Abstract: A studio arrangement comprising a plurality of article transports, each article transport having a respective machine-readable code for tracking an article, an image capture device located at a first position on an axis wherein the image capture device is configured to capture images of articles placed on a surface wherein the axis intersects the surface at a second position, one or more light sources each positioned along a respective second axis that intersects the surface at a respective position wherein each light source is configured to illuminate articles placed on the surface, and a system comprising one or more data processing apparatus, the system configured to, for each of a plurality of articles, perform operations comprising: reading the code of a respective one of the transports, the transport being separate from the surface, in response to reading the code, causing the image capture device to acquire an image of the article, associating the article with the code, the image, and one or more param

Abstract: A studio arrangement including a plurality of paths having a common termination point wherein none of the paths are parallel to another, a plurality of mannequins each comprising a conveyance that is slidably engaged with a different one of the paths such that each mannequin can slide along the path to the termination point, a background comprising a white surface, the background located behind the termination point, an image capture device located at a first position on an axis that intersects a mannequin at a second position when the mannequin is positioned at the termination point, and one or more light sources each aimed at the background and positioned in front of the termination point.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving, from an image capture device, a first image of an article and a background surface, the background surface being illuminated by one or more light sources, generating a grayscale image from the first image, determining a brightness level of the article in the grayscale image based on a first luminous intensity representing the background surface, determining one or more control parameters for the image capture device based on the brightness level of the article, and sending the control parameters to the image capture device, causing the image capture device to configure, for capturing a second image of the article, one or more settings based on the control parameters.

Abstract: A studio arrangement including a plurality of paths having a common termination point wherein none of the paths are parallel to another, a plurality of mannequins each comprising a conveyance that is slidably engaged with a different one of the paths such that each mannequin can slide along the path to the termination point, a background comprising a white surface, the background located behind the termination point, an image capture device located at a first position on an axis that intersects a mannequin at a second position when the mannequin is positioned at the termination point, and one or more light sources each aimed at the background and positioned in front of the termination point.