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- the present invention relates to a method and system for measuring anatomical dimensions from a digital photograph on a mobile device or computer.
- Disclosed embodiments relate particularly to postural screening, measurements for clothing, and estimating body composition.
- a known postural screening method involves a person/patient standing in a framework between a vertical plumb line and a vertically oriented, planar backdrop having a grid-work of vertical and horizontal lines.
- the medical practitioner performing the screening then observes and measures postural deviations (mal-alignments) of the patient in the frontal plane, sagittal plane and transverse plane relative to the vertical and horizontal lines on the backdrop and the plumb line.
- the postural deviations observed and measured are then recorded on a postural evaluation chart.
- the data from the postural evaluation can be input to a computer to aid in analysis in selection of a corrective exercise program, for example.
- U.S. Pat. No. 7,077,813 discloses such a system and method.
- a similar method is employed in U.S. Published Patent Application No. US 2007/0083384 A1 where overlays of a vertical line, an orthogonal grid, horizontal reference lines, and indicators are placed on a computer-displayed image of the body to aid posture analysis where external equipment is used
- Drawbacks of the known methods and systems include that taking all the postural deviation measurements can be time consuming and imprecise.
- the need for external equipment in the analysis or obtaining the patient image can dictate that the screening must be conducted in a facility having the required framework of vertical backdrop and plumb line or other equipment.
- There is a need for an improved method and system for measuring anatomical dimensions which overcome these drawbacks and limitations. The present invention addresses this need.
- the improved method for measuring the dimensions of the human body of the present invention comprises providing a digital anthropometer on a mobile device, and digitizing anatomical landmarks on a photograph of the human body displayed with established calibration methods for measuring dimensions of the human body.
- a disclosed embodiment of the system of the invention for practicing the method comprises a programmed device including a digital touch screen display having an array of pixels and a camera for acquiring an image of a person on the digital touch screen display, and means for digitizing anatomical landmarks on an image of a person displayed on the digital touch screen display for measuring dimensions of the human body.
- the programmed device in the embodiment is a mobile, hand-held communication device having at least one positional device selected from the group consisting of a gyroscope, an accelerometer, and a level to level the camera.
- the method for measuring includes activating the at least one positional device and using an output thereof for leveling the camera before capturing the image.
- the display screen is a touch screen for the purpose to quickly identify coordinates of the selected anatomical landmarks of the body image displayed on the screen, e.g. to digitize the anatomical landmarks for calculation of linear distances by the programmed computer of the device.
- the disclosed system further includes means for making an anatomical-prediction using the measured dimensions and a known morphological relationship.
- Known mathematical formulae expressed in the computer program of the device relate the measured dimensions to the anatomical prediction.
- the anatomical prediction includes at least one of circumference and volume of a body part which may be displayed on the display screen.
- the anatomical prediction is a clothing measurement selected from the group consisting of neck, overarm, chest, waist, hips, sleeve and outseam.
- the anatomical prediction is a body composition.
- a postural displacement is predicted from the measured dimensions and known morphological relationship.
- the present invention includes a method of deriving an anatomical prediction using a known morphological relationship and a programmed apparatus including a digital touch screen display and means for acquiring an image of a person on the digital touch screen display, the method comprising acquiring an image of a person on the digital touch screen display, digitizing points on a plurality of anatomical landmarks on the displayed image, determining linear anatomical dimensions of the person's body using the digitized points and a scale factor for the displayed image, and making an anatomical prediction using the determined linear anatomical dimensions and a known morphological relationship.
- the anatomical prediction is a clothing measurement.
- the anatomical prediction is body composition.
- the anatomical prediction includes at least one of circumference and volume of a body part.
- the anatomical prediction is a postural displacement.
- the method further comprises acquiring at least two different views of the person as images on the digital touch screen display, digitizing points on anatomical landmarks on each displayed image and determining linear anatomical dimensions of the person's body using the digitized points and a scale factor for each displayed image for making the anatomical prediction.
- the views acquired include at least a front view and a side view of the person.
- An embodiment of the invention particularly relating to measuring dimensions for postural screening is disclosed but is understood as instructure with respect to the other embodiments disclosed herein taken with the additional disclosure relating to each of the other embodiments.
- the improved postural screening method comprises acquiring an image of a patient on a display screen having an array of pixels, determining a pixel to distance ratio for the displayed image, and calculating a postural displacement of the patient in the displayed image using the determined ratio.
- the standing framework of vertical backdrop and plumb line or overlaid grid-work of lines of the prior art are not necessary.
- a known linear distance in the displayed image and the number of display screen pixels spanning the distance are used in determining pixel to distance ratio.
- the known linear distance in an example embodiment is the height of the patient.
- a marked distance can be provided in the acquired image of the patient, as by the use of a meter stick in the image or other markings of a known distance apart, to provide a known linear distance.
- the postural screening method in example embodiments further includes scaling the size of the image relative to the display screen to normalize the known linear distance in the image to a display screen reference distance corresponding to a known number of pixels for determining the pixel to distance ratio.
- at least one reference line is provided over the displayed image to demark the display screen reference distance.
- the method as disclosed herein further includes displaying a reference line overlaid on the screen providing vertical, horizontal and center references, providing a corresponding reference line anchored to the displayed patient's image, and adjusting the image in the display so that the two reference lines are aligned before determining the pixel to distance ratio.
- the patient's image can be acquired by accessing a database.
- the person performing the screening can operate an image capture device of a camera for acquiring the image of the patient.
- the method preferably includes leveling the image capture device before capturing the image from which the pixel to distance ratio is to be determined for eliminating distortion.
- the image capture device and display screen are part of a mobile, hand-held communication device having at least one positional device selected from the group consisting of a gyroscope, an accelerometer, and a level.
- the method includes activating the at least one positional device and using an output thereof to provide a reference for leveling the image capturing device.
- the method further includes displaying a reference line on the display screen over the acquired image, performing panning to center the image on the screen, and performing zooming to fit the image in the reference line before determining the pixel to distance ratio.
- the method comprises providing anatomical landmarks on the acquired image of the patient to facilitate calculating a postural displacement.
- the display screen is a touch screen for this purpose to identify coordinates for calculation of postural displacements by the programmed computer of the mobile, hand-held communication device.
- a system for performing postural screening comprises means for acquiring an image of a patient on a display screen having an array of pixels, means for determining a pixel to distance ratio for the displayed image and means for calculating a postural displacement of the patient in the displayed image using the determined ratio.
- the means for acquiring an image of a patient includes an image capture device of the mobile, programmed, hand-held communication device.
- the device includes at least one positional device selected from the group consisting of a gyroscope, an accelerometer, and a level which provides a reference for leveling the image capturing device.
- the system further includes means for panning a displayed image on the screen to center the image on the screen, and means for zooming to fit a displayed image in a reference line on the display screen.
- Means are provided for displaying at least one reference line over the displayed image to demark a display screen reference distance corresponding to a known number of pixels for determining the pixel to distance ratio.
- the system of the disclosed embodiments further includes means for displaying a reference line overlaid on the screen providing vertical, horizontal and center references, means for displaying a corresponding reference line anchored to the displayed patient's image, and means for aligning image and display screen reference lines before determining the pixel to distance ratio.
- the system further includes means for providing anatomical landmarks on the acquired image of the patient to facilitate calculating a postural displacement.
- the present invention further includes a machine-readable medium containing at least one sequence of instructions that, when executed, causes a machine to: calculate at least one postural displacement of a patient from a displayed image of the patient on a display screen having an array of pixels, using a determined pixel to distance ratio for the displayed image.
- FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a mobile communication device with an image capturing device in the form of a camera, not shown, on the back side of the device for acquiring an image of a patient and, as shown, a display screen on the front opposite side having a two-dimensional array of pixels on which the image as seen on the camera is displayed.
- FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of the screen of the device of FIG. 1 showing a step of the postural screening method wherein a reference line is overlaid the image providing vertical, horizontal and center references on the display screen and wherein a corresponding reference line is anchored to the displayed patient's image.
- FIG. 3 is a front perspective view of the screen of the device of FIG. 1 showing another step of the postural screening method wherein the two reference lines in FIG. 2 have been aligned in the vertical or sagittal plane by rotation of the device relative to the patient being viewed by the camera.
- FIG. 4 is a front perspective view of the screen of the device of FIG. 1 showing a further step of the postural screening method wherein the two reference lines in FIG. 3 have been aligned in the vertical plane by tilting the device at the top toward the patient to level the image capturing device.
- FIG. 5 is a front perspective view of the screen of the device of FIG. 1 showing another step of the postural screening method wherein two spaced horizontal lines are displayed on the screen at the top and bottom and the image has been centered by panning and scaled by zooming with the camera to fit the image precisely in the reference distance defined between the two lines to normalize the height of the image to a screen distance corresponding to a known number of pixels spanning the distance in the vertical direction.
- FIG. 6 is a front perspective view of the screen of the device of FIG. 1 showing an image of the patient like that of FIG. 5 but in the direction of the frontal plane of the patient.
- FIG. 7 is a front perspective view of the screen of the device of FIG. 1 wherein the image acquired in FIG. 5 optionally is displayed behind a grid overlay of vertical and horizontal lines against which a qualitative view of postural displacement can be observed.
- FIG. 8 is a front perspective view of the screen of the device of FIG. 1 wherein the image acquired in FIG. 6 optionally is displayed behind a grid overlay of vertical and horizontal lines against which a qualitative view of postural displacement is observed.
- FIG. 9 is a process flow diagram of a method of postural screening according to an example embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 is a process flow diagram of acquiring an image of a patient with the device of FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 11 is a front view of a subject for which an exemplary embodiment of the invention may make measurements either for postural screening as explained with reference to FIGS. 1-10 or for measuring the dimensions of the human body in the other embodiments as disclosed herein.
- FIG. 12 is a front elevation view of an exemplary embodiment of the invention, illustrating a front view of the subject depicted on the digital touch screen display of the mobile device of the invention.
- FIG. 13 is an alternate view of an exemplary embodiment of the invention similar to FIG. 12 , but illustrating a side view of the subject.
- FIG. 14 is an alternate view of an exemplary embodiment of the invention, illustrating a side view of the subject on the display of the device of the invention with the measurements being made.
- FIG. 15 is a flow chart of operations possible with the mobile device of an embodiment of the invention affording measurements for body composition or clothing measurements.
- FIG. 16 is a flow chart of steps for obtaining measurements for clothing, particularly tuxedo/suit fitting, in accordance with the invention.
- FIG. 17 illustrates and lists two dimensional linear measurements made with the mobile device of the invention during the steps in the flow-chart of FIG. 16 and listing the clothing measurements calculated for fitting a tuxedo using the measurements and known mathematical formulae.
- FIG. 18 is a flow chart of steps for obtaining measurements for estimating body composition using the mobile device of the invention for making measurements in accordance with the invention.
- FIG. 19 is a front view and a side view of a subject depicting digitized anatomical landmarks on the image and illustrating linear measurements made in the views of the subject in accordance with the steps of the flow chart of FIG. 18 , the views being shown as part of a report on the results of calculation of an estimate of average body fat using the measurements.
- embodiments of the present invention generally provide a method for measuring the dimensions of the human body comprising providing a digital anthropometer on a mobile device, and digitizing anatomical landmarks on a photograph of the human body displayed on the device with established calibration methods for measuring dimensions of the human body.
- the embodiments of the prevention provide a digital anthropometer device or system using digitization of anatomical landmarks on a photograph with established calibration methods.
- the device/system is designed for measuring the dimensions of the human body and comprises a programmed device including a digital touch screen display having an array of pixels and a camera for acquiring an image of a person on the digital touch screen display, and means for digitizing anatomical landmarks on an image of a person displayed on the touch screen display for measuring dimensions of the human body.
- An embodiment of the invention also enables the ability to derive the linear measurements from the anterior, posterior and lateral aspects of a body part, and then calculate an estimate of circumference and volume of that body part using mathematical equations.
- the invention also enables recording a linear distance and subsequent circumferential and volume calculations utilizing mathematical formulae which can also be tracked by software.
- the measurements can also be superimposed on the digital photograph.
- Another embodiment of the invention can produce reports for education on body posture, measurements for clothing, or for example body composition as explained and shown with reference to FIGS. 11-19 below. This could be used by fitness professionals, health care professionals, or clothing industry professionals or where an anatomical measurements need to be calculated by using prediction from digitizing anatomical points on/from a digital picture.
- An exemplary embodiment of the invention may be utilized in health care, fitness or the clothing industry, to measure posture, and calculate body dimensions, shape, posture, and body composition based on anatomical ratio relationship, track progress of linear and circumferential measurements.
- other industries such as clothing, one can obtain images, and find measurements needed to for example fit a person for a suit or tuxedo instead of using manual tape measuring.
- a first embodiment is a postural screening method comprising acquiring patient information, acquiring an image of a patient, displaying a reference line overlaid on the acquired image for scaling the acquired image, providing panning to center the acquired image, providing zooming to fit the image within the displayed reference lines, for normalizing the patient's height, determining a pixel to distance ratio using the acquired patient information and the normalized patient height, calculating postural displacements, and presenting a postural analysis.
- aspects of the present invention provide a postural screening method that may be implemented on a mobile, hand-held communication device that incorporates the device's gyroscope, accelerometer, and camera.
- FIG. 1 a front perspective view of a mobile, hand-held communication device 12 is shown, which on one side has a screen 13 capable of displaying a frontal image 14 of a patient being viewed with a camera or image capture device on an opposite side.
- the device in the embodiment is an Apple iPhone 4 the computer of which is programmed in accordance with the invention as described hereinafter to perform the disclosed postural screening method.
- Other mobile, hand-held communication devices capable of running a program in accordance with the invention could also be used, such as iPhone®, iPod Touch®, iPad® and Android® devices including tablets and Windows® based tablets.
- FIGS. 2-8 show front perspective views of screen 13 showing steps of a posture screening method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Reference will be made to FIGS. 1-8 in the following description of the postural screening method.
- Method 50 in the example embodiment includes a step 52 of acquiring patient information, which may include, for example, accessing a database or prompting a user to enter information.
- Acquired information in may include, for example, height, weight, sex and age of a patient.
- Method 50 may include a process 54 of acquiring an image of the patient.
- a process flow diagram of process 54 of acquiring a frontal image 14 of the patient is shown.
- Process 54 as disclosed includes a step 72 of activating an image capture device, in this case the camera of the iPad 4 .
- Process 54 in the embodiment includes a step 74 of activating a positional device, namely one or more of a gyroscope, an accelerometer, and a level in the device.
- the positional device(s) is used in accordance with the present invention to provide feedback to a user as to whether the image capture device is level.
- Process 54 includes a step 76 of displaying a reference line overly 18 on screen 13 .
- the reference line overlay 18 may aid a user in aligning the patient in the field of view of the image capture device by providing, for example, a vertical reference 18 a , a horizontal reference 18 b , and a center reference 18 c .
- Process 54 includes a step 78 if indicating a level patient.
- a visual indication including, for example, corresponding references 16 a , 16 b , and 16 c , are provided anchored to frontal image 14 .
- An aligned frontal image 14 may have a reference line 20 , which may have vertical, horizontal, and center reference lines 20 a , 20 b , and 20 c , which may, for example, change colors indicating alignment.
- Process 54 may also include a step 80 of capturing an image, for example, once alignment is achieved.
- a plurality of images may be acquired including, for example, frontal image 14 , lateral image 26 , and a rear perspective image.
- process 54 may include accessing a data storage device.
- the data storage device may include, for example, a picture roll or album, which may contain a previously captured image of the patient.
- method 50 may include a step 56 of displaying an upper reference line 24 a and a lower reference line 24 b over a display 22 of frontal image 14 and a lateral image 26 of the patient.
- the two spaced parallel lines are spaced apart a reference distance corresponding to a known number of pixels of screen 13 .
- the displayed reference lines 24 a and 24 b may be used as a reference for aligning or normalizing the images 14 and 26 , which may require positioning or scaling.
- method 50 may include a step 58 of providing panning capability of the acquired image to a user, and a step 60 of providing zoom capability of the acquired image to a user.
- the provided panning capability may allow a user to properly center or rotate images 14 and 26 to fit in reference lines 24 a and 24 b .
- the provided zoom capability may allow a user to properly size an acquired image to fit it within reference lines 24 a and 24 b for normalizing the height of the patient in the acquired image and establishing a pixel height of the patient.
- Method 50 may include a step 62 of determining a pixel-to-distance ratio, which may be a quotient calculated by dividing a pixel height of images 14 and 26 divided by a patient's height.
- Method 50 may include a step 64 of providing for identification of the patient's anatomical landmarks, wherein a user may be prompted to identify locations of a plurality of anatomical landmarks on the acquired image of the patient by touching the touchscreen of the device to identify an anatomical landmark.
- the plurality of the landmarks may correspond, for example, to skeletal landmarks, bone markings, or joints.
- the identified plurality of landmarks may be used with the known pixel to distance ratio for the displayed image to calculate absolute distances and relative spatial positioning thereof, and may be used in an analysis of the patient's posture.
- the selection of anatomical landmarks may be on a plurality of images 14 and 26 .
- the images of FIGS. 12-14 depict the digitized anatomical landmarks placed on the image for the purpose of making linear measurements in the front and side views of the subject.
- Method 50 in the embodiment includes a step 66 of calculating postural displacements using the determined pixel to distance ratio.
- the displacements may include, for example, linear displacements and angular displacements.
- Method 50 may include a step 68 of presenting a postural analysis 27 .
- Postural analysis 27 may display, for example, the calculated linear or angular displacements 30 , 34 and any deviation thereof from a normal or proper posture taking into account, for example, the patient's age, sex, height, and weight. The normal or proper posture itself can be displayed over the displayed patient's image to provide a visual comparison.
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- the graphic image file may be partially transparent with one or more simple horizontal and vertical lines drawn on the image.
- the image file may also be more complex with circles, swirls, targets, multiple horizontal and vertical lines, etc.
- the image file will be used twice: once as stationary reference, once as dynamically moving indicator. While only one image is required the visual design may be more appealing using two image files, one for each usage.
- Orientation readings may be assigned x, y, and z planes which are discussed here as “roll”, “pitch”, and “yaw”.
- a software environment that provides visual display elements (views) that can be nested inside of one another; allowing one element to surround or envelope another.
- view visual display elements
- the iOS operating system provides the UIView element (including UIView derivatives).
- UIView element including UIView derivatives.
- a subject 111 is illustrated whose measurements may be taken by an exemplary embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 an exemplary embodiment of the invention is illustrated where the subject of FIG. 11 is displayed on the display screen 13 of a mobile digital device 12 .
- Anatomical landmarks 116 digitized by the user's touching the screen at the anatomical landmarks thereon are highlighted on the side view of the subject in FIG. 13 .
- the anatomical landmarks 116 are illustrated on a front view of the subject.
- FIG. 14 anatomical landmarks 116 are illustrated on the subject in an exemplary embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 14 also illustrates the measured distance from shoulder to elbow 118 ; the measured distance from elbow to hand 200 ; the measured distance from front to back of chest 220 and the measured distance from front to back of waist 240 .
- the flow charts of the steps for the methods are shown in FIGS. 15, 16 and 18 . Images with digitized anatomical landmarks used in the methods are shown on the displayed images in FIGS. 17 and 19 .
- the embodiment is a clothing fitting.
- the measurements are those needed for a suit or tuxedo.
- the measurements shown in the drawings are made or calculated from linear measurements as shown.
- the circumferential calculations for neck, waist, hip and chest are made as described below for circumferential calculations from linear measurements.
- the shirt sleeve length and outseam measurements are made as shown in FIG. 17 .
- the application embodiment can be applied to measurements needed for body composition analysis which includes circumferential measurements (traditionally performed with a tape measure) for assessment of percentage body fat. Additionally one can calculate waist to hip ratio which is also a circumferential measurement. These are important health related diagnostic assessments with regards to body morphology and type.
- Examples of known mathematical formulae useful in the several embodiments include a body circumference formula employed in the example embodiments which utilizes measured body width (measured distance from left to right edges of body) and measured body depth (distance from back to front edges of body) made in front view and side view images of the body, respectively.
- Body composition in terms of body fat is calculated using the steps and measurements identified in FIGS. 17-19 then calculating circumference for neck, waist, abdomen and hip and obtaining the height and then through data entry in one of the known formulae as set forth below where all circumference and height measurements are in inches.
- % body fat 86.010 ⁇ log 10(abdomen ⁇ neck) ⁇ 70.041 ⁇ log 10(height)+36.76
- % body fat 163.205 ⁇ log 10(waist+hip ⁇ neck) ⁇ 97.684 ⁇ log 10(height) ⁇ 78.387
- clothing measurements are not limited to tuxedo or suit measurements but could be made for other clothing items, e.g. dresses, shirts, blouses, etc.
- Body composition is also not limited to body fat but can include other estimations such as for body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio, lean body mass, etc, using known morphological relationships.
- the anatomical predictions can include other predictions than those in the specific embodiments described herein without departing from the scope of the invention as recited in the appended claims.
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A mobile, hand-held communication device with a digital touch screen display and a camera for acquiring an image of the human body is programmed to function as a digital anthropometer. The user digitizes anatomical landmarks on the displayed image to quickly obtain linear measurements which are used with a known morphological relationship to make an anatomical prediction for clothing measurement, body composition and postural displacement with accuracy and without external equipment.
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- This application is a continuation in part of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/336,123 filed Dec. 23, 2011 which claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 of U.S. provisional application No. 61/427,286 filed Dec. 27, 2010. Priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 of U.S. provisional application No. 61/709,227 filed Oct. 3, 2012 is also claimed. The entire disclosures of these related applications are incorporated herein by reference.
- The present invention relates to a method and system for measuring anatomical dimensions from a digital photograph on a mobile device or computer. Disclosed embodiments relate particularly to postural screening, measurements for clothing, and estimating body composition.
- Currently, using a tape measure or caliper anthropometer, an examiner has to manually record measurements of human body part dimensions in length as well as in circumference. The measurements are needed in the clothing industry for fitting cloths, in postural screening and in many other aspects of today's health care system and in the fitness industry where the measured body dimensions are used in calculation of body ratios to derive estimation of body composition. There is a need for an improved method and system that allow more efficient measurements of the dimensions of the human body.
- A known postural screening method involves a person/patient standing in a framework between a vertical plumb line and a vertically oriented, planar backdrop having a grid-work of vertical and horizontal lines. The medical practitioner performing the screening then observes and measures postural deviations (mal-alignments) of the patient in the frontal plane, sagittal plane and transverse plane relative to the vertical and horizontal lines on the backdrop and the plumb line. The postural deviations observed and measured are then recorded on a postural evaluation chart. The data from the postural evaluation can be input to a computer to aid in analysis in selection of a corrective exercise program, for example. U.S. Pat. No. 7,077,813 discloses such a system and method. A similar method is employed in U.S. Published Patent Application No. US 2007/0083384 A1 where overlays of a vertical line, an orthogonal grid, horizontal reference lines, and indicators are placed on a computer-displayed image of the body to aid posture analysis where external equipment is used initially in obtaining the image.
- Drawbacks of the known methods and systems include that taking all the postural deviation measurements can be time consuming and imprecise. In addition, the need for external equipment in the analysis or obtaining the patient image can dictate that the screening must be conducted in a facility having the required framework of vertical backdrop and plumb line or other equipment. There is a need for an improved method and system for measuring anatomical dimensions which overcome these drawbacks and limitations. The present invention addresses this need.
- The improved method for measuring the dimensions of the human body of the present invention comprises providing a digital anthropometer on a mobile device, and digitizing anatomical landmarks on a photograph of the human body displayed with established calibration methods for measuring dimensions of the human body. A disclosed embodiment of the system of the invention for practicing the method comprises a programmed device including a digital touch screen display having an array of pixels and a camera for acquiring an image of a person on the digital touch screen display, and means for digitizing anatomical landmarks on an image of a person displayed on the digital touch screen display for measuring dimensions of the human body.
- The programmed device in the embodiment is a mobile, hand-held communication device having at least one positional device selected from the group consisting of a gyroscope, an accelerometer, and a level to level the camera. With the device, the method for measuring includes activating the at least one positional device and using an output thereof for leveling the camera before capturing the image.
- The display screen is a touch screen for the purpose to quickly identify coordinates of the selected anatomical landmarks of the body image displayed on the screen, e.g. to digitize the anatomical landmarks for calculation of linear distances by the programmed computer of the device. These features advantageously reduce the time for measuring the dimensions and the accuracy, without the need for external equipment or special facilities.
- The disclosed system further includes means for making an anatomical-prediction using the measured dimensions and a known morphological relationship. Known mathematical formulae expressed in the computer program of the device relate the measured dimensions to the anatomical prediction. According to an aspect of the invention, the anatomical prediction includes at least one of circumference and volume of a body part which may be displayed on the display screen. In one disclosed embodiment the anatomical prediction is a clothing measurement selected from the group consisting of neck, overarm, chest, waist, hips, sleeve and outseam. According to another embodiment the anatomical prediction is a body composition. In a further embodiment a postural displacement is predicted from the measured dimensions and known morphological relationship.
- Thus, in use of the system the present invention includes a method of deriving an anatomical prediction using a known morphological relationship and a programmed apparatus including a digital touch screen display and means for acquiring an image of a person on the digital touch screen display, the method comprising acquiring an image of a person on the digital touch screen display, digitizing points on a plurality of anatomical landmarks on the displayed image, determining linear anatomical dimensions of the person's body using the digitized points and a scale factor for the displayed image, and making an anatomical prediction using the determined linear anatomical dimensions and a known morphological relationship. In one embodiment the anatomical prediction is a clothing measurement. In another embodiment the anatomical prediction is body composition. In a further embodiment the anatomical prediction includes at least one of circumference and volume of a body part. In a still further embodiment the anatomical prediction is a postural displacement.
- In the disclosed embodiments, the method further comprises acquiring at least two different views of the person as images on the digital touch screen display, digitizing points on anatomical landmarks on each displayed image and determining linear anatomical dimensions of the person's body using the digitized points and a scale factor for each displayed image for making the anatomical prediction. In the disclosed embodiments the views acquired include at least a front view and a side view of the person.
- An embodiment of the invention particularly relating to measuring dimensions for postural screening is disclosed but is understood as instructure with respect to the other embodiments disclosed herein taken with the additional disclosure relating to each of the other embodiments.
- The improved postural screening method according to the example embodiments of the present invention comprises acquiring an image of a patient on a display screen having an array of pixels, determining a pixel to distance ratio for the displayed image, and calculating a postural displacement of the patient in the displayed image using the determined ratio. The standing framework of vertical backdrop and plumb line or overlaid grid-work of lines of the prior art are not necessary. According to the disclosed method, a known linear distance in the displayed image and the number of display screen pixels spanning the distance are used in determining pixel to distance ratio. The known linear distance in an example embodiment is the height of the patient. Alternately, or in addition as a secondary calibration, a marked distance can be provided in the acquired image of the patient, as by the use of a meter stick in the image or other markings of a known distance apart, to provide a known linear distance.
- The postural screening method in example embodiments further includes scaling the size of the image relative to the display screen to normalize the known linear distance in the image to a display screen reference distance corresponding to a known number of pixels for determining the pixel to distance ratio. According to a disclosed method, at least one reference line is provided over the displayed image to demark the display screen reference distance.
- The method as disclosed herein further includes displaying a reference line overlaid on the screen providing vertical, horizontal and center references, providing a corresponding reference line anchored to the displayed patient's image, and adjusting the image in the display so that the two reference lines are aligned before determining the pixel to distance ratio.
- The patient's image can be acquired by accessing a database. Alternatively, the person performing the screening can operate an image capture device of a camera for acquiring the image of the patient. The method preferably includes leveling the image capture device before capturing the image from which the pixel to distance ratio is to be determined for eliminating distortion. According to the example embodiments, the image capture device and display screen are part of a mobile, hand-held communication device having at least one positional device selected from the group consisting of a gyroscope, an accelerometer, and a level. The method includes activating the at least one positional device and using an output thereof to provide a reference for leveling the image capturing device.
- In disclosed embodiments, the method further includes displaying a reference line on the display screen over the acquired image, performing panning to center the image on the screen, and performing zooming to fit the image in the reference line before determining the pixel to distance ratio. Still further, the method comprises providing anatomical landmarks on the acquired image of the patient to facilitate calculating a postural displacement. The display screen is a touch screen for this purpose to identify coordinates for calculation of postural displacements by the programmed computer of the mobile, hand-held communication device.
- A system for performing postural screening according to the invention comprises means for acquiring an image of a patient on a display screen having an array of pixels, means for determining a pixel to distance ratio for the displayed image and means for calculating a postural displacement of the patient in the displayed image using the determined ratio. The means for acquiring an image of a patient according to an example embodiment includes an image capture device of the mobile, programmed, hand-held communication device. Preferably, the device includes at least one positional device selected from the group consisting of a gyroscope, an accelerometer, and a level which provides a reference for leveling the image capturing device. The system further includes means for panning a displayed image on the screen to center the image on the screen, and means for zooming to fit a displayed image in a reference line on the display screen. Means are provided for displaying at least one reference line over the displayed image to demark a display screen reference distance corresponding to a known number of pixels for determining the pixel to distance ratio.
- The system of the disclosed embodiments further includes means for displaying a reference line overlaid on the screen providing vertical, horizontal and center references, means for displaying a corresponding reference line anchored to the displayed patient's image, and means for aligning image and display screen reference lines before determining the pixel to distance ratio. The system further includes means for providing anatomical landmarks on the acquired image of the patient to facilitate calculating a postural displacement.
- The present invention further includes a machine-readable medium containing at least one sequence of instructions that, when executed, causes a machine to: calculate at least one postural displacement of a patient from a displayed image of the patient on a display screen having an array of pixels, using a determined pixel to distance ratio for the displayed image.
- These and other objects, features and advantages of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of example embodiments taken with the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a mobile communication device with an image capturing device in the form of a camera, not shown, on the back side of the device for acquiring an image of a patient and, as shown, a display screen on the front opposite side having a two-dimensional array of pixels on which the image as seen on the camera is displayed. -
FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of the screen of the device ofFIG. 1 showing a step of the postural screening method wherein a reference line is overlaid the image providing vertical, horizontal and center references on the display screen and wherein a corresponding reference line is anchored to the displayed patient's image. -
FIG. 3 is a front perspective view of the screen of the device ofFIG. 1 showing another step of the postural screening method wherein the two reference lines inFIG. 2 have been aligned in the vertical or sagittal plane by rotation of the device relative to the patient being viewed by the camera. -
FIG. 4 is a front perspective view of the screen of the device ofFIG. 1 showing a further step of the postural screening method wherein the two reference lines inFIG. 3 have been aligned in the vertical plane by tilting the device at the top toward the patient to level the image capturing device. -
FIG. 5 is a front perspective view of the screen of the device ofFIG. 1 showing another step of the postural screening method wherein two spaced horizontal lines are displayed on the screen at the top and bottom and the image has been centered by panning and scaled by zooming with the camera to fit the image precisely in the reference distance defined between the two lines to normalize the height of the image to a screen distance corresponding to a known number of pixels spanning the distance in the vertical direction. -
FIG. 6 is a front perspective view of the screen of the device ofFIG. 1 showing an image of the patient like that ofFIG. 5 but in the direction of the frontal plane of the patient. -
FIG. 7 is a front perspective view of the screen of the device ofFIG. 1 wherein the image acquired inFIG. 5 optionally is displayed behind a grid overlay of vertical and horizontal lines against which a qualitative view of postural displacement can be observed. -
FIG. 8 is a front perspective view of the screen of the device ofFIG. 1 wherein the image acquired inFIG. 6 optionally is displayed behind a grid overlay of vertical and horizontal lines against which a qualitative view of postural displacement is observed. -
FIG. 9 is a process flow diagram of a method of postural screening according to an example embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 10 is a process flow diagram of acquiring an image of a patient with the device ofFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 11 is a front view of a subject for which an exemplary embodiment of the invention may make measurements either for postural screening as explained with reference toFIGS. 1-10 or for measuring the dimensions of the human body in the other embodiments as disclosed herein. -
FIG. 12 is a front elevation view of an exemplary embodiment of the invention, illustrating a front view of the subject depicted on the digital touch screen display of the mobile device of the invention. -
FIG. 13 is an alternate view of an exemplary embodiment of the invention similar toFIG. 12 , but illustrating a side view of the subject. -
FIG. 14 is an alternate view of an exemplary embodiment of the invention, illustrating a side view of the subject on the display of the device of the invention with the measurements being made. -
FIG. 15 is a flow chart of operations possible with the mobile device of an embodiment of the invention affording measurements for body composition or clothing measurements. -
FIG. 16 is a flow chart of steps for obtaining measurements for clothing, particularly tuxedo/suit fitting, in accordance with the invention. -
FIG. 17 illustrates and lists two dimensional linear measurements made with the mobile device of the invention during the steps in the flow-chart ofFIG. 16 and listing the clothing measurements calculated for fitting a tuxedo using the measurements and known mathematical formulae. -
FIG. 18 is a flow chart of steps for obtaining measurements for estimating body composition using the mobile device of the invention for making measurements in accordance with the invention. -
FIG. 19 is a front view and a side view of a subject depicting digitized anatomical landmarks on the image and illustrating linear measurements made in the views of the subject in accordance with the steps of the flow chart ofFIG. 18 , the views being shown as part of a report on the results of calculation of an estimate of average body fat using the measurements. - The following detailed description taken with the accompanying drawings is of the best currently contemplated modes of carrying out exemplary embodiments of the invention. The description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, but is made merely for the purpose of illustrating the general principles of the invention, since the scope of the invention is best defined by the appended claims.
- Various inventive features are described below that can each be used independently of one another or in combination with other features.
- Broadly, embodiments of the present invention generally provide a method for measuring the dimensions of the human body comprising providing a digital anthropometer on a mobile device, and digitizing anatomical landmarks on a photograph of the human body displayed on the device with established calibration methods for measuring dimensions of the human body. And broadly, the embodiments of the prevention provide a digital anthropometer device or system using digitization of anatomical landmarks on a photograph with established calibration methods. The device/system is designed for measuring the dimensions of the human body and comprises a programmed device including a digital touch screen display having an array of pixels and a camera for acquiring an image of a person on the digital touch screen display, and means for digitizing anatomical landmarks on an image of a person displayed on the touch screen display for measuring dimensions of the human body.
- An embodiment of the invention also enables the ability to derive the linear measurements from the anterior, posterior and lateral aspects of a body part, and then calculate an estimate of circumference and volume of that body part using mathematical equations.
- The invention also enables recording a linear distance and subsequent circumferential and volume calculations utilizing mathematical formulae which can also be tracked by software. The measurements can also be superimposed on the digital photograph.
- Another embodiment of the invention can produce reports for education on body posture, measurements for clothing, or for example body composition as explained and shown with reference to
FIGS. 11-19 below. This could be used by fitness professionals, health care professionals, or clothing industry professionals or where an anatomical measurements need to be calculated by using prediction from digitizing anatomical points on/from a digital picture. - Once the images are obtained and digitized following protocols of the disclosed methods, digitization points on anatomical landmarks for purposes of posture, linear and circumferential anthropometric measurements can be performed. After these measurements are obtained, body ratios can be calculated to predict a person's body composition using well known anthropometric morphological relationships.
- An exemplary embodiment of the invention may be utilized in health care, fitness or the clothing industry, to measure posture, and calculate body dimensions, shape, posture, and body composition based on anatomical ratio relationship, track progress of linear and circumferential measurements. In other industries such as clothing, one can obtain images, and find measurements needed to for example fit a person for a suit or tuxedo instead of using manual tape measuring.
- A first embodiment is a postural screening method comprising acquiring patient information, acquiring an image of a patient, displaying a reference line overlaid on the acquired image for scaling the acquired image, providing panning to center the acquired image, providing zooming to fit the image within the displayed reference lines, for normalizing the patient's height, determining a pixel to distance ratio using the acquired patient information and the normalized patient height, calculating postural displacements, and presenting a postural analysis. Aspects of the present invention provide a postural screening method that may be implemented on a mobile, hand-held communication device that incorporates the device's gyroscope, accelerometer, and camera.
- Referring now to
FIG. 1 , a front perspective view of a mobile, hand-heldcommunication device 12 is shown, which on one side has ascreen 13 capable of displaying afrontal image 14 of a patient being viewed with a camera or image capture device on an opposite side. The device in the embodiment is an Apple iPhone 4 the computer of which is programmed in accordance with the invention as described hereinafter to perform the disclosed postural screening method. Other mobile, hand-held communication devices capable of running a program in accordance with the invention could also be used, such as iPhone®, iPod Touch®, iPad® and Android® devices including tablets and Windows® based tablets.FIGS. 2-8 show front perspective views ofscreen 13 showing steps of a posture screening method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Reference will be made toFIGS. 1-8 in the following description of the postural screening method. - Referring now to
FIG. 9 , apostural screening method 50 is shown according to an embodiment of the present invention.Method 50 in the example embodiment includes astep 52 of acquiring patient information, which may include, for example, accessing a database or prompting a user to enter information. Acquired information in may include, for example, height, weight, sex and age of a patient. -
Method 50 may include aprocess 54 of acquiring an image of the patient. Referring now toFIG. 10 , a process flow diagram ofprocess 54 of acquiring afrontal image 14 of the patient is shown.Process 54 as disclosed includes astep 72 of activating an image capture device, in this case the camera of the iPad 4.Process 54 in the embodiment includes astep 74 of activating a positional device, namely one or more of a gyroscope, an accelerometer, and a level in the device. The positional device(s) is used in accordance with the present invention to provide feedback to a user as to whether the image capture device is level. -
Process 54 includes astep 76 of displaying a reference line overly 18 onscreen 13. Thereference line overlay 18 may aid a user in aligning the patient in the field of view of the image capture device by providing, for example, avertical reference 18 a, ahorizontal reference 18 b, and acenter reference 18 c.Process 54 includes astep 78 if indicating a level patient. According to the embodiment of the present invention, in step 78 a visual indication including, for example, correspondingreferences frontal image 14. An alignedfrontal image 14 may have areference line 20, which may have vertical, horizontal, andcenter reference lines Process 54 may also include astep 80 of capturing an image, for example, once alignment is achieved. In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of images may be acquired including, for example,frontal image 14,lateral image 26, and a rear perspective image. - According to a variation of the embodiment of the present invention,
process 54 may include accessing a data storage device. The data storage device may include, for example, a picture roll or album, which may contain a previously captured image of the patient. - Referring again to
FIG. 9 method 50 may include astep 56 of displaying anupper reference line 24 a and a lower reference line 24 b over adisplay 22 offrontal image 14 and alateral image 26 of the patient. The two spaced parallel lines are spaced apart a reference distance corresponding to a known number of pixels ofscreen 13. The displayedreference lines 24 a and 24 b may be used as a reference for aligning or normalizing theimages method 50 may include astep 58 of providing panning capability of the acquired image to a user, and astep 60 of providing zoom capability of the acquired image to a user. The provided panning capability may allow a user to properly center or rotateimages reference lines 24 a and 24 b. The provided zoom capability may allow a user to properly size an acquired image to fit it withinreference lines 24 a and 24 b for normalizing the height of the patient in the acquired image and establishing a pixel height of the patient.Method 50 may include astep 62 of determining a pixel-to-distance ratio, which may be a quotient calculated by dividing a pixel height ofimages -
Method 50 may include astep 64 of providing for identification of the patient's anatomical landmarks, wherein a user may be prompted to identify locations of a plurality of anatomical landmarks on the acquired image of the patient by touching the touchscreen of the device to identify an anatomical landmark. The plurality of the landmarks may correspond, for example, to skeletal landmarks, bone markings, or joints. The identified plurality of landmarks may be used with the known pixel to distance ratio for the displayed image to calculate absolute distances and relative spatial positioning thereof, and may be used in an analysis of the patient's posture. In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the selection of anatomical landmarks may be on a plurality ofimages FIGS. 12-14 depict the digitized anatomical landmarks placed on the image for the purpose of making linear measurements in the front and side views of the subject. -
Method 50 in the embodiment includes astep 66 of calculating postural displacements using the determined pixel to distance ratio. The displacements may include, for example, linear displacements and angular displacements.Method 50 may include astep 68 of presenting apostural analysis 27.Postural analysis 27 may display, for example, the calculated linear orangular displacements - Requirements of the mobile, hand-held communication device, the software, and the interaction therebetween, and specific operations or steps of the program for achieving the described functions of the method for an example embodiment are set forth below.
- Requires an environment that can provide real-time or near real-time horizontal and vertical orientation readings. These readings may be provided by an “accelerometer”.
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- 1. Begin reading the orientation data from the accelerometer.
- 2. Track each reading in a historical array of readings; do not discard old readings.
- 3. When more than one reading has been tracked, apply a low-pass filter against the newest and the historical readings. This will provide accelerometer readings that more accurately reflect the constant effects of gravity and reduce the influence of sudden motion to the accelerometer.
- Requires a camera and a display screen that renders the camera's current view. Requires an application programming interface that allows drawing and displaying images over the camera view on the display screen, partially obscuring portions of the camera view. Finally, requires a pre-drawn graphic image files. The graphic image file may be partially transparent with one or more simple horizontal and vertical lines drawn on the image. The image file may also be more complex with circles, swirls, targets, multiple horizontal and vertical lines, etc. The image file will be used twice: once as stationary reference, once as dynamically moving indicator. While only one image is required the visual design may be more appealing using two image files, one for each usage.
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- 1. Initialize the camera and viewpoint through normal methods of those devices.
- 2. Using the programming interface and apply the image to the display screen.
- 3. Using the programming interface, adjust the image location so the image is viewable on the display screen. The camera display screen should render both the camera's current view and the image file. This image application will not be modified further and serves the purpose of a stationary reference.
- 4. Using the programming interface and apply the image to the display screen, again.
- 5. Using the programming interface, adjust the image location in the exact same manner as the stationary image.
- 6. Using the programming interface, instruct the display to draw the second image over the first stationary image.
- 7. The camera display screen should render the camera's current view with both the image files drawn over the camera view, partially obstructing the camera view.
- 8. The second image's location will be modified later and serves the purpose of a movement indicator.
- Requires both the Orientation Tracking and the HUD Overlay methods described above. Orientation readings may be assigned x, y, and z planes which are discussed here as “roll”, “pitch”, and “yaw”.
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- 1. Using the “roll” reading from the accelerometer, apply a rotation to the movement indicator image of the HUD. The programming interface of the display screen overlay will dictate the angle units (i.e. radians, degrees) required to rotate the movement indicator image. Use common angle mathematics to convert the reading to radians or degrees as required.
- 2. Use the programming interface to apply a standard mathematic rotation matrix to the movement indicator image's coordinate system.
- 3. The movement indicator image should render partially rotated on the camera display screen.
- 4. Using the programming interface or the operating system documentation, determine the screen coordinates for the camera display (for example, the iPhone 4S device boasts 960×640 pixel display, however the iOS operating system assigns the size of 320×460; interest here is in the operating system size of 320×460; the operating system will handle conversion between the device display ‘space’ and the operating system ‘space’).
- 5. Using the programming interface or the accelerometer documentation, determine the minimum and maximum values of the accelerometer “pitch” readings (for example, the iOS operating system provides “pitch” readings as fractional decimal in the range of −1.00 through +1.00).
- 6. Using the programming interface, read the current location coordinate of the center of the movement indicator image.
- 7. Add or subtract the pitch reading to the vertical location coordinate, restricting the value to the maximum and minimum boundaries of the screen coordinates.
- 8. Using the programming interface, apply the result of the addition (subtraction) to the movement indicator image.
- 9. The movement indicator image should be rendered on the camera display screen in a different location. The image's center point should remain within the viewable area of the display screen.
- 10. The software should continuously monitor the readings of the accelerometer. With each new reading, update the rotation and location coordinates of the movement indicator image as shown above.
- 11. With one image stationary and a complimentary image moving, the user will be able to visually notice when the image perfectly overlap one another in both location and rotation. This registration is their feedback that the device is oriented correctly.
- Requires a software environment that provides visual display elements (views) that can be nested inside of one another; allowing one element to surround or envelope another. For example, the iOS operating system provides the UIView element (including UIView derivatives). For real-time cropping, requires a display screen that renders the views and any changes to the views (including size, scale, rotation, color, brightness, etc)
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- 1. Create two views, nested inside one another.
- 2. Load an image into the software (from a camera, disk drive, computer memory, etc)
- 3. Using the programming interface to assign the image to the inner view.
- 4. Optionally, use the programming interface to scale the inner view to be larger than the outer view.
- 5. Optionally, use the programming interface to adjust the location of the views so the inner view's boundaries extend past the outer view equally in all directions.
- 6. Regardless of completing step 4 and 5, allow the user to manipulate the inner view's size, scale, and location while keeping the outer view fixed in both size, scale, and location. Manipulation may occur by tracking the user input through any computer input device. For example, on the iOS operating system manipulation could be tracked by custom touch-screen readings or standard pinch-and-zoom features.
- 7. After user manipulation has completed (indicated by an arbitrary user action or input; for example pressing a “Done” button) use the programming interface to read the current size and position of both the inner and outer views.
- 8. Use the programming interface to capture the portion of the inner view image that is currently within the outer view's boundaries. Any portion of the inner view that extends past the outer view's boundaries will be cropped and discarded.
- 9. The programming interface may require the cropping boundary to be pre-calculated. The cropping boundary is used by the programming interface and applied to the original image to produce a new image from a portion of the original. The cropping boundary can be calculated with simple arithmetic:
- calculate (or read from the programming interface) the final offset distance between the inner view and outer view's center points,
- calculate (or read from the programming interface) the final resizing scale applied to the inner view,
- use the offset divided by the scale to determine the origin of the cropping boundary
- use the fixed size of the outer view divided by the scale to determine the dimensions of the cropping boundary
- For example, the X coordinate of a cropping boundary calculated in the iOS operating system would be: x=outerview.contentOffset.x/outerview.zoomScale;
- and the width of the cropping boundary would be: width=outerview.frame.width/outerview.zoomScale;
As an example of calculating the cropping boundary, assume the following:
- and the width of the cropping boundary would be: width=outerview.frame.width/outerview.zoomScale;
- An image of size 460×460
- An outer view of size 300×400
- The user has manipulated the inner image view to move it an arbitrary direction and scaled to be twice as large. The result of the manipulation is an image with effective size of 920×920 (×2 scale) with an offset of 195 in the X coordinate direction and 289 in the Y coordinate.
- The X coordinate of the cropping box would be 195/2=97.5 and the width of the cropping box would be 300/2=150.
- For reference, the Y coordinate in this example would be 144.5 and the
height 200. - The programming interface should produce a new image from the region of the original image with top left corner at 97.5, 144.5, width of 150 and height of 200.
- Requires an image of an object cropped in a manner that the top and bottom of the object are at the edges of the top and bottom of the image, and the physical height of the object must be known. Requires a software environment that can interpret image data and provide pixel dimensions of the image.
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- 1. Load the image into the software (from a camera, disk drive, computer memory, etc)
- 2. Use the programming interface to read the pixel height of the image
- 3. Divide the known height of the object by the pixel height reading to determine the ratio of pixels to physical distance
- 4. The ratio can be used to calculate and convert any distance of pixels to physical distances by multiplying the ratio and the pixel distance
For example, given an image that is 1000 pixels in height and an object that is known to be 60 inches in height we can calculate: - Each pixel represents 0.06 physical inches: 60/1000=0.06
- A distance of 250 pixels represents 15 physical inches: 0.06×250=15
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FIG. 11 , a subject 111 is illustrated whose measurements may be taken by an exemplary embodiment of the invention. - Referring to
FIG. 12 andFIG. 13 an exemplary embodiment of the invention is illustrated where the subject ofFIG. 11 is displayed on thedisplay screen 13 of a mobiledigital device 12.Anatomical landmarks 116 digitized by the user's touching the screen at the anatomical landmarks thereon are highlighted on the side view of the subject inFIG. 13 . As pertains toFIG. 12 , theanatomical landmarks 116 are illustrated on a front view of the subject. - Referring to
FIG. 14 ,anatomical landmarks 116 are illustrated on the subject in an exemplary embodiment of the invention.FIG. 14 also illustrates the measured distance from shoulder toelbow 118; the measured distance from elbow tohand 200; the measured distance from front to back ofchest 220 and the measured distance from front to back ofwaist 240. The flow charts of the steps for the methods are shown inFIGS. 15, 16 and 18 . Images with digitized anatomical landmarks used in the methods are shown on the displayed images inFIGS. 17 and 19 . - In the clothing measurement of
FIGS. 16 and 17 , the embodiment is a clothing fitting. In this case, the measurements are those needed for a suit or tuxedo. The measurements shown in the drawings are made or calculated from linear measurements as shown. The circumferential calculations for neck, waist, hip and chest are made as described below for circumferential calculations from linear measurements. Additionally, the shirt sleeve length and outseam measurements are made as shown inFIG. 17 . - In the body composition example of
FIGS. 18 and 19 , the application embodiment can be applied to measurements needed for body composition analysis which includes circumferential measurements (traditionally performed with a tape measure) for assessment of percentage body fat. Additionally one can calculate waist to hip ratio which is also a circumferential measurement. These are important health related diagnostic assessments with regards to body morphology and type. - Examples of known mathematical formulae useful in the several embodiments include a body circumference formula employed in the example embodiments which utilizes measured body width (measured distance from left to right edges of body) and measured body depth (distance from back to front edges of body) made in front view and side view images of the body, respectively.
- The circumferential estimation is taken as the average of the results of both the equations (1) and (2) below. These are known formulas by a mathematician and his formulae, referred to as the “Ramanujan's formula”. The circumference of the ellipse with half axes a and b half of the distance from each of the body width and body depth measurements is given below where the approximation is from Ramanujan's formula:
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- If a=b then the ellipse is a circle with radius r=a=b and these formulas give you C=2*pi*r.
- Body composition in terms of body fat is calculated using the steps and measurements identified in
FIGS. 17-19 then calculating circumference for neck, waist, abdomen and hip and obtaining the height and then through data entry in one of the known formulae as set forth below where all circumference and height measurements are in inches. -
% body fat=86.010×log 10(abdomen−neck)−70.041×log 10(height)+36.76 -
% body fat=163.205×log 10(waist+hip−neck)−97.684×log 10(height)−78.387 - Other known formulae describing known morphological relationships for body fat could be employed as will be understood by the skilled artisan. For example, the results from several known formulae could be averaged.
- Examples of known formulae are presented in the publications listed below, which are incorporated herein by reference:
- Hodgdon, J. A. and M. B. Beckett (1984) Prediction of percent body fat for U.S. Navy men from body circumferences and height. Report no. 84-11, Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, Calif.;
- Hodgdon, J. A. Body (1990) Composition in the Military Services: Standards & Methods. Report No. 90-21 Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, Calif.;
- It should be understood, of course, that the foregoing relates to exemplary embodiments of the invention and that modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims. For example, clothing measurements are not limited to tuxedo or suit measurements but could be made for other clothing items, e.g. dresses, shirts, blouses, etc. Body composition is also not limited to body fat but can include other estimations such as for body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio, lean body mass, etc, using known morphological relationships. Likewise, the anatomical predictions can include other predictions than those in the specific embodiments described herein without departing from the scope of the invention as recited in the appended claims.
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1. A method of deriving an anatomical prediction using a known morphological relationship and a programmed apparatus including a digital touch screen display and means for acquiring an image of a person on the digital touch screen display, the method comprising:
acquiring an image of a person on the digital touch screen display,
digitizing points on a plurality of anatomical landmarks on the displayed image,
determining linear anatomical dimensions of the person's body using the digitized points and a scale factor for the displayed image,
making an anatomical prediction using the determined linear anatomical dimensions and a known morphological relationship.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the anatomical prediction is a clothing measurement.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the clothing measurement is selected from the group consisting of neck, overarm, chest, waist, hips, sleeve and outseem.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the anatomical prediction is a body composition.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is a mobile, hand-held communication device having as the means for acquiring an image of a person a camera and at least one positional device selected from the group consisting of a gyroscope, an accelerometer and a level, the method including activating the at least one positional device and using an output thereof for leveling the camera.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the anatomical prediction includes at least one of circumference and volume of a body part.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein points of anatomical landmarks are digitized by touching the digital touch screen display of the image at respective ones of the anatomical landmarks.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the image acquired on the digital display is a digital photograph.
9. The method of claim 1 , including acquiring at least two different views of the person as images on the digital display, digitizing points on anatomical landmarks on each displayed image and determining linear anatomical dimensions of the person's body using the digitized points and a scale factor for each displayed image for making the anatomical prediction.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the views acquired include a front view and a side view of the person.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the scale factor is a pixel to distance ratio.
12. The method of claim 11 , including displaying the anatomical prediction on the digital touch screen display.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the anatomical prediction is a postural displacement.
14. A method for measuring the dimensions of the human body comprising providing a digital anthropometer on a mobile device, and digitizing anatomical landmarks on a photograph of the human body displayed on the device with established calibration methods for measuring dimensions of the human body.
15. A system for measuring the dimensions of the human body comprising:
a programmed device including a digital touch screen display having an array of pixels and a camera for acquiring an image of a person on the digital touch screen display,
means for digitizing anatomical landmarks on an image of a person displayed on the digital touch screen display for measuring dimensions of the human body.
16. The system according to claim 15 , including means for making an anatomical prediction using the measured dimensions and a known morphological relationship.
17. The system according to claim 16 , wherein the anatomical prediction is a clothing measurement.
18. The system according to claim 16 , wherein the anatomical prediction is a body composition.
19. The system according to claim 16 , wherein the anatomical prediction is a postural displacement.
20. The system according to claim 16 , wherein the programmed device is a mobile, hand-held communication device having at least one positional device selected from the group consisting of a gyroscope, an accelerometer; and a level to level the camera.
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