IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

• Main Authors: RYUZO OKADA, KAORU SUGITA, MASAHIRO SEKINE, MASASHI NISHIYAMA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 09.09.2015
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

According to an embodiment, a first acquirer of an image processing apparatus acquires a subject image of a first subject. A second acquirer acquires a first parameter representing a body type of the first subject. A receiver receives identification information on clothing to be tried on. An identifier identifies a clothing image associated with a second parameter of which dissimilarity with the first parameter is not larger than a threshold, from among clothing images associated with the received identification information in first information in which clothing sizes, second parameters, and clothing images are associated with each piece of identification information. The second parameters corresponds to each clothing size and represents different body types. The clothing images each represents a second subject who has a body type represented by the corresponding second parameter associated with the corresponding clothing size and who is wearing the piece of clothing in each clothing size.