SBIR Phase II: Footwear Fitting System for Online Retailers

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第二阶段项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是在服装，矫形器和假肢的在线零售行业。每个人的身体都是独一无二的，而试衣的方法往往被简化为在商店或诊所里试穿产品。虽然这种方法在一定程度上有效，但越来越多的购买是在网上进行的，类似的试错方法导致零售商的高退货率和客户的大量时间负担。Eclo正在开发的试衣系统将大大降低在线零售商的运输成本，并为在线购物者提供便利。此外，虚拟试衣技术将有助于消除公司对实体店的依赖，并在某些情况下将商品成本降低一半。此外，所提出的技术是大规模制造定制服装的关键，因为身体的所有几何特性都可以很容易地使用智能手机。人体扫描数据库也可以用于设计更好的产品。最后，该项目中的鞋扫描仪需要针对内部体积的小型扫描头设计;这项技术可以定制用于医疗或救援应用的内窥镜。该项目将为在线鞋类零售的商业用途准备一个虚拟试衣系统，并解决25%的退货率。虚拟试衣系统将根据扫描他们的脚给在线购物者一个尺寸建议。足部扫描仪允许用户通过用智能手机拍摄视频来获得足部的3D模型。在增强现实的帮助下，这个过程将变得简单，强大和用户友好。使用智能手机传感器和从视频中有策略地选择图像将使这一过程快速准确。鞋子扫描仪扫描鞋子的内部，并将升级到也扫描鞋子的外部。将开发一种拟合算法来检测脚和鞋的重要特征，以提供尺码建议。一个定制的设备将被用来测量鞋子的材料特性，为在线购物者提供鞋子舒适度和支撑度的描述。在线购物者将得到一个尺寸的建议和一个深入的适合描述与视觉图形。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project is in online retail industry for garments, orthoses and prostheses. Each human body is unique, and the fitting approach is often reduced to trying on products in-store or in-clinic. While this approach works to some level, increasingly more purchases are made online, and a similar trial and error method leads to a high return rate for retailers and a significant time burden for customers. The fitting system Eclo is developing will dramatically reduce the shipping costs for online retailers and increase the convenience for online shoppers. Additionally, the virtual fitting technology will help remove the dependency of companies on brick-and-mortar stores and to reduce the cost of goods by half in some cases. Furthermore, the technology proposed is the key for mass manufacturing of custom garment since all geometric properties of the body will be readily using smartphones. The databases of body scans could also be used for designing better products. Lastly, the shoe scanner in this project requires a small scanner head design for internal volumes; this technology can be tailored to making endoscopes for medical or rescue applications. This project will prepare a virtual fitting system for commercial use in online shoe retail and address a 25% return rate. The virtual fitting system will give online shoppers a size recommendation based on scans of their feet. A foot scanner allows users to obtain a 3D model of their feet by taking a video with a smartphone. This process will be made simple, robust, and user-friendly with the aid of augmented reality. Using smartphone sensors and strategically selecting images from videos will make this process fast and accurate. A shoe scanner scans the inside of shoes and will be upgraded to also scan the outside of shoes. A fitting algorithm will be developed to detect important features on feet and shoes to make size recommendations. A custom device will be made to measure the material properties of shoes to give online shoppers a description of comfort and support levels of shoes. Online shoppers will be given a size recommendation and an in-depth fit description with visual graphics.