New methods on standardization and clustering of human body for apparel engineering.

Abstract

Progress of computer aided engineering (CAE) for apparel industry is slow as compared with other fields, for instance, electric, machinery and chemical industries. The CAE for apparel has been partially developed in computer grading, computer marking, computer cutting systems and so on. The most of production process for apparel industry is still dependent on manual works. This is due to difficulty of material handling and body model for the computer system of apparel production.Therefore, it is important to investigate the human body form for apparel engineering. In this paper, various problems regarding human body forms were studied and new methods for data reduction, representation and standardization of the human body form were explained. Furthermore, the cluster analysis of the human body form was proposed by means of power spectrum.The method of low-pass filther was effective in data reduction. The standardization of the human body form using linear transformation of Fourier coefficient agreed approximately with the sensation of our visual feeling for forms. The cluster analysis was useful in grouping the human body form.