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| Title: | From anthropometric measurements to three-dimensional shape |
| Authors: | Paquet, Eric
Peña, Isis
Viktor, Herna L |
| Keywords: | Anthropometry
Archetype
Clustering
Functional clothing
Three-dimensional shape |
| Issue Date: | Dec-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | Functional clothing encompasses a wide range
of apparels such as protective equipments, functional garments and
fire-retardant clothing. Depending on the application, they must adapt to the
shape of the human body, should not interfere with the body motion and should
isolate the body from a potentially hazardous environment. In order to achieve
these objectives, it is imperative to characterize a body or a body part with
the most representative measurements and to understand their
interrelationships. More recently, it has been possible to acquire the
three-dimensional shape of the human body with full body scanners. Such a
three-dimensional shape is of course highly desirable for functional clothing,
because it contains detailed information about the whole shape; for instance, a
protective mask is most likely to be efficient if the shape around the mouth is
known precisely. Consequently, it is essential to be able to analyze and compare
these shapes and to understand their relations with traditional anthropometric
measurements which are still widely used by the apparel industry. This paper
describes our results when analyzing an anthropometric database, using both
anthropometric measures and 3D data. Our results indicate that these two sets
of data offer complimentary perspectives of the human body and it's
measurements, in terms of the resultant sets of clusters and associated
archetypes. Through combining these complimentary perspectives, the goal of
designing well-fitting functional apparel may be realized. |
| Page(s): | 336-343 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1025 (Online); 0971-0426 (Print) |
| Source: | IJFTR Vol.36(4) [December 2011]
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