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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2000
Richard Nigro, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Werner Kraemer, Conklin, NY (US);
Robert J. Holicky, Binghamton, NY (US);
Richard B. Mallinson, Binghamton, NY (US);
Diamond Visionics Company, Vestal, NY (US);
Abstract
An Internet-based optical imaging system to gather anthropometric data for the purpose of enabling national and international commerce in the wearable goods market, including accurate measurement for selecting, fitting, and ordering eyeglasses and eyeglass frames via the Internet that includes vendor support interaction. A customer can view and orient his or her real-time image, wear a sales item on a virtual personal model, and order selected sales item via the Internet access. The customer's 2-D photoimagery/textured 3-D model and logistics data are acquired at a modeling kiosk that, for eyeglasses, includes specific vendor specification items, pupilary, bridge, and temple distances necessary for a specific customer. Internet data paths from the modeling kiosk node to vendor nodes, such as point-of-sale and manufacturers, and the customer's home computer, can-be provided. The system uses at least one digital camera and least one pattern projector to obtain 2-D/3-D imaging simultaneously with the interaction and use of texture generation for extremely accurate measurements.