Picture poses

The success rate and accuracy of Bodygram’s measurement technology depends on the body poses users are taking on their pictures.

For front pictures:

• Ensure that the whole body fits into the frame.
• Take a A pose.
• Spread your legs to shoulder width apart.

For side pictures:

• Turn left and look straight.
• Keep your fits together.
• Keep your arms along your body.

Examples of a valid front and side pictures:

Front	Side

MediaPipe Pose Parameters

Bodygram recommends to rely on MediaPipe to verify that users are posing properly when taking pictures.

Here follows the set of recommended parameters:

For front and side pictures:

• Height is minimum 22% of the whole frame.
• Nose and ankles are not within the top or bottom 10% of the frame.

For front picture:

• The angle from the horizontal and ankles is less than 10 degrees.
• The angle from wrist to near shoulder to far shoulder is between 100 and 130 degrees.
• Ankles are between 70% and 100% of shoulder width.

For side picture:

• Eyes are less than 50 pixels wide on a 1080p image canvas (not looking forward).
• Distance between shoulders is less than 40 pixels (facing sideways).
• Ankles are less than 50 pixels apart (not side facing).
• Arms should be straight down to the subject’s sides.