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BoSS-21: Body
Measurement and Garment Sizing
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The
Principle |
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BoSS-21: Body
Sizing System for the 21st Century, is an image-based body
measurement system. The system captures two high-resolution images
of a person, simultaneously from the front and the side.
The proprietary image processing software analyzes the image and automatically
detects a number of landmarks. The 3-D location of each
landmark is determined, and using this data, a sophisticated neural network determines the
various body dimensions.
What makes BoSS-21 so
powerful is that in addition to measuring your body, it also
recommends the correct size of garments and personal
equipment.
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| Determining the Correct Garment
Size |
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Most garment sizing is still
done using a trial and error approach. While an expert tailor
may be able to recommend the correct size of an item of
clothing just by looking at you, few people have this kind of
experience or expertise.
BoSS-21 takes both overall body shape and
specific details on each item into account. Using sizing rules
customized by the garment and equipment designers, the system
can determine the best available match for that individual.
The sizing rules, in effect, embody the expertise of the
designers, making it available to everyone, regardless of
their training or experience.
BoSS-21 takes the guesswork out of sizing.
It is accurate, reliable, and available around the clock.
Furthermore, the sizing rules can easily be
updated. This means that manufacturing errors, fabric
substitutions and other variances can be taken into account
before the items are delivered to the end user. This can lead
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Body
Dimensions |
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Currently, BoSS-21
measures 37 different body dimensions. The standard printed
report can include the following six most commonly used
dimensions, in addition to the sizes of the specified
garments:
- Stature
- Neck circumference
- Chest circumference
- Waist Circumference
- Hip circumference
- Sleeve length
The measurement and
sizing results are stored in a Microsoft Access database. They
are easy to retrieve so that the data can be easily used for
other purposes.
BoSS-21 can be
customized to work in any language, and to interface with an
existing IT infrastructure.
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The Accuracy |
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BoSS-21 has
been systematically evaluated using over a thousand people in
the last five yeas. Click here  to see the comparison. A detailed accuracy analysis is
available in the paper Measurement Accuracy of
BoSS-21. The results of these evaluations
indicate that average difference between a measurement made by
BoSS-21 and a measurement made by an expert anthropometrist is
less than 1mm. Statistically speaking, there is no significant
difference between the two measures.
These analyses also show
that:
- measures made by BoSS-21 are more
consistant than measures made by different expert
anthropometrists
- BoSS-21 is more consistant than
the person's body is over the period of a week
- the variability of measures made
by BoSS-21 are less than half the size of the acceptable
manufacturing tolerances of most garments
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The
System Specifications |
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Computer: Wndows95 or later
MS Access database
Camera: high resolution commercial
digital cameras
Booth dimensions: 220 cm high, 240
cm wide, and 240 cm deep
Lighting: normal indoor office or
industrial lighting
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BoSS-21
Applications |
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- Garment Size Selection
- BoSS-21 was developed to help in
designing for and outfitting the Canadian Forces. It has
been in use by the garment design team for several years,
and is currently being installed at selected Canadian Forces
Bases.
BoSS-21 makes garment sizing quick and easy.
Clothing stores personnel have responded very
enthusiastically. Being able to accurately measure people in
such as quick, non-invasive manner helps make their job much
easier. The printed report can be customized to recommend
only the garments that the individual needs.
The
database on garment sizes helps in managing inventory, and
when enough individuals are measured, it will help minimize
inventory levels, reducing costs and waste.
Custom-made
Clothing
- BoSS-21 makes it easy to measure a
customer's body quickly, and non-invasively. The data
gathered is usually all that is needed for creating
custom-made garments, or modifying existing garments.
Anthropometric Survey
- BoSS-21 makes it easy to measure
the bodies a large group of people quickly, accurately, and
non-invasively. Large-scale anthropometric surveys done in
the traditional "hands-on" manner are slow, require
well-trained anthropometrists, and can be very
expensive.
Additionally, the traditional measurement
approach is very invasive, since it requires intimate
physical contact. This can make it difficult to secure
permission from the people you wish to
measure.
BoSS-21 requires no physical contact, and it
is designed to protect the privacy of the individual being
measured. This can make it easier for people to agree to be
measured.
Garment, Equipment and Workspace
Design
- Using BoSS-21 to measure the group
you are designing for is quick and easy. Keeping that data
current is also easy. Having the actual data describing your
population removes much of the guesswork when designing for
them.
Whatever your design needs, having the detailed
information you need can go a lot way to making the job
easier, and more satisfying for the customer.
- Body Measurement for Health and
Fitness
- Being able to measure the body
shape of individuals quickly, accurate, and non-invasively
makes tracking progress during fitness training easy.
Measuring groups of people can help in assessing obesity.
Tracking children over time can help to assess growth and
health.
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