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Granted Patent B2
US 11,501,508 · App. 17/370,272 · Granted Nov 15, 2022

Parameterized model of 2D articulated human shape

Inventors: Michael J. Black (Tuebingen, DE); Oren Freifeld (Menlo Park, CA); Alexander W. Weiss (Shirley, MA); Matthew M. Loper (Tuebingen, DE); Peng Guan (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee: Brown University
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Patent No.
US 11,501,508
App. No.
17/370,272
Granted
Nov 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are computer-readable devices, systems and methods for generating a model of a clothed body. The method includes generating a model of an unclothed human body, the model capturing a shape or a pose of the unclothed human body, determining two-dimensional contours associated with the model, and computing deformations by aligning a contour of a clothed human body with a contour of the unclothed human body. Based on the two-dimensional contours and the deformations, the method includes generating a first two-dimensional model of the unclothed human body, the first two-dimensional model factoring the deformations of the unclothed human body into one or more of a shape variation component, a viewpoint change, and a pose variation and learning an eigen-clothing model using principal component analysis applied to the deformations, wherein the eigen-clothing model classifies different types of clothing, to yield a second two-dimensional model of a clothed human body.

Claims (34)

1. A method comprising:

generating a first two-dimensional body contour based at least on first image data representing a user in a first pose;

generating a second two-dimensional body contour based at least on second image data representing the user in a second pose;

receiving user data comprising at least one of a weight associated with the user or a height associated with the user;

identifying clothing deformation data associated with a garment;

generating a clothed model of the user, based at least on the first two-dimensional body contour, the second two-dimensional body contour, the user data, the clothing deformation data, and deformations of an unclothed human body that factors a shape variation component, a viewpoint change, and a pose variation; and

causing display of the clothed model of the user.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the user data includes both the weight associated with the user and the height associated with the user.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising generating a three-dimensional model of the unclothed human body that captures at least one of a shape or a pose of the unclothed human body.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising computing the deformations of the unclothed human body by aligning a contour of the clothed model of the user with a contour of the unclothed human body.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first image data represents the user in a frontal view and the second image data represents the user in a non-frontal view.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the pose variation comprises at least one of a body parts rotation and foreshortening.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the deformations of the unclothed human body comprise non-rigid deformations resulting from articulation.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the deformations of the unclothed human body is factored into a linear approximation to distortions caused by local camera view changes.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the deformations of the unclothed human body is factored into an articulation of body parts represented by a rotation and length scaling.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the deformations of the unclothed human body is factored into a linear model characterizing shape changes across a population.

11. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

generating a first two-dimensional body contour based at least on first image data representing a user in a first pose;

generating a second two-dimensional body contour based at least on second image data representing the user in a second pose;

receiving user data comprising at least one of a weight associated with the user or a height associated with the user;

identifying clothing deformation data associated with a garment;

generating a clothed model of the user, based at least on the first two-dimensional body contour, the second two-dimensional body contour, the user data, the clothing deformation data, and deformations of an unclothed human body that factors a shape variation component, a viewpoint change, and a pose variation; and

causing display of the clothed model of the user.

12. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the user data includes both the weight associated with the user and the height associated with the user.

13. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise generating a three-dimensional model of the unclothed human body that captures at least one of a shape or a pose of the unclothed human body.

14. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise computing the deformations of the unclothed human body by aligning a contour of the clothed model of the user with a contour of the unclothed human body.

15. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the first image data represents the user in a frontal view and the second image data represents the user in a non-frontal view.

16. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the pose variation comprises at least one of a body parts rotation and foreshortening.

17. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the deformations of the unclothed human body comprise non-rigid deformations resulting from articulation.

18. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the deformations of the unclothed human body is factored into a linear approximation to distortions caused by local camera view changes.

19. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the deformations of the unclothed human body is factored into an articulation of body parts represented by a rotation and length scaling.

20. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the deformations of the unclothed human body is factored into a linear model characterizing shape changes across a population.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2021
From: BLACK, MICHAEL J.; FREIFELD, OREN; WEISS, ALEXANDER W.; LOPER, MATTHEW M.; GUAN, PENG
To: BROWN UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 058346/0717 →
Continuity (7)
Continuation 16544265 · Aug 19, 2019
Continuation 15700686 · Sep 11, 2017
Continuation 15342225 · Nov 3, 2016
Continuation 15042353 · Feb 12, 2016
Continuation 13696676
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