GB2449648B - Apparatus and method of body characterisation - Google Patents

Apparatus and method of body characterisation

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Publication number: GB2449648B
Authority: GB; United Kingdom
Prior art keywords: characterisation; body characterisation
Prior art date: 2007-05-29
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Active

Inventor

Mandana Zarrabi Jenabzadeh

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Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Ltd

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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd

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2007-05-29

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2007-05-29

Publication date

2009-05-06

2007-05-29Application filed by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe LtdfiledCriticalSony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd

2007-05-29Priority to GB0710198ApriorityCriticalpatent/GB2449648B/en

2007-07-04Publication of GB0710198D0publicationCriticalpatent/GB0710198D0/en

2008-04-25Priority to PCT/GB2008/001464prioritypatent/WO2008145952A1/en

2008-12-03Publication of GB2449648ApublicationCriticalpatent/GB2449648A/en

2009-05-06Application grantedgrantedCritical

2009-05-06Publication of GB2449648BpublicationCriticalpatent/GB2449648B/en

StatusActivelegal-statusCriticalCurrent

2027-05-29Anticipated expirationlegal-statusCritical

Classifications

- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A41—WEARING APPAREL
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- A41H1/00—Measuring aids or methods
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- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
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- A61B5/103—Measuring devices for testing the shape, pattern, colour, size or movement of the body or parts thereof, for diagnostic purposes
- A61B5/107—Measuring physical dimensions, e.g. size of the entire body or parts thereof
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- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
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- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
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- G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
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- G06V40/10—Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
- G06V40/103—Static body considered as a whole, e.g. static pedestrian or occupant recognition
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Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
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Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (AREA)
Radar, Positioning & Navigation (AREA)
Electromagnetism (AREA)
Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
Remote Sensing (AREA)
Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition (AREA)
Textile Engineering (AREA)
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Priority Applications (2)

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GB0710198AGB2449648B (en)	2007-05-29	2007-05-29	Apparatus and method of body characterisation
PCT/GB2008/001464WO2008145952A1 (en)	2007-05-29	2008-04-25	Apparatus and method of body characterisation

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