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Interactive eyewear selection system

US6508553B2 · kind B2 · utility

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36Claims
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Filing dateMay 14, 2001
Grant dateJan 21, 2003
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Expiry dateMay 14, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02C13/003
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of determining eyeglass frame parameters from a digital image of the person's face and a digital image of an eyeglass frame. The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing a digital image of the person's face; (b) determining a physical scale of the face using a scaling factor; (c) locating center points P1, P2 of the left and right irises in the face image, and determining a pupil midpoint Pc; (d) providing a digital image of an eyeglass frame; (e) adjusting, if necessary, the size of the frame to the physical scale of the face; (f) combining the frame and face images such that the frame is superimposed on the face; (g) aligning the frame and face in accordance with the frame center point fc and the pupil midpoint Pc; and (h) determining the frame parameters.

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