A high precision body scanner for fashion retail. The scanner design is a rotating platform with a set of digital cameras measuring body parameters. Digital images are then transferred via a Wi-Fi interface to a PC and undergo real-time conversion into a digital 3D model.
Industry:
Services:
TRL:
3 → 8
Project duration:
6 months
A customer running the business in the AR software domain came to EnCata with a proof-of-concept prototype (TRL-4) of their hardware body scanner. The client wanted to push their hardware technology towards batch production and focus all internal resources on developing custom 3D scanning and AR software technology for the fashion retail business. And the hardware scanner would be an extension of their core value proposition.
Vacuum forming
Stepper motor
Wi-Fi on ESP32
STM32 MCU
CRP and fiber glass composite
AC-DC adaptor
Camera-enabled MV
RS485
CNC milling
C++ / C#
EnCata started the project from the engineering concept development followed by custom PCB and industrial design built around the components. The scanner’s industrial design took into account a wide range of UX factors, including human body weight, safety factors, UI, and manufacturability of the casing.
The prototype was built quickly and went through the engineering validation testing (EVT) and with minor changes qualified for the design validation tests. As a result of the DVT, the design was qualified for batch/mass production (TRL-8).
EnCata delivered a complete set of documentation and produced a TRL-6/7 prototype (manufactured all in-house) including a mould for vacuum forming. Our development passed the design validation tests and user field tests and cleared the client to batch-produce their product (TRL-8).
tall individuals/objects can be scanned with our design
is the weight of the assembled product
integrated into the product to perform 3D scans
