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NATIONAL FOREWORD

internationally compatible anthropometric databases’ issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on recommendation of the Ergonomics Sectional Committee and approval of the Production and General Engineering Division Council.

Anthropometric measures are key to many International Standards. These measures can be gathered using a variety of instruments. An instrument with relatively new application to anthropometry is a threedimensional (3-D) scanner. 3-D scanners generate a 3-D point cloud of the outside of the human bodythat can be used for clothing and automotive design, engineering and medical applications. There are currently no standardized methods for using 3-D point clouds in the design process. As a result, many users extract one-dimensional (1-D) data from 3-D point clouds. This International Standard concerns the application of 3-D scanners to the collection of one-dimensional anthropometric data for use in design.

There are a number of different fundamental technologies that underlie commercially available systems. These include stereophotogrammetry, ultrasound and light (laser light, white light and infrared). Further, the software that is available to process data from the scan varies in its methods. Additionally, software to extract dimensions similar to traditional dimensions varies markedly in features and capabilities. As a result of differences in fundamental technology, hardware and software, extracted measurements from several different systems can be markedly different for the same individual. Since 3-D scanning can be used to gather measurements, such as lengths and circumferences, it was important to develop an International Standard that allows users of such systems to judge whether the 3-D system is adequate for these needs.

The intent of this standard is to ensure comparability of body measurements as specified by IS 13214 (Part 1) (Identical to ISO 7250-1) but measured with the aid of 3-D body scanners rather than with traditional anthropometric instruments such as tape measures and callipers. It is further intended that by conformance with this International Standard any data extracted from scans will be suitable for inclusion in international databases such as those described in IS 16573 (Identical to ISO 15535).

The text of ISO Standard has been approved as suitable for publication as an Indian Standard without deviations. Certain terminologies and conventions are, however, not identical to those used in Indian Standards. Attention is particularly drawn to the following:

a) Wherever the words ‘International Standard’ appears referring to this standard, they should be read as ‘Indian Standard’.

b) Comma (,) has been used as decimal marker, while in Indian Standards, the current practice is to use a point (.) as the decimal marker.