Granted Patent B2

US 12,608,741 · App. 18/333,645 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Inventors: Vidith Johri (Lucknow, IN); Vrinda Hotwani (Ahmedabad, IN); Lav Patel (Ahmedabad, IN); Eugene Quaye (Canal Winchester, OH)

Assignee: Mast Industries (Far East) Limited

G06Q30/0643G06T17/20

Abstract

Claims (60)

1 . A method for providing a user with the ability to try on a garment virtually, the method being carried out by a processor and comprising:

presenting, via a graphical user interface, a plurality of base models of different sizes for selection by a user,

wherein each of the plurality of base models is associated with a plurality of predefined reference points, and

wherein each of the predefined reference points is associated with a position on a skin of the respective base model;

receiving, via the graphical user interface, a selection of a base model of the plurality of base models;

scaling the base model depending on a brassiere band size and a brassiere cup size of the user,

wherein positions of the plurality of predefined reference points are mapped to positions on the skin of the scaled based model based on the scaling of the base model;

presenting, via the graphical user interface, a rendering of the scaled base model;

receiving, via the graphical user interface, a selection of a garment to be virtually tried on;

retrieving a base product mesh for the selected garment,

wherein the base product mesh is associated with a plurality of predefined reference points each corresponding to a respective predefined reference point of the plurality of predefined reference points on the skin of the selected base model;

scaling the base product mesh based on a selected garment size;

rendering the selected garment on the scaled base model by superimposing the scaled base product mesh on the scaled base model and mapping the base product mesh to an image of the garment;

presenting, via the graphical user interface, the rendering of the selected garment on the scaled base model to provide qualitative feedback to the user indicative of the fit of the selected garment;

calculating a fit value of the scaled base product mesh on the scaled base model by calculating distances between each predefined reference point of the plurality of predefined reference points on the skin of the scaled base model and corresponding predefined reference points on an inside face of the base product mesh; and

comparing the calculated fit value to an ideal fit value and providing, via the graphical user interface, qualitative feedback indicative of the fit of the selected garment to the user based on the comparison.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

adjusting locations of the predefined reference points on the inside face of the base product mesh based on given material constants associated with the base product mesh; and

thereafter recalculating the fit value of the base product mesh after adjusting the locations of the predefined reference points on the inside face of the base product mesh.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the given material constants include at least one of the following aspects of the garment: elasticity, material thickness, material texture, wrinkle constant, maximum stretch, minimum stretch, shine, material weight, maximum desired closeness to body, minimum desired closeness to body, maximum closeness of garment layers, minimum closeness of garment layers, seam strength, and material type.

4 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

iteratively adjusting the locations of the predefined reference points on the inside face of the base product mesh based on the given material constants and thereafter recalculating the fit value of the base product mesh; and

comparing a subset of the recalculated fit values to the ideal fit value.

5 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising adjusting the locations of the predefined reference points on the inside face of the base product mesh based on a strap allowance of the base product mesh and thereafter recalculating the fit value of the base product mesh.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing a plurality of base models of different sizes from which the user can select the base model.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein scaling the base model comprises scaling the base model on mutually perpendicular x-, y-, and z-axes.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein superimposing the base product mesh on the scaled base model comprises matching the predefined reference points on the inside face of the base product mesh to the corresponding predefined reference points on the skin of the scaled base model.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein mapping the base product mesh to an image of the garment comprises mapping vertices of the base product mesh to the image of the garment.

10 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising suggesting a different size of the garment to the user in response to the calculated fit value deviating from the ideal fit value by more than a given threshold.

11 . A method for providing a user with the ability to try on a garment virtually, the method being carried out by a processor and comprising:

receiving, via a graphical user interface, a selection of a base model of a plurality of base models;

scaling the selected base model depending on a brassiere band size and a brassiere cup size of the user;

rendering the scaled base model;

rendering a garment on the scaled base model by superimposing a product mesh on the scaled base model;

providing, via the graphical user interface, qualitative feedback to user using the rendering of the garment on the scaled base model;

calculating a fit value of the product mesh on the scaled base model by calculating distances between each predefined reference point of a plurality of predefined reference points on a skin of the scaled base model and corresponding predefined reference points on an inside face of the product mesh; and

comparing the calculated fit value to an ideal fit value and providing, via the graphical user interface, quantitative feedback indicative of the fit of the selected garment to the user based on the comparison.

12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

adjusting locations of the predefined reference points on the inside face of the product mesh based on given material constants associated with the product mesh; and

thereafter recalculating the fit value of the product mesh after adjusting the locations of the predefined reference points on the inside face of the product mesh.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the given material constants include at least one of the following aspects of the garment: elasticity, material thickness, material texture, wrinkle constant, maximum stretch, minimum stretch, shine, material weight, maximum desired closeness to body, minimum desired closeness to body, maximum closeness of garment layers, minimum closeness of garment layers, seam strength, and material type.

14 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

iteratively adjusting the locations of the predefined reference points on the inside face of the product mesh based on the given material constants and thereafter recalculating the fit value of the product mesh; and

comparing a subset of the recalculated fit values to the ideal fit value.

15 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising adjusting the locations of the predefined reference points on the inside face of the product mesh based on a strap allowance of the product mesh and thereafter recalculating the fit value of the product mesh.

16 . A method for providing a user with the ability to try on a garment virtually, the method being carried out by a processor and comprising:

receiving, using a graphical user interface, non-proprietary information from the user;

scaling a base model depending on the non-proprietary information provided by the user;

receiving, via the graphical user interface, a selection of a garment to be virtually tried on;

retrieving a base product mesh for the selected garment,

wherein the base product mesh is associated with a plurality of predefined reference points each corresponding to a respective predefined reference point of a plurality of predefined reference points on a skin of the scaled base model;

scaling the base product mesh based on a selected garment size;

rendering a garment on the scaled base model by superimposing the scaled base product mesh on the scaled base model and mapping the base product mesh to an image of the garment;

presenting, via the graphical user interface, the rendering of the selected garment on the scaled base model, thereby providing qualitative feedback to the user indicative of the fit of the selected garment;

calculating a fit value of the scaled base product mesh on the scaled base model by calculating distances between the predefined reference points on the skin of the scaled base model and corresponding predefined reference points on an inside face of the base product mesh; and

comparing the calculated fit value to an ideal fit value and providing, via the graphical user interface, quantitative feedback indicative of the fit of the selected garment to the user based on the comparison.

17 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising presenting, via the graphical user interface, a plurality of base models of different sizes from which the user can select the base model.

18 . The method of claim 16 , wherein scaling the base model comprises scaling the base model on mutually perpendicular x-, y-, and z-axes.

19 . The method of claim 16 , wherein superimposing the base product mesh on the scaled base model comprises matching the predefined reference points on the inside face of the base product mesh to the corresponding predefined reference points on the skin of the scaled base model.

20 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the non-proprietary information is a brassiere band size and a brassiere cup size of the user.

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