KR20190122960A - Cloth virtual wearing system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided are a clothing virtual wear system and a method thereof. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the clothing virtual wear system comprises: a photograph unit photographing images of clothing or users; a clothing information storage unit storing the images of the clothing photographed through the photographing unit as clothing information; a user information analysis unit analyzing the images of the users photographed through the photographing unit and storing the images of the users as user information; and an image process unit processing the clothing information and the user information and generating images in which the user wears the clothing.

Description

Clothing virtual wearing system and method

The present invention relates to a virtual clothing system and method, and more particularly, to a virtual clothing system and method that can generate a user's clothing wearing image without the user directly wearing the clothing.

In general, in order to buy the clothes that suits you, you should not only go directly to the store, but also wear clothes of various sizes and designs in the fitting room. In this case, there must be a stock of clothes of the desired design and size in the store visited, and sufficient time is required to select clothes of the desired design and size. For this reason, when there is no stock of clothes of a desired size or design in the visited store, there may be a problem of visiting another store or revisiting the store to purchase desired clothes.

KR 2000-0054111A

In order to solve the above problems of the prior art, an embodiment of the present invention is to provide a clothing virtual wearing system and method for generating the same image as the user wearing the clothing even if the user does not wear the clothing directly.

In addition, an embodiment of the present invention, to provide a virtual clothing system and method that allows the user to check the wearing results from various angles in the image.

In addition, an embodiment of the present invention is to provide a clothing virtual wearing system and method that allows a user to check the wearing result of the corresponding clothing image even if there is no inventory.

In addition, an embodiment of the present invention, to provide a clothing virtual wearing system and method that can provide recommended clothing to the user.

According to an aspect of the present invention for solving the above problems, there is provided a clothing virtual wearing system. The clothing virtual wearing system may include a photographing unit photographing an image of a garment or a user; A clothing information storage unit storing the image of the clothing photographed through the photographing unit as clothing information; A user information analyzer for analyzing and storing the image of the user photographed through the photographing unit as user information; And an image processor configured to process the clothing information and the user information to generate an image of the user wearing the clothing.

The photographing unit may photograph a stereoscopic image using at least three cameras.

The photographing unit may photograph an image of the garment or the user by using a chroma key technique.

The user information analyzer may include a user image processing module configured to process an image of the user photographed through the photographing unit; A user information processing module for analyzing and processing the body information of the user input or stored from the outside; And a user information storage module for storing an image of the user processed by the user image processing module.

The user's body information may be obtained from an external input or by analyzing an image of the user.

The image processing unit may receive the clothing information and the user image from the clothing information storage unit and the user information analysis unit, respectively, and generate an image of the user wearing the clothing.

The image processor may generate an image of the user wearing the clothing by using the clothing information corresponding to the user's body information.

According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a clothing virtual wearing method. The virtual clothing wearing method may include photographing and storing a garment image using a camera; Photographing and analyzing a user image using the camera; And synthesizing the garment image and the user image, wherein the photographing the garment image includes capturing the garment image in three dimensions using at least three cameras.

In the photographing of the clothing image, the clothing image may be photographed using a chroma key technique.

In the photographing and analyzing of the user image, the user image may be photographed using the chroma key technique.

The photographing and analyzing of the user image may include analyzing body information of the user from the user image; Processing the user image using the chroma key technique; The method may further include storing the processed user image.

The analyzing of the user body information may include analyzing an image of the user or analyzing a body size of a user received from an external source.

The synthesizing of the image may include synthesizing the stored clothing image and the stored user image to generate an image of the user wearing the clothing.

The synthesizing of the image may include using the garment image having information corresponding to the analyzed user's body information as the stored garment image.

Apparel virtual wearing system and method according to an embodiment of the present invention, there is an effect that can output the same image as the user directly wearing clothes without the user directly wearing clothes.

In addition, the virtual clothing system and method according to an embodiment of the present invention, there is an effect that the user can confirm the wearing results of the various clothes in an image for a shorter time.

In addition, in the virtual clothing system and method according to an embodiment of the present invention, by using a stereoscopic image, the user can rotate the image without twisting the body to check the wearing result at various angles as an image.

In addition, the virtual clothing system and method according to an embodiment of the present invention, there is an effect that can obtain a more accurate virtual clothing image of the clothing by reflecting the user's body size.

In addition, the clothing virtual wearing system and method according to an embodiment of the present invention has an effect of shortening a clothing selection time by using clothing information previously listed by a user.

In addition, the virtual clothing system and method according to an embodiment of the present invention, even if there is no inventory in the store has the effect that the user can confirm the wearing result.

In addition, the clothing virtual wearing system and method according to an embodiment of the present invention has an effect of recommending clothing to a user by accumulating user information and wearing clothing information.

In addition, the clothing virtual wearing system and method according to an embodiment of the present invention, cumulatively aggregate the final clothing selection information and user information to generate big data, and can recommend the clothing to the user based on the generated big data It works.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing a clothing virtual wearing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating in detail the user information analyzer of FIG. 1.
Figure 3 is a flow chart showing a virtual clothing wearing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like elements throughout the specification.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a clothing virtual wearing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the user information analyzer of FIG. 1 in more detail. Hereinafter, a virtual clothing wearing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

Referring to FIG. 1, the clothing virtual wearing system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a photographing unit 110, a clothing information storage unit 130, a user information analysis unit 150, and an image processing unit 170. It includes.

The photographing unit 110 captures an external image. The photographing unit 110 generates image information by capturing an image of the clothing or the user to generate a virtual image in which the user wears the clothing. In this case, the photographing unit 110 may generate image information by capturing a three-dimensional image of clothing or a user, and may be formed to include a depth camera or a plurality of general cameras.

In addition, the photographing unit 110 may use a chroma key technique in the process of photographing the image of the clothing or the user in order to easily generate the virtual image. The chroma key technique is an image processing technique for facilitating the synthesis of an image. The chroma key technique is a technique for facilitating selection of a specific region in an image by forming a portion to be synthesized with the same color. That is, the photographing unit 110 may acquire only the image of the clothing and the user by photographing the image of the clothing or the user in an area where the background is formed of a blue screen or a green screen to easily synthesize the image of the clothing and the user.

As an example. In order to more accurately acquire a stereoscopic image of the garment, the photographing unit 110 may photograph the mannequin wearing the garment to match the color of the screen so that the shape of the mannequin is also excluded from the image. In addition, in order to more accurately acquire a stereoscopic image of the user's body, the photographing unit 110 may photograph the image in a state in which the user attaches a reference band, which is a chroma key reference, to the body.

The clothing information storage unit 130 stores clothing information photographed by the photographing unit 110. The clothing information storage unit 130 may store a stereoscopic image of the clothing photographed by the chroma key in the photographing unit 110. In this case, the clothing information storage unit 130 may generate and store the information including the stereoscopic image of the clothing and the size and design of the corresponding clothing as clothing information.

The user information analyzer 150 analyzes and stores an image of the user photographed by the photographing unit 110. To this end, the user information analyzer 150 includes a user image processing module 210, a user information processing module 230, and a user information storage module 250.

The user image processing module 210 analyzes and processes an image of a user photographed by the photographing unit 110. When the user image processing module 210 receives an image of the user through the photographing unit 110, the image is edited to analyze a portion of clothing displayed on the image so as not to be awkward when the image of the user is combined with the clothing image. This part can be edited to exclude clothing from the user's video. In this case, the user image processing module 210 may exclude the clothing part using, for example, a height (depth) difference between the skin and the clothing, or may exclude the clothing part using the color difference between the skin and the clothing. When photographing the user image in the photographing unit 110, the clothing part may be excluded by using a reference band attached to the user's body.

The user information processing module 230 analyzes and processes the body information of the user input or stored from the outside. The user information processing module 230 may check the user's body information by directly inputting his or her own body information, or by reading previously stored information when the user is a previously stored user. In addition, the user information processing module 230 may obtain the user's body information by analyzing the image photographed by the photographing unit 110 even if the user does not directly input the body information.

The user information storage module 250 stores an image of a user. The user information storage module 250 stores the image excluding the clothing of the user processed by the user image processing module 210 and the body information of the user acquired by the user information processing module 230 as user information.

The image processor 170 generates a virtual image in which the user wears clothing by using the clothing information and the user information. The image processor 170 may generate a virtual image by synthesizing the garment image to the user image by using the garment information stored in the garment information storage unit 130 and the user information stored in the user information analyzer 150. In this case, the image processor 170 may obtain user information, and may generate an image by obtaining clothing information of a size corresponding to the body information by using the user's body information included in the obtained user image.

That is, when the user's body information corresponds to the size 100 in the user information acquired by the image processing unit 170, the image processing unit 170 receives the 100 size clothing information from the clothing information storage unit 130 to the user image An image of the garment may be synthesized. In addition, the image processor 170 may partially edit the image of the clothing according to the user's body information. As an example, when the image processor 170 checks the dimensions of each body part in the received body information of the user and there is a difference from the size of the ready-to-wear, the image processor 170 edits the image of the clothing to user's body The virtual image may be generated when the user wears the tailored garment by synthesizing the tailored garment image corresponding to the dimension of the site and synthesizing it with the image of the user.

On the other hand, the user information analysis unit 150 according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes a list analysis module 270 and the clothing recommendation module 290 to recommend clothing to the user in consideration of taste and fashion. It may be.

The list analysis module 270 analyzes a purchase list purchased by all users, an interest list of interest, an exposure list exposed to the broadcast, a reference list mentioned in the SNS, and the like. The list analysis module 270 may obtain and analyze each list, identify which designs of clothes have a positive response, and generate a ranking for each list.

The clothing recommendation module 290 recommends clothing to the user. The clothing recommendation module 290 may recommend clothing of a style or design that the user frequently purchases with interest, based on the purchase history and interest history of the user. In addition, the clothing recommendation module 290 uses the analysis result of analyzing the list in the list analysis module 270 to design a fashion that is popular to the user, clothing having a positive response, and a lot of people having similar tastes to the user. Etc. can be recommended to the user.

On the other hand, Figure 3 is a flow chart showing a virtual clothing wearing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, a method of wearing a virtual clothing according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail by using the virtual clothing wearing system described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and it is obvious that the method may be configured using various systems.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the virtual clothing wearing method 300 includes photographing and storing a garment image (S310), photographing and analyzing a user image (S320), and synthesizing a garment image and a user image. (S330).

First, the clothing virtual wearing system photographs and stores the clothing image using the photographing unit (step S310).

The photographing unit captures clothing images. The photographing unit generates image information by photographing the garment image to generate a virtual image in which the user wears clothing. In this case, the photographing unit may generate image information by capturing a stereoscopic image of the clothing, and may be formed to include a depth camera or a plurality of general cameras.

In addition, the photographing unit may use a chroma key technique in the process of photographing the clothing image in order to easily generate a virtual image. The chroma key technique is an image processing technique for facilitating the synthesis of an image. The chroma key technique is a technique for facilitating selection of a specific region in an image by forming a portion to be synthesized with the same color. That is, the photographing unit may acquire only the garment image by photographing the garment image in an area where the background is formed of a blue screen or a green screen to facilitate the synthesis of the garment image.

As an example. In order to more accurately acquire a stereoscopic image of the clothing, the photographing unit may photograph the mannequin wearing clothing so that the shape of the mannequin is also excluded from the image by matching the color of the screen.

When the garment image is photographed through the photographing unit, the garment virtual wearing system transmits the garment image to the garment information storage unit and stores the garment information. The clothing information storage unit may store a stereoscopic image of the clothing photographed by a chroma key technique in the photographing unit. In this case, the clothing information storage unit may generate and store information including the stereoscopic image of the clothing and the size and design of the corresponding clothing as clothing information.

Next, the clothing virtual wearing system photographs the user image using the photographing unit and analyzes the photographed user image (step S320).

The photographing unit generates image information by photographing an image of the user in order to generate a virtual image in which the user wears clothing. In this case, the photographing unit may generate image information by capturing a stereoscopic image of the user, and may be formed to include a depth camera or a plurality of general cameras.

In addition, the photographing unit may use a chroma key technique in the process of photographing the user's image in order to easily generate a virtual image. As an example. In order to more accurately acquire a stereoscopic image of the user's body, the photographing unit may photograph the image while the user attaches a reference band, which is a chroma key reference, to the body.

Meanwhile, step S320 may further include analyzing user body information (S321), processing the user image (S322), and storing the user information (S323) to analyze the captured user image. .

The clothing virtual wearing system analyzes the user's body information using the user information analyzer (step S321). The clothing virtual wearing system analyzes the user's body information, in particular, using the user information processing module.

The user information processing module analyzes and processes the body information of the user input or stored from the outside. The user information processing module may check the user's body information by directly inputting the user's body information or by reading the previously stored information if the user is a previously stored user. Furthermore, the user information processing module may obtain the user's body information by analyzing the image photographed by the photographing unit even if the user does not directly input the body information.

Next, the clothing virtual wearing system processes the user image using the user image processing module included in the user information analyzer (step S322).

The user image processing module analyzes and processes the image of the user. When the user's image processing module receives the captured user's image, the user edits the image so that the image of the user does not become awkward when the user's image is combined with the clothing image. Clothing can be excluded from the video. In this case, the user image processing module may exclude the clothing part by using a height (depth) difference between the skin and the clothes, and may exclude the clothing part by using a color difference between the skin and the clothes. The clothing part may be excluded by using a chroma key technique by using a reference band attached to a user's body when photographing the photograph.

Finally, the clothing virtual wearing system stores the user information using the user information storage module included in the user information analyzer (step S323). The user information storage module may store, as user information, an image excluding the user's clothing processed in step S322 and body information of the user obtained in step S321.

Subsequently, the clothing virtual wearing system synthesizes the clothing image and the user image using the image processor (step S330).

The image processor generates a virtual image in which the user wears clothing by using the clothing information of step S310 and the user information of step S323. In this case, the image processor may obtain user information, and may generate an image by obtaining clothing information having a size corresponding to the body information by using the user's body information included in the obtained user image.

That is, when the user's body information corresponds to the size 100 in the user information, the image processing unit may receive the clothing information of the size 100 from the clothing information stored in step S310 and synthesize the image of the corresponding clothing to the user image. Also, the image processor may partially edit the image of the garment according to the user's body information. As an example, if the size of each body part is checked in the body information of the user acquired in step S321 and there is a difference from the size of the ready-to-wear, the image processor edits the image of the clothing stored in step S310 to edit the body part of the user. The user may create a virtual image when the user wears a custom-made garment by creating a custom garment image corresponding to the size of the and synthesizing it with the user's image.

On the other hand, the virtual clothing wearing method 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the step of analyzing the list in step S320 (S324) and recommending the clothing to recommend the clothing to the user in consideration of taste and fashion Step S325 may be further included.

The clothing virtual wearing system analyzes the list using the list analysis module (step S324). The list analysis module analyzes purchase lists purchased by all users, interest lists of interests, exposure lists exposed to broadcasts, and mention lists mentioned in SNS. The list analysis module may obtain and analyze each list, identify which designs of clothing have a positive response, and generate a ranking for each list.

Next, the clothing virtual wearing system recommends clothing to the user using the clothing recommendation module (step S325). The clothing recommendation module may recommend to the user clothes of a style or design that the user frequently purchases with interest, based on the purchase history and interest history of the user. In addition, the clothing recommendation module uses the analysis result of analyzing the list in step S324 to recommend to the user a design that is currently in fashion, a clothing that responds positively, and a design that is selected by a lot of people with similar tastes to the user. Can be.

Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the spirit of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments set forth herein, and those skilled in the art who understand the spirit of the present invention, within the scope of the same idea, the addition of components Other embodiments may be easily proposed by changing, deleting, adding, and the like, but this will also fall within the spirit of the present invention.

100: clothing virtual wearing system 110: shooting unit
130: clothing information storage unit 150: user information analysis unit
170: Image processing unit 210: User image processing module

Claims (14)

A photographing unit which photographs an image of clothing or a user;
A clothing information storage unit storing the image of the clothing photographed through the photographing unit as clothing information;
A user information analyzer for analyzing and storing the image of the user photographed through the photographing unit as user information; And
And an image processor configured to process the clothing information and the user information to generate an image of the user wearing the clothing. The method of claim 1,
The photographing unit virtual clothing system for wearing a three-dimensional image by using at least three cameras. The method of claim 2,
The photographing unit, the clothing virtual wearing system for photographing the image of the clothing or the user using a chroma key technique. The method of claim 3, wherein
The user information analysis unit,
A user image processing module configured to process an image of the user photographed through the photographing unit;
A user information processing module for analyzing and processing the body information of the user input or stored from the outside; And
And a user information storage module for storing the image of the user processed by the user image processing module as the user information including the body information of the user. The method of claim 4, wherein
The user body information is a clothing virtual wearing system obtained by receiving an input from the outside or by analyzing the image of the user. The method of claim 5,
And the image processor is configured to generate the image of the user wearing the garment by receiving the garment information and the user information from the garment information storage unit and the user information analyzer, respectively. The method of claim 6,
The image processing unit, the clothing virtual wearing system for generating an image of the user wearing the clothing using the clothing information corresponding to the user's body information. Photographing and storing a garment image using a camera;
Photographing and analyzing a user image using the camera; And
And synthesizing the garment image and the user image, wherein the photographing the garment image comprises capturing the garment image in three dimensions using at least three cameras. The method of claim 8,
The photographing of the garment image may include photographing the garment image using a chroma key technique. The method of claim 9,
The photographing and analyzing of the user image may include photographing the user image by using the chroma key technique. The method of claim 10,
Taking and analyzing the user image,
Analyzing the user's body information from the user image;
Processing the user image using the chroma key technique;
And storing the processed user image. The method of claim 11,
The analyzing of the user's body information may include analyzing an image of the user or analyzing a body size of a user received from an external device. The method of claim 12,
The synthesizing the image may include synthesizing the stored clothing image and the stored user image to generate an image of the user wearing the clothing. The method of claim 13,
The synthesizing of the image may include using the garment image having information corresponding to the analyzed user's body information as the stored garment image.

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