JP7555881B2 - Information processing device, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program.

Technology for displaying a virtual image of a person wearing clothes is known. Patent Document 1 discloses a technology for synthesizing a clothing image with a person image.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 9-044556

Fashion, including clothing, looks different depending on the location and other specified environments. For example, the more people in a specified environment who wear the same fashion as the user, the less noticeable the user's fashion will be, and vice versa. The technology in Patent Document 1 can help a user recognize whether their fashion suits them or not, but has the problem of not being able to help the user recognize how their fashion looks in a specified environment.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in consideration of these points, and aims to provide an information processing device, information processing method, and program that can evaluate a user's fashion in a specified environment.

The information processing device according to the first aspect of the present invention has an acquisition unit that acquires a selected fashion including clothing selected by a user and information indicating a target environment for identifying a target fashion to be compared with the selected fashion, the target environment being determined by at least a specific location and a specific season; a storage unit that stores a specific location, a specific season, and fashion including clothing of each of a plurality of people present at the specific location in the specific season in association with each other; a calculation unit that refers to the storage unit and calculates a degree of deviation indicating the degree to which the selected fashion deviates from the target fashion based on a comparison result obtained by comparing the selected fashion with the target fashion in the target environment; and an output unit that outputs information based on the degree of deviation.

The acquisition unit may acquire the selected fashion including clothing selected by the user and a hairstyle selected by the user, and the storage unit may store fashion including clothing of each of a plurality of people present at the specified location in the specified season and a hairstyle of each of a plurality of people present at the specified location in the specified season.

The acquisition unit may acquire information for indicating the target environment that is further determined by at least one of a specific time period, a specific weather, and a specific use of the clothing, and the storage unit may further store a specific time period, a specific weather, and a specific use of the clothing in association with each other.

The acquisition unit may acquire attribute information representing characteristics of the selected fashion, the storage unit may store attribute information representing characteristics of the fashion of each of the plurality of people present at the specified location in the specified season, and the calculation unit may calculate the degree of deviation based on the comparison result obtained by comparing the attribute information of the selected fashion with the attribute information of the target fashion corresponding to the target environment stored in the storage unit.

The acquisition unit may acquire attribute information including a plurality of attribute items representing characteristics of the selected fashion, including the clothes selected by the user and the hairstyle selected by the user, and a focal part on which the user focuses in the selected fashion, the storage unit may store attribute information including a plurality of attribute items representing characteristics of the fashion, including the clothes of each of the plurality of people present at the predetermined location in the predetermined season, and the hairstyle of each of the plurality of people present at the predetermined location in the predetermined season, and the calculation unit may calculate the degree of deviation of the selected fashion by summing the degrees of deviation of each attribute item, after weighting the degree of deviation corresponding to the focal part by a predetermined coefficient, among the degrees of deviation of each of the plurality of attribute items calculated based on a comparison result obtained by comparing the attribute item of the selected fashion with the attribute item of the target fashion in the target environment for each of the attribute items.

The information processing device may further include a generation unit that generates a virtual image in which a virtual user dressed in the selected fashion is displayed in a virtual space in which the target environment is represented, and the output unit may further output the virtual image generated by the generation unit.

The generation unit may generate the virtual image further displaying another virtual user different from the virtual user, the other virtual user dressed in the target fashion in the target environment.

The acquisition unit may acquire location information indicating the location of the terminal used by the user as data for identifying at least a portion of the target environment.

The information processing method according to the second aspect of the present invention includes the steps of: acquiring a selected fashion including clothing selected by a user; acquiring information indicating a target environment for identifying a target fashion to be compared with the selected fashion, the target environment being determined by at least a specific location and a specific season; storing in a storage unit a specific location, a specific season, and fashion including clothing of each of a plurality of people present in the specific location during the specific season in association with each other; referring to the storage unit, and calculating a degree of deviation indicating the degree to which the selected fashion deviates from the target fashion based on a comparison result obtained by comparing the selected fashion with the target fashion in the target environment; and outputting information based on the degree of deviation.

The program according to the third aspect of the present invention causes a computer to function as an acquisition unit that acquires a selected fashion including clothing selected by a user and information indicating a target environment for identifying a target fashion to be compared with the selected fashion, the target environment being determined by at least a specific location and a specific season; a calculation unit that refers to a storage unit in which a specific location, a specific season, and fashion including clothing of each of a number of people present at the specific location in the specific season are stored in association with each other, and calculates a degree of deviation indicating the degree to which the selected fashion deviates from the target fashion based on a comparison result obtained by comparing the selected fashion with the target fashion in the target environment; and an output unit that outputs information based on the degree of deviation.

The information processing device according to the fourth aspect of the present invention has a target environment acquisition unit that acquires information for indicating a target environment determined by at least a specific location and a specific season, a memory unit that stores a specific location, a specific season, and fashion including clothing of each of a plurality of people present at the specific location in the specific season in association with each other, a calculation unit that refers to the memory unit and calculates a rarity indicating the degree of rarity of each of a plurality of fashions in the target environment based on the distribution of a plurality of different fashions present in the target environment, a rarity acquisition unit that acquires a designated rarity that is the rarity designated by a user, a selection unit that selects, from the plurality of fashions, a fashion whose rarity is at least close to the designated rarity, and an output unit that outputs information based on the fashion selected by the selection unit.

The information processing device may further include a generation unit that generates a virtual image in which a virtual user dressed in the fashion selected by the selection unit is displayed in a virtual space in which the target environment is represented, and the output unit may output the virtual image generated by the generation unit as information based on the fashion selected by the selection unit.

The generation unit may generate the virtual image further displaying other virtual users different from the virtual user, the other virtual users being present in the target environment and dressed in a number of different fashion styles.

The present invention has the effect of being able to evaluate a user's fashion in a specified environment.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an overview of an information processing system. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an information processing device. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a fashion management database. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method for calculating a deviation degree by a calculation unit. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method for calculating a deviation degree by a calculation unit. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method for calculating a deviation degree by a calculation unit. FIG. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a virtual image. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a virtual image. FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram showing a processing flow of the information processing system. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method for calculating a deviation degree by a calculation unit. FIG.

[Overview of Information Processing System S]
1 is a diagram for explaining an overview of an information processing system S. The information processing system S is a system used for evaluating a fashion of a user U in a predetermined environment specified by the user U. The information processing system S has a terminal 1 and an information processing device 2.

Terminal 1 is a terminal used by user U, and may be, for example, a smartphone, a tablet, a personal computer, etc. Terminal 1 is used by user U to select the fashion that he or she wishes to evaluate.

For example, terminal 1 is installed in a store that sells clothes, and user U selects clothes from a number of clothes sold at the store, thereby selecting user U's fashion. Note that terminal 1 does not have to be installed in a store, and may be a terminal owned by user U. In this case, user U uses terminal 1 to access a shopping site that sells clothes online, and user U's fashion is selected by user U selecting clothes from a number of clothes sold at the shopping site.

The information processing device 2 is a device that evaluates the fashion of a user U in a specified environment, for example a server. The information processing device 2 stores a specified location, a specified season, and the fashion including the clothes of each of a plurality of people present in the specified location during the specified season in association with each other.

The following describes the process in which the information processing system S evaluates the fashion of the user U in a specified environment. First, the information processing device 2 acquires the selected fashion and environmental information for indicating the target environment from the terminal 1 ((1) in FIG. 1). The selected fashion is the fashion selected by the user U, and is information that includes at least clothing. The target environment is an environment for identifying a target fashion to be compared with the selected fashion, and is an environment that is determined by at least a specific location (e.g., Aoyama, Ginza, Shibuya, Ikebukuro, etc.) and a specific season (e.g., spring, summer, autumn, winter). The environmental information includes, for example, information for identifying the location and information for identifying the season.

The information processing device 2 refers to the stored information, and calculates an evaluation value for evaluating the selected fashion in the target environment based on the results of a comparison between the selected fashion and the target fashion in the target environment indicated by the environmental information ((2) in FIG. 1). The evaluation value is information for indicating how the selected fashion appears in the target environment. The evaluation value is, for example, a deviation indicating the degree to which the selected fashion deviates from the target fashion, but is not limited to this, and may also be a rarity indicating the degree to which the selected fashion is rare relative to the target fashion in the target environment, a conspicuousness indicating the degree to which the selected fashion stands out relative to the target fashion in the target environment, etc.

The information processing device 2 then outputs information based on the calculated evaluation value (deviation degree) ((3) in FIG. 1). In this way, the information processing system S can evaluate the user U's selected fashion in the target environment. This allows the user U to recognize the difference between how the selected fashion looks in the target environment indicated by the deviation degree and how the selected fashion looks in the target environment envisioned by the user U. This allows the user U to grasp how the selected fashion looks in the target environment.
The configuration of the information processing device 2 will be described below.

[Configuration of information processing device 2]
2 is a diagram showing a configuration of the information processing device 2. The information processing device 2 has a communication unit 21, a storage unit 22, and a control unit 23. The control unit 23 has an acquisition unit 231, a calculation unit 232, an output unit 233, and a generation unit 234.

The communication unit 21 is an interface for communicating with the terminal 1, and is configured to include, for example, a LAN (Local Area Network) controller. The storage unit 22 is a storage medium such as a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), or a hard disk. The storage unit 22 stores a program executed by the control unit 23.

The storage unit 22 stores a fashion management database that manages the fashion of people in a specified environment. The information stored in the fashion management database may be information obtained by analyzing the fashion of people appearing in images captured by a camera installed at a specified location, information entered by an investigator who conducted an investigation at the specified location, or information entered in the form of a questionnaire or the like by people who visit the specified location.

The fashion management database stores a specified environment in association with fashion, including clothing, of each of multiple people present in the specified environment. The fashion management database stores at least a specified location and a specified season as the specified environment, but is not limited to this and may further store a specified time period, a specified weather, and a specified purpose of the clothing. The fashion management database may also store fashion, including hairstyles, of each of multiple people present in the specified environment.

The fashion management database stores attribute information that represents the characteristics of the fashion of each of multiple people who exist in a specified location during a specified season, as the fashion of each of multiple people who exist in a specified environment. Specifically, the fashion management database stores multiple attribute items that represent the characteristics of the fashion of each of multiple people who exist in a specified environment.

Figure 3 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a fashion management database. The fashion management database stores environments and fashions in association with each other. The environments stored in the fashion management database have multiple specific items for identifying the environments. In the example shown in Figure 3, the specific items stored are location, season, time of day, weather, and purpose. The fashions stored in the fashion management database also have multiple attribute items that represent the characteristics of the fashion. In the example shown in Figure 3, the attribute items stored are type of clothing, color of clothing, style of clothing, length of clothing, hair length and hair color of hairstyle. Note that the fashions stored in the fashion management database may be not only one piece of clothing, but also a combination of multiple pieces of clothing (for example, a combination of an upper piece of clothing such as a shirt and a lower piece of clothing such as a skirt).

Returning to FIG. 2, the control unit 23 is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The control unit 23 executes the programs stored in the storage unit 22, thereby functioning as an acquisition unit 231, a calculation unit 232, an output unit 233, and a generation unit 234.

The acquisition unit 231 acquires from the terminal 1 a selected fashion selected by the user U, the selected fashion including at least the clothing out of the clothing and hairstyle. Specifically, the acquisition unit 231 acquires attribute information representing the characteristics of the selected fashion as the selected fashion. More specifically, the acquisition unit 231 acquires attribute information including a plurality of attribute items representing the characteristics of the selected fashion.

For example, clothing sold at a store or shopping site (hereinafter referred to as "store, etc.") has multiple attribute items each set with a set value in advance, and when user U uses terminal 1 to select clothing from multiple clothing items sold at a store, etc., terminal 1 transmits attribute information including the set values of the multiple attribute items set for the selected clothing to information processing device 2. Terminal 1 may also transmit attribute information including the value of the option selected by user U from multiple options for each attribute item to information processing device 2.

The acquisition unit 231 acquires environmental information indicating the target environment from the terminal 1. The acquisition unit 231 acquires environmental information indicating the target environment determined at least by a specific location and a specific season, but is not limited thereto, and may acquire environmental information indicating the target environment further determined by at least one of a specific time period, a specific weather, and a specific use of clothing.

The acquisition unit 231 acquires, for example, environmental information input by the user U at the terminal 1. For example, the terminal 1 transmits to the information processing device 2 the value of an option selected by the user U from multiple options for each specific item (specific location, specific season, specific time period, specific weather, and specific use of clothing) for identifying a specific environment.

The acquisition unit 231 may acquire location information indicating the location of the terminal 1 as environmental information for identifying at least a part of the target environment. For example, a history of location information is stored in the terminal 1, and the acquisition unit 231 first acquires the history of location information. Then, when location information indicating any one of a plurality of locations stored in the fashion management database is stored in the acquired history of location information, the acquisition unit 231 acquires the location as environmental information for identifying at least a part of the target environment by identifying the location as a specific location. The "location information indicating any one of the plurality of locations" may be location information indicating a range of a specific distance (for example, within 1 kilometer) from any one of the plurality of locations (a specific point), or may be the most common location information when there are multiple location information indicating each of the plurality of locations.

The calculation unit 232 refers to the fashion management database and calculates a deviation degree indicating the degree to which the selected fashion deviates from the target fashion based on a comparison result obtained by comparing the selected fashion with a target fashion in the target environment. Specifically, the calculation unit 232 calculates the deviation degree based on a comparison result obtained by comparing attribute information in the selected fashion with attribute information in the target fashion corresponding to the target environment stored in the fashion management database. More specifically, the calculation unit 232 calculates the deviation degree based on a comparison result obtained by comparing attribute information including a plurality of attribute items representing the characteristics of the selected fashion with attribute information including a plurality of attribute items representing the characteristics of the target fashion corresponding to the target environment stored in the fashion management database.

For example, the calculation unit 232 first tally up multiple fashions with different attribute information stored in the fashion management database in association with the target environment, and calculates the proportion of each of the multiple target fashions. The calculation unit 232 then calculates the degree of deviation based on the proportion of target fashions among the multiple target fashions whose attribute items match the selected fashion. In this way, the information processing device 2 can evaluate the selected fashion in the target environment.

For example, when the acquisition unit 231 acquires a selected fashion including clothing, the calculation unit 232 calculates the deviation degree based on a comparison result obtained by comparing the clothing of the selected fashion with clothing of a target fashion corresponding to the target environment stored in the fashion management database. In addition, when the acquisition unit 231 acquires a selected fashion including clothing and a hairstyle, the calculation unit 232 may calculate the deviation degree based on a comparison result obtained by comparing the clothing and hairstyle of the selected fashion with the clothing and hairstyle of the target fashion corresponding to the target environment stored in the fashion management database. In this way, the information processing device 2 can improve the accuracy of calculating the deviation degree.

For example, when the acquisition unit 231 acquires environmental information including information for identifying a location and information for identifying a season, the calculation unit 232 calculates the deviation based on a comparison result obtained by comparing the selected fashion with a target fashion stored in the fashion management database in association with the location and the season. Also, when the acquisition unit 231 acquires environmental information including information for identifying a location, information for identifying a season, information for identifying a time period, information for identifying the weather, and information for identifying the use of the clothing, the calculation unit 232 calculates the deviation based on a comparison result obtained by comparing the selected fashion with a target fashion stored in the fashion management database in association with the location, the season, the time period, the weather, and the use of the clothing. In this way, the information processing device 2 can improve the accuracy of identifying the target environment.

Figure 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a method for calculating the degree of deviation by the calculation unit 232. Figure 4(a) shows a selected fashion, and Figure 4(b) shows a target fashion in the target environment. As shown in Figure 4(b), the calculation unit 232 calculates the proportion of each of a plurality of target fashions having different attribute information stored in the fashion management database in association with the target environment. The calculation unit 232 then calculates the degree of deviation based on the proportion of target fashions that match the selected fashion among the plurality of target fashions.

In the example shown in FIG. 4, of the multiple target fashions shown in FIG. 4(b), target fashion No. 2 matches the selected fashion shown in FIG. 4(a). In this case, the calculation unit 232 calculates the deviation as "85%" by subtracting "15%", which is the proportion of target fashion No. 2, from the entire target fashions, assuming that the entire target fashions associated with the target environment and stored in the fashion management database are "100%". In this way, the information processing device 2 can calculate the deviation of the selected fashion from the entire target fashions present in the target environment.

The calculation unit 232 may calculate the deviation based on a comparison result between the selected fashion and one target fashion with a relatively high proportion among a plurality of different target fashions associated with the target environment and stored in the fashion management database. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a schematic example of a method of calculating the deviation by the calculation unit 232. FIG. 5(a) shows the selected fashion, and FIG. 5(b) shows one target fashion with the highest proportion among a plurality of different target fashions associated with the target environment and stored in the fashion management database.

In this case, the calculation unit 232 calculates the degree of deviation of each attribute item between the selected fashion and the target fashion for each attribute item, and calculates the degree of deviation of the selected fashion by summing up the calculated degrees of deviation of each attribute item. For example, the degree of deviation of each attribute item is expressed as a numerical value from 0 to 100.

The calculation unit 232 calculates the degree of deviation for the attribute item of clothing type, for example, by setting the degree of deviation to "0" when the type of clothing in the selected fashion matches the type of clothing in the target fashion, and setting the degree of deviation to "100" when the type of clothing in the selected fashion does not match the type of clothing in the target fashion. The calculation unit 232 calculates the degree of deviation for the attribute item of clothing type in the same way as for the attribute item of clothing type. In addition, for example, in the attribute item of clothing color, the calculation unit 232 calculates a higher degree of deviation the closer the color of clothing in the selected fashion and the color of clothing in the target fashion are to a complementary color relationship, and calculates a lower degree of deviation the farther the color of clothing in the selected fashion and the color of clothing in the target fashion are to a complementary color relationship. In addition, the calculation unit 232 calculates a higher degree of deviation for the attribute item of clothing length, for example, the larger the difference between the length of clothing in the selected fashion and the length of clothing in the target fashion is, and calculates a lower degree of deviation the smaller the difference between the length of clothing in the selected fashion and the length of clothing in the target fashion is.

The calculation unit 232 also sets a length for each hairstyle, and calculates a higher deviation for the attribute item of hairstyle length when the difference between the length of the hairstyle in the selected fashion and the length of the hairstyle in the target fashion is larger, and calculates a lower deviation for the attribute item of hair color when the difference between the length of the hairstyle in the selected fashion and the length of the hairstyle in the target fashion is smaller. The calculation unit 232 calculates the deviation for the attribute item of hair color in the same manner as the attribute item of clothing type. The calculation unit 232 also calculates a higher deviation for the attribute item of hairstyle color when the difference between the color of the hairstyle in the selected fashion and the color of the hairstyle in the target fashion is larger in the color chart, and calculates a lower deviation for the attribute item of hairstyle color when the difference between the color of the hairstyle in the selected fashion and the color of the hairstyle in the target fashion is smaller in the color chart.

The calculation unit 232 calculates the deviation degree of the selected fashion based on the deviation degree of each attribute item calculated as described above. The calculation unit 232, for example, calculates the sum of the deviation degrees of each attribute item as the deviation degree of the selected fashion. In this way, the information processing device 2 can calculate the deviation degree of the selected fashion from the target fashion that is most prevalent in the target environment, i.e., the fashion that is most prevalent in the target environment.

In the above, an example has been described in which the calculation unit 232 calculates the deviation degree based on the comparison result of comparing the selected fashion with one target fashion that has the highest proportion among multiple different target fashions associated with the target environment and stored in the fashion management database, but this is not limited to the above. For example, the calculation unit 232 may calculate the deviation degree based on the comparison result of comparing the selected fashion with a target fashion in the target environment set by the administrator of the information processing device 2. In this way, the information processing device 2 can calculate the deviation degree of the selected fashion even if there is no target fashion in the target environment stored in the fashion management database or the number of such target fashions is small.

The calculation unit 232 may weight the degree of deviation of the portion of interest that the user U focuses on in the selected fashion, and then calculate the sum of the degrees of deviation of each attribute item as the degree of deviation of the selected fashion. The portion of interest is information for identifying one of multiple attribute items. The portion of interest is not limited to one attribute item, and may be information for identifying multiple attribute items.

Specifically, first, the acquisition unit 231 further acquires a portion of interest that the user U focuses on in the selected fashion. Then, the calculation unit 232 calculates the degree of deviation of each of the multiple attribute items calculated based on the comparison result obtained by comparing the attribute item of the selected fashion with the attribute item of the target fashion in the target environment for each attribute item, weights the degree of deviation corresponding to the portion of interest with a predetermined coefficient, and then calculates the degree of deviation of the selected fashion by summing the degrees of deviation of each attribute item.

The specified coefficient is a preset numerical value. Priorities may be assigned to the focused parts, and in this case, the specified coefficient is set to a higher numerical value the higher the priority of the focused part, and to a lower numerical value the lower the priority of the focused part. In this way, the information processing device 2 can calculate the deviation degree taking into account the focused part that the user U focuses on in the selected fashion. Note that the calculation unit 232 may calculate a statistical value (e.g., an average value) of the deviation degree of each attribute item as the deviation degree of the selected fashion.

When some attribute items are specified, the calculation unit 232 may calculate the deviation based on a comparison result of comparing other attribute items other than the specified item, which is the specified attribute item of the selected fashion, with the other attribute items of the target fashion in the target environment. Specifically, the calculation unit 232 first acquires further specified items. Then, the calculation unit 232 calculates the deviation based on a comparison result of comparing the other attribute items of the selected fashion with the other attribute items of the target fashion in the target environment.

For example, the calculation unit 232 first counts, for each other attribute item, combinations of the designated items stored in the fashion management database in association with the target environment and the other attribute items, and calculates the proportion of each combination of the other attribute items. The calculation unit 232 then calculates, for each other attribute item, a deviation based on the proportion of combinations that match the combination of the designated item of the selected fashion and the other attribute item among multiple combinations of the designated item and the other attribute item, and calculates the deviation of the selected fashion by summing up the calculated deviations of each other attribute item.

Figure 6 is a diagram showing a schematic example of a method for calculating the deviation degree by the calculation unit 232. In Figure 6, an example is described in which the attribute item of clothing type is a specified item designated as "one piece". Figure 6 (a) shows the selected fashion, and Figures 6 (b), (c), (d), and (e) show combinations of the specified item and other attribute items for which the ratios for each attribute item are calculated.

The calculation unit 232 calculates the proportion of each of multiple combinations of designated items and clothing color attribute items (hereinafter referred to as the "first combination group") as shown in FIG. 6(b), calculates the proportion of each of multiple combinations of designated items and clothing style attribute items (hereinafter referred to as the "second combination group") as shown in FIG. 6(c), calculates the proportion of each of multiple combinations of designated items and clothing length attribute items (hereinafter referred to as the "third combination group") as shown in FIG. 6(d), and calculates the proportion of each of multiple combinations of designated items and hairstyle attribute items (hereinafter referred to as the "fourth combination group") as shown in FIG. 6(e).

The calculation unit 232 calculates the deviation degree based on the percentage of combinations that match the combination of the selected fashion specification item and the clothing color attribute item in the first combination group (30%), calculates the deviation degree based on the percentage of combinations that match the combination of the selected fashion specification item and the clothing type attribute item in the second combination group (20%), calculates the deviation degree based on the percentage of combinations that match the combination of the selected fashion specification item and the clothing length attribute item in the third combination group (30%), and calculates the deviation degree based on the percentage of combinations that match the combination of the selected fashion specification item and the clothing length attribute item in the fourth combination group (20%). The calculation unit 232 then calculates the deviation degree of the selected fashion by summing up each deviation degree.

The output unit 233 outputs information based on the deviation calculated by the calculation unit 232. Specifically, the output unit 233 transmits the information based on the deviation to the terminal 1 via the communication unit 21, thereby causing the terminal 1 to display the information based on the deviation.

The output unit 233 may, for example, output the degree of deviation as information based on the degree of deviation. For example, a message explaining the degree to which the selected fashion deviates from the target fashion in the target environment may be associated with each numerical value indicated by the degree of deviation, and the output unit 233 may output the message associated with the numerical value indicated by the degree of deviation as information based on the degree of deviation.

The output unit 233 may output a virtual image in which a virtual user dressed in the selected fashion is displayed in a virtual space in which the target environment is represented. Specifically, first, the generation unit 234 generates a virtual image in which a virtual user dressed in the selected fashion is displayed in a virtual space in which the target environment is represented. Then, the output unit 233 outputs the virtual image generated by the generation unit 234. The output unit 233 may further output the virtual image generated by the generation unit 234 in addition to the information based on the deviation degree calculated by the calculation unit 232, or may output the virtual image generated by the generation unit 234 instead of the information based on the deviation degree calculated by the calculation unit 232.

Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of a virtual image. Image G1 shown in Figure 7 is a virtual image, in which avatar A, a virtual user dressed in the selected fashion, is displayed in a virtual space that represents the target environment. By the information processing device 2 displaying such a virtual image, the user U can visually recognize how he or she would look in the target environment if dressed in the selected fashion.

The output unit 233 may output a virtual image in which another virtual user dressed in the target fashion is further displayed. Specifically, the generation unit 234 generates a virtual image in which another virtual user, different from the virtual user, dressed in a fashion in the target environment is further displayed. Then, the output unit 233 outputs the virtual image generated by the generation unit 234.

Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of a virtual image. Image G2 shown in Figure 8 displays avatar A, a virtual user dressed in the selected fashion, in a virtual space that represents the target environment, along with multiple other avatars that are other virtual users dressed in the target fashion in the target environment. By having information processing device 2 display such a virtual image, user U can visually recognize how he or she would look dressed in the selected fashion in a situation where there are multiple people dressed in the target fashion in the target environment.

[Processing of Information Processing System S]
Next, a description will be given of the flow of processing in the information processing system S. Fig. 9 is a sequence diagram showing the flow of processing in the information processing system S. This processing starts when the acquisition unit 231 acquires a selected fashion and environmental information (S1).

The calculation unit 232 refers to the fashion management database and calculates a degree of deviation indicating the degree to which the selected fashion deviates from the target fashion based on the results of a comparison between the selected fashion and the target fashion in the target environment (S2). The output unit 233 then outputs information based on the degree of deviation calculated by the calculation unit 232 (S3).

[Modification]
In the above, an example has been described in which the information processing device 2 outputs information based on a degree of deviation indicating the degree to which a selected fashion deviates from a target fashion in the target environment, but this is not limiting. For example, the information processing device 2 may output information based on a target fashion that is at least close to a specified rarity level specified by the user U, among multiple target fashions in the target environment.

The acquisition unit 231 functions as a target environment acquisition unit, and acquires environmental information for indicating a target environment that is determined by at least a specific location and a specific season. The acquisition unit 231 further functions as a rarity acquisition unit, and acquires a designated rarity, which is a rarity designated by the user U.

The calculation unit 232 refers to the fashion management database, and calculates a rarity indicating the degree of rarity of each of the multiple different fashions in the target environment based on the distribution of the multiple different fashions present in the target environment. Specifically, the calculation unit 232 first tallies the multiple different fashions stored in the fashion management database in association with the target environment, and calculates the proportion of each of the multiple target fashions. The calculation unit 232 then calculates the rarity based on the calculated proportion of each of the multiple target fashions.

Figure 10 is a diagram that illustrates an example of a method for calculating rarity by the calculation unit 232. Figure 10 shows target fashions in a target environment. As shown in Figure 10, the calculation unit 232 calculates the proportion of each of a plurality of different fashions that are stored in the fashion management database in association with the target environment. The calculation unit 232 then calculates the rarity of each target fashion based on the calculated proportion of the target fashion. For example, when all fashions stored in the fashion management database in association with the target environment are set to "100%, " the calculation unit 232 may calculate the rarity by subtracting the proportion of the target fashion, or may calculate the calculated proportion of the target fashion as the rarity.

Although not shown in the figure, the control unit 23 further functions as a selection unit by executing a program stored in the storage unit 22. The selection unit selects, from among a plurality of target fashions, a target fashion whose rarity is at least close to the specified rarity.

In the example shown in FIG. 10, for example, if the percentage of target fashions indicates rarity and the specified rarity specified by user U is "5%, " the selection unit selects target fashion No. 4, which is the target fashion closest to the specified rarity. The selection unit may select multiple target fashions that fall within a predetermined range from the specified rarity (for example, a range of 5% around the specified rarity). The selection unit may also select a predetermined number (for example, two) of target fashions in order of closest to the specified rarity.

The output unit 233 outputs information based on the fashion selected by the selection unit. For example, the output unit 233 displays clothes that match the fashion selected by the selection unit from among a plurality of clothes sold in a store or the like. In this way, the information processing device 2 can increase the likelihood of presenting clothes that the user U desires.

The output unit 233 may output a virtual image in which a virtual user dressed in the fashion selected by the selection unit is displayed as information based on the fashion selected by the selection unit. Specifically, first, the generation unit 234 generates a virtual image in which a virtual user dressed in the fashion selected by the selection unit is displayed in a virtual space in which the target environment is represented. Then, the output unit 233 outputs the virtual image generated by the generation unit 234. The output unit 233 outputs, for example, image G1 shown in FIG. 7 generated by the generation unit 234. In this way, the information processing device 2 can visually present clothing that the user U may desire.

The output unit 233 may also output a virtual image generated by the generation unit 234 that further displays other virtual users in the target environment, each dressed in a number of different fashions. The output unit 233 outputs, for example, image G2 shown in FIG. 8 that was generated by the generation unit 234.

[Effects of this embodiment]
As described above, the information processing device 2 calculates a deviation degree indicating the degree to which the selected fashion deviates from the target fashion based on a comparison result between the selected fashion and the target fashion in the target environment, and outputs information based on the calculated deviation degree. In this way, the information processing device 2 can evaluate the selected fashion of the user U in the target environment. This allows the user U to recognize the difference between how the selected fashion looks in the target environment indicated by the deviation degree and how the selected fashion looks in the target environment envisioned by the user U. This allows the user U to grasp how the selected fashion looks in the target environment.

Furthermore, this invention will make it possible to contribute to Goal 9 of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which is "Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and promote innovation and infrastructure."

Although the present invention has been described above using embodiments, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments, and various modifications and changes are possible within the scope of the gist of the invention. For example, all or part of the device can be configured by distributing or integrating functionally or physically in any unit. In addition, new embodiments resulting from any combination of multiple embodiments are also included in the embodiments of the present invention. The effect of the new embodiment resulting from the combination also has the effect of the original embodiment.

Reference Signs List 1 Terminal 2 Information processing device 21 Communication unit 22 Storage unit 23 Control unit 231 Acquisition unit 232 Calculation unit 233 Output unit 234 Generation unit S Information processing system U User

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an acquisition unit that acquires a selected fashion including clothes selected by a user and information indicating a target environment for identifying a target fashion to be compared with the selected fashion, the target environment being determined by at least a specific location and a specific season;
a storage unit that stores a predetermined location, a predetermined season, and fashion including clothing of each of a plurality of people present at the predetermined location in the predetermined season in association with each other;
a calculation unit that refers to the storage unit and calculates a degree of deviation indicating a degree to which the selected fashion deviates from the target fashion based on a comparison result obtained by comparing the selected fashion with the target fashion in the target environment;
an output unit that outputs information based on the deviation degree;
An information processing device having the above configuration. the acquisition unit acquires the selected fashion including clothes selected by the user and a hairstyle selected by the user;
The storage unit stores the fashion further including hairstyles of each of a plurality of people present in the predetermined location in the predetermined season.
The information processing device according to claim 1 . The acquisition unit acquires information for indicating the target environment, the target environment being further determined by at least one of a specific time period, a specific weather, and a specific use of clothing;
The storage unit further stores a predetermined time period, a predetermined weather, and a predetermined purpose of the clothing in association with each other.
3. The information processing device according to claim 1 or 2. The acquisition unit acquires attribute information that represents characteristics of the selected fashion,
the storage unit stores, as the fashion, attribute information that represents features of the fashion of each of the plurality of people present at the predetermined location in the predetermined season;
the calculation unit calculates the degree of deviation based on a comparison result obtained by comparing the attribute information of the selected fashion with the attribute information of the target fashion corresponding to the target environment stored in the storage unit;
The information processing device according to claim 1 . the acquisition unit acquires attribute information including a plurality of attribute items that represent features of the selected fashion, including the clothes selected by the user and the hairstyle selected by the user, and an attention part that the user focuses on in the selected fashion;
the storage unit stores, as the fashion, attribute information including a plurality of attribute items expressing features of the fashion, the plurality of attribute items including clothing of each of the plurality of people present at the predetermined location in the predetermined season and hairstyles of each of the plurality of people present at the predetermined location in the predetermined season;
the calculation unit calculates the degree of deviation of the selected fashion by summing the degrees of deviation of each attribute item after weighting the degree of deviation of each attribute item corresponding to the portion of interest by a predetermined coefficient out of the degrees of deviation of each attribute item calculated based on a comparison result obtained by comparing the attribute item of the selected fashion with the attribute item of the target fashion in the target environment for each attribute item;
The information processing device according to claim 1 . a generating unit configured to generate a virtual image in which a virtual user dressed in the selected fashion is displayed in a virtual space in which the target environment is represented,
The output unit further outputs the virtual image generated by the generation unit.
The information processing device according to claim 1 . the generation unit generates the virtual image in which another virtual user different from the virtual user is further displayed, the other virtual user being dressed in the target fashion in the target environment.
The information processing device according to claim 6. The acquisition unit acquires location information indicating a location of a terminal used by the user as information for identifying at least a part of the target environment.
The information processing device according to claim 1 . The computer executes
obtaining a selected fashion including a garment selected by a user;
obtaining information indicating a target environment for identifying a target fashion to be compared with the selected fashion, the target environment being determined by at least a specific location and a specific season;
a step of storing in a storage unit a predetermined location, a predetermined season, and fashion including clothing of each of a plurality of people present at the predetermined location in the predetermined season in association with each other;
a step of calculating a degree of deviation indicating a degree of deviation between the selected fashion and the target fashion in the target environment based on a comparison result obtained by referring to the storage unit;
outputting information based on the deviation;
An information processing method comprising the steps of: Computer,
an acquisition unit that acquires a selected fashion including clothes selected by a user and information indicating a target environment for identifying a target fashion to be compared with the selected fashion, the target environment being determined by at least a specific location and a specific season;
a calculation unit which refers to a storage unit in which a predetermined location, a predetermined season, and fashion including clothing of each of a plurality of people present at the predetermined location in the predetermined season are stored in association with each other, and calculates a degree of deviation indicating a degree of deviation between the selected fashion and the target fashion in the target environment based on a comparison result obtained by comparing the selected fashion with the target fashion in the target environment; and an output unit which outputs information based on the degree of deviation.
A program to function as a

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