The invention relates to a measuring assembly (10) for multidimensionally measuring feet. The measuring assembly (10) comprises a measuring device (12) having at least two mechanical slides (26) and a plurality of optical markings (34, 36), of which at least one marking (34) is on one of the mechanical slides (26) and one marking (36), which serves as a reference, is apart from of the mechanical slide (26). The mechanical slides (26) can be pushed to different contact points of a foot (32) such that the geometric distance between the marking (36) serving as a reference and the at least one marking (34) which is on one of the mechanical slides (26) changes. The measuring assembly (10) furthermore comprises a terminal device (14) having a camera (38) for capturing the optical markings (34, 36), and a processor (16) which is configured to calculate the resulting foot measurements based on the captured positions of the optical marking (34, 36). The invention also relates to a method for multidimensionally measuring feet.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
25 - Clothing; footwear; headgear
Goods & Services
Digital panel meters, namely, an electronic instrument that displays an input signal in either a digital or analog form; Downloadable software for measuring purposes, namely, for measuring anatomical features and body part dimensions for the selection and adjustment of garments or wearable products, data analysis, namely, for analyzing biometric and morphological data of customers to determine and optimize sizes and fits of garments or wearable products, customer profiling, namely, for creating individual anatomical profiles to recommend suitable garments or wearable products, sales assistance, namely, for supporting the selection and recommendation of optimally fitting garments or wearable products based on individual anatomical characteristics or to optimize the product range, fit verification of garments, namely, for verifying and optimizing the fit of garments or wearable products to individual body parts; Recorded software for measuring purposes, namely, for measuring anatomical features and body part dimensions for the selection and adjustment of garments or wearable products, data analysis, namely, for analyzing biometric and morphological data of customers to determine and optimize sizes and fits of garments or wearable products, customer profiling, namely, for creating individual anatomical profiles to recommend suitable garments or wearable products, sales assistance, namely, for supporting the selection and recommendation of optimally fitting garments or wearable products based on individual anatomical characteristics or to optimize the product range, fit verification of garments, namely, for verifying and optimizing the fit of garments or wearable products to individual body parts Shoes; gym suits; clothing, namely, shirts, sweaters, pants, jackets, underwear, socks, insoles
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for categorizing items of clothing and a method and an apparatus for selecting footwear having an improved fit. A parameter which describes the fit and/or the size of an item of clothing is acquired by using a measurement carried out on the relevant item of clothing. This measurement is carried out for a plurality of items of clothing from different manufacturers but having an identical manufacturer clothing size, wherein a plurality of different manufacturer clothing sizes is also considered. A frequency analysis is then carried out for the occurrence of specific values for the at least one parameter for items of clothing having an identical manufacturer clothing size. The items of clothing are categorized by means of renewed allocation of the clothing size, wherein the items of clothing are allocated a new clothing size such that the parameters for the items of clothing provided with the new clothing sizes exhibit less scatter within this new clothing size.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
10 - Medical apparatus and instruments
25 - Clothing; footwear; headgear
Goods & Services
Optical and measuring apparatus and instruments, namely scanners for use with human beings, body parts, clothing, shoes and/or headgear; data processing equipment, computers and computer software, all for use with scanners for human beings, body parts, clothing, shoes and/or headgear. Surgical, medical, dental and veterinary apparatus and instruments, artificial limbs, eyes and teeth; Orthopedic articles; Suture materials. Clothing, footwear, headgear.
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SCANNER - ASSISTED SELECTION OF APPROPRIATE FOOTWEAR WITH INDIVIDUALIZED FOOTBED
A description is given of a method for cost-effectively selecting in a largely automated manner bestfit footwear with an optimally selected or individualized footbed. A preferably multi-sensory foot scanner is used to determine, at the same time, the geometrical 3-dimensional shape of the foot and the printed image of the foot sole, which is registered for this purpose. A database of digitized shoe interiors is used to determine, via a best fit selection, the mass-produced item of footwear which best matches the 3D foot model. Using a traditional system for producing individualized insoles or footbeds, an insole appropriate for the sole of the foot is selected or produced and, in a further, novel method step according to the invention, using numerical determination of the 3-dimensional surface areas of the footbed, foot sole and peripheral zone of the sole in the inner shoe, or the insole chamber, the required insole, which constitutes the footbed, is selected, or further processed numerically, such that it fits optimally into the selected bestfit item of footwear which has been put on.
A support plate (12), on which a horizontal flat standing surface is formed and which supports two vertically projecting posts (16), is rotated about a vertical axis. A stationary triangulation measuring head, consisting of at least one camera and at least one light line projector, projects light lines (32, 33) perpendicular to the plane of the support plate onto a person standing upright on the standing surface of the support plate. Encoded marks (31) that can be evaluated photogrammetrically are disposed on the support plate around the standing surface and on the post. The images recorded by the camera during the rotation of the support plate are transmitted to a processor, and by means of a photogrammetric program the processor determines the three-dimensional shape of the person or of a part of the person. For this purpose, a marking-free field (19) is disposed on the support plate and a marking-free field (19) is disposed on the post. On the basis of the position of the photogrammetric marks as well as the positions and shapes of the light trails on the marking-free fields, the processor determines the parameters of the triangulation measuring head and thus carries out a self-calibration of the detection process.
A61B 5/107 - Measuring physical dimensions, e.g. size of the entire body or parts thereof
G01B 11/25 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures by projecting a pattern, e.g. moiré fringes, on the object
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Sensing apparatus and method for detecting a three-dimensional physical shape of a body
A sensing device having a sensing arrangement with a sensing end (32) for coming into contact with a surface to be scanned of a body (26), a camera (30), and a connecting device (34) for rigidly connecting the camera with the sensing end, the camera being arranged such that it can detect a surface (12) which is provided with marks suitable to be automatically photogrammetrically evaluated and on which the body to be scanned has been placed, when the sensing end comes into contact with different points of the surface to be scanned of the body. The sensing device further has a photogrammetric evaluation program for a computing unit (18), the computing unit being configured such that image signals generated by the camera can be routed to the computing unit and the evaluation program can calculate the 3D coordinates of the surface to be scanned from the sequence of recorded and transmitted image sections using the marks (22) suitable to be automatically photogrammetrically evaluated. A method of detecting a three-dimensional spatial shape of a body, in particular the spatial shape of an interior of a hollow body, the method including the following steps: fastening the body to be digitized on a surface (12) which, at known positions, is provided with marks (22) suitable to be automatically photogrammetrically evaluated, and providing the sensing device. Further steps are the scanning of a point on the spatial shape to be detected by means of the sensing end (32) of the sensing arrangement (28), recording at least one section of the photogrammetrically marked surface by the camera (30) while the sensing end scans the point, a plurality of marks suitable to be photogrammetrically evaluated being detected, and repeating the steps of scanning and recording for a multitude of different points of the spatial shape to be detected. The recorded images are evaluated by an evaluation program.
The invention relates to a cost-efficient method and an arrangement for the 3D digitization of bodies and body parts, which creates dense and exact spatial coordinates despite imprecise optics and mechanics. The body to be digitized is placed onto a photogrammetrically marked surface, a photogrammetrically marked strap is applied to the body or body part to be digitized, and a triangulation arrangement comprising a camera and light pattern projector is moved on a path around the body. Through the photogrammetric evaluation of the photogrammetric marks of the surface and the strip located in the image field of the camera and the light traces of the light projector on the marked surface and the marked strip, all unknown inner and outer parameters of the triangulation arrangement are determined, and from the light traces on the unmarked body the absolute spatial coordinates of the body or the body part are determined with high pixel density and high accuracy, without separate calibration methods.
A sensing apparatus comprising a sensing arrangement with a sensing end (32) for coming into contact with a surface of a body (26) to be scanned, a camera (30) and a connection apparatus (34) for the rigid connection of the camera to the sensing end, wherein the camera is arranged such that it can detect a surface (12) which has been provided with marks, which can be evaluated in an automatic and photogrammetric manner, and on which the body to be scanned has been placed, when the sensing end comes into contact with different points on the surface of the body to be scanned. The sensing apparatus further comprises a photogrammetric evaluation program for a computer unit (18), wherein the computer unit is configured such that image signals produced by the camera can be transmitted to the computer unit and the evaluation program can calculate the 3D coordinates of the surface to be scanned from the series of recorded and transmitted image sections using the marks (22), which can be evaluated in an automatic and photogrammetric manner. A method for detecting a three-dimensional physical shape of a body, in particular the physical shape of an interior of a hollow body, comprising the following steps: mounting the body to be digitalized on a surface (12) which is provided with marks (22), which can be evaluated in an automatic and photogrammetric manner, at known positions and providing the sensing apparatus. Further steps are the scanning of a point on the physical shape to be detected using the sensing end (32) of the sensing arrangement (28), recording at least one section of the photogrammetrically marked surface by way of the camera (30) while the sensing end scans the point, wherein a plurality of marks, which can be evaluated in a photogrammetric manner, is detected, and repeating the steps scanning and recording for a large number of different points of the physical shape to be detected. The recorded images are evaluated by an evaluation program.
A43D 1/06 - Measuring devices for the inside measure of shoes, for the height of heels, or for the arrangement of heels
G01B 5/20 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of mechanical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures
G01B 11/24 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures
G01B 15/04 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of electromagnetic waves or particle radiation, e.g. by the use of microwaves, X-rays, gamma rays or electrons for measuring contours or curvatures
G01B 17/06 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of infrasonic, sonic, or ultrasonic vibrations for measuring contours or curvatures
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METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL DETECTION OF THE SPATIAL SHAPE OF A FOOT
The invention relates to the optical detection of the spatial shape of spatially positioned feet, more particularly a method for the three-dimensional digitized detection of the spatial shape of at least one foot or both feet of a person in order to select or individually manufacture footwear. Said method encompasses the following steps: a desired position is established for the foot/feet, said desired position being predefined by the footwear that is to be selected or manufactured; the foot/feet is/are brought into the desired position with the help of a device that is preferably adjustable using a motor; the three-dimensional shape of the foot/feet is optically detected and digitized in the desired position. Also disclosed is an arrangement, by means of which one foot or both feet of a person is/are brought into a desired position in which the three-dimensional shape of the foot/feet is digitized in a primarily contactless manner. Said arrangement comprises a bottom plate, a first support, and a second support. The first and the second support are movable, preferably using a motor, parallel and perpendicular to the bottom plate in order to bring the foot/feet into the desired position.
