clothes group used for coordination.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Input part 12 Evaluation information reception part 13 Coordinate creation part 14 Output part 15 Try-on image generation part 16 Preference estimation part 21 Clothing information storage part 22 Coordination rule storage part 100 Coordinate image creation apparatus 101 Coordinate image creation apparatus

Claims (8)

A clothing information storage unit by which a user can register new clothing data himself,
Based on a predetermined coordination rule, from among the clothing registered in the clothing information storage unit, select a clothing that meets the coordination conditions specified by the user, create a coordination and presents a coordination, and
An evaluation information receiving unit that receives input of evaluation information about clothes included in the created coordination from a user and registers the information in association with the clothes data; and
The coordinate creating unit selects clothes to be combined with reference to the evaluation information in addition to the coordinate rules,
Coordinated image creation device characterized by   The evaluation information reception unit inputs a face image of a user who is browsing the coordinates, and registers evaluation information obtained based on an expression obtained by analyzing the face image in association with the corresponding clothing data. The coordinate image creating apparatus according to claim 1. In the clothing information storage unit, the number of wears of individual clothing can be registered,
The coordinate image creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the coordinate creating unit selects clothing to be combined with reference to the number of wears in addition to the coordinate rule. In addition, from a clothing data possessed by the user, a preference estimation unit that estimates the preference related to the user's clothing,
4. The coordinate image creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the coordinate creating unit creates a coordinate by selecting clothing that matches the estimated user's preference for clothing in addition to the coordinate rules.   The coordinated image creating apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the coordinate creating unit creates a coordinate by using at least one of a date, a requirement, and a visitor with reference to user schedule data. further,
The coordination according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising: a fitting image generation unit that stores data relating to a physical feature of the user and generates an image when the user tries on the coordination created by the coordination creation unit. Image creation device. Selecting a clothing that meets the coordination conditions specified by the user from registered clothing data including the clothing data registered by the user based on a predetermined coordination rule, creating a coordinate, and presenting the coordinate; ,
Receiving input of evaluation information about clothes included in the created coordination from the user and registering the information linked with the clothes data,
Thereafter, when creating a coordinate, in addition to the coordinate rule, referring to the evaluation information, selecting clothing to be combined,
Coordinated image creation method characterized by A process of selecting clothing that meets the coordination conditions specified by the user from registered clothing data including clothing data that the user has registered based on a predetermined coordination rule, creating a coordinate, and presenting the coordinate ,
A program that accepts input of evaluation information about clothing included in the created coordination from a user, and causes the computer to execute a process of registering in association with the clothing data,
When creating a coordinate, causing the computer to select clothing to be combined with reference to the evaluation information in addition to the coordinate rule;
A program characterized by

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