US4602280A
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Weight and/or measurement reduction preview system
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1983-12-05
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Granted: 1986-07-22
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Expires: 2003-12-05
Abstract
Abstract A weight and/or measurement reduction preview wherein a first image of a person is recorded. The person's desired proportions are entered into the computer and the recorded image is reproportioned based on the desired proportions, and the original image and the recreated image are displayed side-by-side.
Inventors
- 👤 Laurence G. Maloomian
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 15:27
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06T; G06T19/00; G06T19/20; G06T2219/00; G06T2219/20; G06T2219/2021
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
133 words
A system for a weight and/or measurement reduction preview system which comprises: means to record as a first image a customers body; means to store the first image in horizontal raster lines; means to enter information corresponding to the actual proportions of the customers body; means to enter the information corresponding to the desired proportions of the customers body; means to reproportion the pixels along the horizontal axis of each raster line by applying a stretch or shrink factor, said factor applied to the difference between the actual dimensions and the desired dimensions to form a reproportioned raster line; means to create a reproportioned figure of the customer based on said reproportioned raster line; means to produce a new image based on the reproportioned original image; and means to display said reproportioned image.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
133 words
A system for a weight and/or measurement reduction preview system which comprises: means to record as a first image a customers body; means to store the first image in horizontal raster lines; means to enter information corresponding to the actual proportions of the customers body; means to enter the information corresponding to the desired proportions of the customers body; means to reproportion the pixels along the horizontal axis of each raster line by applying a stretch or shrink factor, said factor applied to the difference between the actual dimensions and the desired dimensions to form a reproportioned raster line; means to create a reproportioned figure of the customer based on said reproportioned raster line; means to produce a new image based on the reproportioned original image; and means to display said reproportioned image.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the means to reproportion includes means to repartition the rasters using fractions of pixels according to the stretch and/or shrink factor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the means to reproportion includes means to provide low pass filtering and sampling to provide the new pixel spacing.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the means to record includes a video camera and wherein the means to store includes means to store said image on a raster by raster basis.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
50 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the means to record includes a video camera in combination with a frame grabber; the means to display includes a video screen; and the means to display the reproportioned image includes means to display said reproportioned image and the first image adjacent one another.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
132 words
A method for displaying the effect a weight and/or measurement reduction system would have on a customers body which includes: recording as a first image a customer's body; storing the first image in horizontal raster lines; entering the information corresponding to the actual proportions of a customer's body; entering information corresponding to the desired proportions of the customer's body; creating a reproportioned figure of a customer by reproportioning the pixels along the horizontal axis by applying a stretch or shrink factor to each raster, said factor applied to the difference between the actual dimensions and the desired dimensions to form a reproportioned raster line; creating a reproportioned figure of the customer based on said reproportioned raster lines; producing a new image based on the reproportioned original image; and displaying the reproportioned image.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
132 words
A method for displaying the effect a weight and/or measurement reduction system would have on a customers body which includes: recording as a first image a customer's body; storing the first image in horizontal raster lines; entering the information corresponding to the actual proportions of a customer's body; entering information corresponding to the desired proportions of the customer's body; creating a reproportioned figure of a customer by reproportioning the pixels along the horizontal axis by applying a stretch or shrink factor to each raster, said factor applied to the difference between the actual dimensions and the desired dimensions to form a reproportioned raster line; creating a reproportioned figure of the customer based on said reproportioned raster lines; producing a new image based on the reproportioned original image; and displaying the reproportioned image.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 6 which includes digitizing the first image; and storing the image in the memory on a raster by raster basis.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 6 wherein the step of creating the reproportioned figure includes stretching and/or shrinking horizontally the stored image by raster.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 6 which includes displaying the first image adjacent to the reproportioned image.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 6 which includes reproportioning the horizontal raster lines by repartitioning the rasters using fractions of pixels according to the stretch or shrink factor.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 6 which includes: providing new pixel spacing by filtering and sampling.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 6 which includes: recording the first image with a video camera.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 12 which includes: storing the recorded image on a raster by raster basis.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 6 which includes: displaying the reproportioned image on a video screen.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 14 which includes: displaying the reproportioned image adjacent to the first image.
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