JPH0767721A - Hair dresser supporting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To display a customer's portrait with a hair style image by selecting one from several hair styles and mapping it into the customer's portrait. CONSTITUTION:A still image is made by a CPU 31 and an operator uses a mouse 34 to make the CPU erase an wanted hair part data of the still image data by masking to create a basic image data and store it on the RAM. The CPU 31 reads data from the hair style samples data file and displays several sample images on a CRT 32. The CPU 31 prompts the operator to select one from the sample images. When the operator selects one sample data, the CPU reads a customer's portrait data from the RAM, synthesizes it with a selected hair sample data, and display the synthesized image data on the CRT 32. This supports a hair dresser who wants to know a customer's desire clearly.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for providing hairstyle image information and image information at a barber shop or a beauty salon to support a hair dresser.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, at a barber shop, a beauty salon, etc., a hairstyle is formed by cutting or permanent according to a customer's request. Hairstyles are changing rapidly, and some customers may want a different hairstyle each time they visit the store.
Barbershops and beauty salons are equipped with a lot of information on hairstyles and are trying to meet the needs of customers. By the way, some customers visiting barbershops and beauty salons can not decide what kind of hairstyle they will have this time, or want to check whether the hairstyle suits them even if it has already been decided. Some customers think. Having received consultation from such a customer, the hair dresser recommends a trendy hairstyle or advises a hairstyle that suits the customer while showing the customer a sample photograph of a hairstyle model.

[0003]

However, since the quality and quantity of hair and the contour of the face vary depending on the customer,
As described above, it is difficult for the customer to concretely imagine the state after the cutting and the permanent treatment by the hair dresser merely by showing the sample photograph.

Further, some customers may desire a unique hairstyle, and in such a case, the hair dresser cannot always grasp the customer's request.

Due to the above-mentioned causes, the hairstyle after the hairdressing performed by the hairdresser may not always meet the requirements of the customer. Moreover, since it takes a long time for the hair to grow after it has been cut, the customer is very dissatisfied with the shop if he / she does not like the hairstyle after the hair styling. In this way, making the customer dissatisfied causes the store to leave the customer, resulting in inconvenience in business. The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and at a barber shop, a beauty salon, etc., while giving advice while the hair dresser provides more accurate information to the customer,
Another object of the present invention is to provide a hairdresser support device for supporting the hairdressing by more surely grasping the customer's request.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 has a portrait information reading means for reading an image of a portrait including at least a face and a head, and the portrait information reading means. Portrait data storage means for storing output portrait data, hairstyle data creation means for creating hairstyle data, and hairstyle data selection means for selecting any of the plurality of hairstyle data created by the hairstyle data creation means. And display means for displaying together the portrait data stored in the portrait data storage means and the hairstyle data selected by the hairstyle data selecting means.

[0007]

According to the above-mentioned structure of the first aspect, the portrait information reading means reads the image of the portrait including at least the face and the head. The portrait data read by the portrait information reading means is stored in the portrait data storage means. Hairstyle data creation means creates hairstyle data.
Any of the plurality of created hairstyle data is selected by the hairstyle data selection means. By the display means,
The portrait data stored in the portrait data storage means and the hairstyle data selected by the hairstyle data selecting means are displayed together.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an external view showing a usage state of a hair dresser support device (hereinafter simply referred to as "device") 1 according to this embodiment. The device 1 includes a personal computer 3 and
Video camera 5, still camera 6, pen-type CCD
(Charge Coupled Device) Camera 7 is included.

The personal computer 3 includes a main body 31, a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) 32, and a keyboard 33.
And a mouse 34, a printer 35, and an image scanner 36.

The video camera 5 and the still camera 6 are
It is used to read the customer's portrait as image data. The pen-type CCD camera 7 is used to capture an image of the customer's scalp surface, read an image of a hair root, etc., and perform a hair quality diagnosis to be described later.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the device 1. The main body 31 of the device 1 is a CPU that controls the whole.
(Central Processing Unit) 11 and ROM (Read Only Memory) 12 storing various programs to be described later
And a RAM (Random
Access memory) 13, a hard disk device (built-in type) 14 as an external storage device, and a flexible disk device 15.

The hard disk device 14 and the flexible device 15, the keyboard 33 and the mouse 34, and the printer 3
5 and the image scanner 36 are connected to the CPU 11 via the respective input / output control devices 21 to 24.

The video camera 5, still camera 6, and pen-type CCD camera 7 are connected to the main body 31 via the respective image data input control interface boards 25 to 27.
It is connected to the. Further, the CRT 32 is connected to the main body 31 via the image data display control interface board 28.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the structure of the program stored in the ROM 12. ROM12 is
Operating system 101 executed by CPU 11, main program 103 that is a business application for hairdresser support, and control program library group 1 associated with main program 103
05 and a subroutine program group 107.

The control program library group 105 includes
Video image data input control program library 11
1, a video image data display control program library 112, and a mouse control program library 113
A printer control program library 114, an image scanner control program library 115,
A graphics control program library 116 is included. The video image data input control program library 111 includes a program for loading the image data captured by the video camera 5, still camera 6, pen-type CCD camera 7 and the like into the personal computer 3. Video image data display control program library 112
Includes a program for displaying image data on the screen of the CRT 32. Mouse control program library 1
13 includes a program for controlling the mouse 34.

Printer control program library 11
4 includes a program for controlling the printer 35. Image scanner control program library 1
Reference numeral 15 includes a program for controlling the image scanner 36. The graphics control program library 116 includes a program for controlling display of graphics data such as images and graphics.

The subroutine program group 107 includes a customer management subroutine program 118, a chart management subroutine program 119, a sales management subroutine program 120, and an image processing subroutine program 1.
21 and the print output subroutine program 122
A scanner input subroutine program 123, an environment setting subroutine program 124, a window display control subroutine program 125, and a common support subroutine program 126.

Customer management subroutine program 118
Is a program for managing customer information by a customer master data file described later. The medical chart management subroutine program 119 is a program for managing medical chart data in which history such as technical information and design information regarding customers is recorded. The sales management subroutine program 120 is a program for managing monthly report data such as the sales amount and the number of visitors that occur every day. The image processing subroutine program 121 is a program for fetching, displaying, and synthesizing video image data. The print output subroutine program 122 is a program for outputting data to the printer 35. The scanner input subroutine program 123 is a program for reading data from the image scanner 36.

Environment setting subroutine program 124
Is a program for setting the operating environment of the device 1. Window display control subroutine program 125
Is a program for controlling the display of the window screen displayed on the CRT 32. The common support subroutine program 126 is a function program commonly used in each program.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the types and structures of data files stored in the hard disk device 14 (see FIG. 1). The data files include a customer master data file, a technical information history disk file, an item selection table data file, a hairstyle sample design image data file, a hairstyle sample image data file, and a hairstyle history design image data file.
There is a hairstyle history image data file.

The customer master data file shown in FIG. 4A is the customer management subroutine program 1 shown in FIG.
18 is a data file managed by 18. The customer master data file includes a customer number for identifying the customer, personal information such as the customer's name, telephone number, address, date of birth, and technical information for referencing the technical information history data file of the customer. History code etc. are stored.

The technical information history data file shown in FIG. 4 (b) is a data file managed by the chart management subroutine program 119 shown in FIG. This technical information history data file is referred to by the technical information history code stored in the customer master data file as described above. In the technical information history data file, the technical information history code that is the header, the latest visit date of the customer, the person code indicating the person in charge of the hair dresser, the previous hair styling fee, and the procedure indicating the content of the procedure related to the hair styling The history and the hairstyle history data reference code (hereinafter referred to as "reference code") for referring to the file that stores the data of the front, side, and back of the previously treated hairstyle, and comments about the hairstyle history are stored. It

The data files referred to by the reference code include a hairstyle history design image data file and a hairstyle history image data file. The contents of these two data files will be described later. The reference code is a serial number from 0 to 255, 0 to 127 is the hairstyle history design image data, and 128 to 255.
Is used for hairstyle history image data.

The item selection table data file shown in FIG. 4C stores data corresponding to the gender code, occupation code, person code, etc. stored in the above-mentioned customer master data file and technical information history data file. It is a table data file. Code data is stored in the customer master data file and the technical information history data file, and the corresponding item selection table data file is read by each code so that the content of the data can be referred to. As a result, the data capacity of individual customer master data files and technical information history data files can be saved, and search and read / write operations can be performed quickly.

The hairstyle sample design image data file shown in FIG. 4 (d) is a file in which image data of a sample design used for selecting a hairstyle before styling is stored. The design image is created by drawing hairstyle data in the form of polygonal lines or curves.

The hairstyle sample image data file shown in FIG. 4 (e) is a file in which data of a sample image used for selecting a hairstyle before styling is stored. The sample image is created by reading a sample hairstyle image from the video camera 5, still camera 6 or image scanner 36.

The hairstyle history design image data file shown in FIG. 4 (f) is a data file for storing the sample design image selected from the above-mentioned hairstyle sample design image data files as the hairstyle history data of the customer. The data stored in this hairstyle history design image data file is not only the data read from the hairstyle sample design image data file, but also the data obtained by editing the design image using the figure input function as needed. is there.

The hairstyle history image data file shown in FIG. 4 (g) is for capturing the hairstyle of the customer after styling with the video camera 5 or the still camera 6 and storing the image data as hairstyle history data. Is a data file of. It should be noted that this hairstyle history image data file may store not the image data obtained by imaging the state after hairdressing, but the data subjected to the image synthesis process before hairdressing as described later.

Further, in the image data, an image on the scalp surface of the customer imaged by the pen-type CCD camera 7 shown in FIG. 1 may be stored together as the hair quality diagnosis information of the customer. .

5 and 6 are flowcharts showing the procedure of the image synthesizing process performed by the CPU 11 executing the image processing subroutine program 121 (see FIG. 3). Further, FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an image data editing process in the image combining process. The image combination processing will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 5 and 6 with reference to FIG. 7.

The CPU 11 uses the main program 103
During execution, the image processing subroutine program 121 is activated as needed to perform image composition processing. When the image processing subroutine program 121 is activated, the CPU 11 first initializes the video image data input control program library 111 (see FIG. 3) (step (hereinafter simply referred to as “S”) 1). Next, the CPU 11
Is a monitor switch (hereinafter simply referred to as "S") for determining whether the image display mode is the moving image mode or the still mode.
"1" indicating the moving image mode is set to "W" (S)
2). Then, the CPU 11 causes the CRT 32 (see FIG. 1).
The image display at is turned on (S3).

Next, the CPU 11 checks whether SW is set to "1" (S4), and if SW is set to "1" (YES in S4), the moving image is displayed on the CRT 32. Display (S5). The image referred to here is an image of the portrait of the customer captured by the video camera 5. C
In the moving image mode, the PU 11 displays the customer image on the CRT 32 in real time. On the other hand, "1" in SW
If is not set (NO in S4), CPU1
1 displays a still image on the CRT 32 (S6).

Next, the CPU 11 requests the operator to input a command (operation command) (S7). In response to this input request, the operator inputs a command.
In response to the command entered by the operator, the CPU 11
Performs the following processing. If the command input by the operator is to instruct screen stillness (YES in S8)
S), the CPU 11 makes the image stand still (S9), and SW
Is set to "0" indicating the still image mode (S10).

If the command input by the operator is a command for displaying a moving image (YES in S21), the CPU
11 displays the moving image on the CRT 32 (S22),
The SW is set to "1" (S23).

If the command input by the operator is a command to cut out an image (YES in S31), CP
U11 freezes the image (S32), cuts out the data of the still image as data to be used in the image combining process, and outputs the data (S33). Subsequently, the CPU 11 erases data of an unnecessary portion (hair portion) included in the cut out image data by masking, and creates basic image data as shown in FIG. 7B (S34). When performing this masking process, the operator may process a designated portion using the mouse 34 (see FIG. 1), or the CPU 11 automatically removes the hair portion according to a predetermined algorithm. You may make it discriminate and carry out a mask process. Next CPU1
1 stores the masked image data in the RAM 13 (see FIG. 2) (S35).

If the command input by the operator is to instruct the image synthesis (YES in S41), the CPU
11 is a video image display control program library 1
12 (see FIG. 3) is initialized (S42). Then C
The PU 11 reads out data from the hairstyle sample image data file and displays images of a plurality of hairstyle samples on the screen of the CRT 32 as shown in FIG. 7C (S43). Subsequently, the CPU 11 requests the operator to select any one of the sample images (S44). When the operator selects a sample image, the CPU 11 reads out the customer portrait data stored in the RAM 13 in S35, and combines the portrait data and the selected hairstyle sample image data as shown in FIG. 7 (e). (S45),
The combined image data is displayed on the screen of the CRT 32 (S46). The selection of the sample images in S43 and S44 will be described later with reference to FIG.

If the command input by the operator instructs the end of processing (YES in S51), the CPU
11 turns off the screen display of the CRT 32 (S5
2) The process is terminated and the control is returned to the main program 103.

FIG. 8A shows S43 and S44 of FIG.
It is a figure which shows the specific example of the screen displayed when an operator selects a hairstyle sample image with and. When selecting the hairstyle sample as shown, the CPU 11 executes C
A plurality of hairstyle sample images are displayed on the screen of RT32.
The operator uses the keyboard 33, the mouse 34 (see FIG. 1) or the like to move the cursor 131 to the display area of the desired hairstyle sample image. When the operator inputs a command to select a hairstyle sample from a menu (not shown) or the like, the CPU 11 determines the detailed image data of the selected hairstyle sample and the hair setting method as shown in FIG. 8B. The comment data and the like are displayed on the CRT 32.

The operator looks at the contents of the displayed data, examines the selected hairstyle, and if he / she decides on that hairstyle, he inputs a decision command from a menu or the like. When canceling the selected hairstyle sample, a cancel command is input from a menu or the like. Since a list of hairstyle sample images is displayed on the screen when selecting the hairstyle sample as described above, the hairdresser or the customer can easily and quickly select a desired hairstyle. In addition, image data about the selected hairstyle and comment data such as the hairdressing method are displayed, so the hairdresser can easily obtain information about the selected hairstyle and use it as a reference when styling and It is possible to give accurate advice to.

9 and 10 show the information after the hair styling as shown in FIG.
It is a flowchart which shows the procedure which inputs into the technical information history data file shown to (b). The process of inputting the data after hair styling to the technical information history data file is the CPU 11
However, the chart management subprogram 119 shown in FIG.
By executing.

First, the CPU 11 checks whether the input method selected by the operator is a hairstyle image input or a hairstyle design image input (S61). When the input of the hairstyle image is selected (YES in S62), CPU 11 causes S
In step 63, a hairstyle image input process is performed.

In the hairstyle image input processing, first, the CPU 1
1 initializes the video image data input control program library 111 (FIG. 3) (S63). Next, CPU
11 sets "1" indicating the moving image mode in the switch SW for setting the moving image mode or the still image mode. (S64). Then, the CPU 11 causes the CR
The image display of T32 is turned on (S65).

Next, the CPU 11 checks whether or not the value set in SW is "1" (S66), and if the value set in SW is "1" (YE in S66).
S), the image of the customer is displayed on the CRT 32 in the moving image mode (S67). On the other hand, if the value of SW is not "1" (S6
(NO in 6), the CPU 11 displays a still image on the CRT 32 (S68), and proceeds to the next.

Next, the CPU 11 requests the operator to input a command (S69). In response to this input request, the operator inputs a command. According to the command input by the operator, the CPU 11 performs the following processing.

If the command input by the operator is a command to stop the screen (YES in S70), the CPU
11 sets the image still (S71) and sets "0" indicating the still image mode in SW (S72).

If the command input by the operator is a command for displaying a moving image (YES in S81), the CPU
11 displays the moving image on the CRT 32 (S82),
The SW is set to "1" (S83).

If the command input by the operator is a command to cut out an image (YES in S91), CP
U11 freezes the image (S92), cuts out the data of the still image as data to be stored in the technical information history data file, and outputs it (S93). Next, CP
In order to set the reference code to be added to the cut out data, the U11 checks the vacancy in the serial number of the reference code and determines the reference code (S94). The operator inputs a customer number, and further inputs a command indicating a face direction to specify a storage position of image data (S95). The CPU 11 searches for a technical information history data file corresponding to the customer number input by the operator, and stores the data code of the image data determined in S94 in the data storage area of the designated face direction in the data file (S9).
6).

If the command input by the operator commands the end of processing (YES in S101), CP
U11 turns off the display of the CRT 32 (S10
2) The process is terminated and the control is returned to the main program 103.

On the other hand, when the input of the hairstyle design image is designated in S62 (NO in S62), the CPU
11 reads out the hairstyle sample design image data from the hairstyle sample design image data file,
The read design image is displayed on the CRT 32 (S
111). Subsequently, the CPU 11 requests the operator to select a hairstyle sample design image (S1).
12). Regarding the selection of the hairstyle sample design image, although a specific screen display example is not shown, the hairstyle sample design image may be configured by the same procedure as the procedure for selecting the hairstyle sample image data shown in FIG. Good.

If the operator selects the hairstyle sample design image (YES in S113), the CPU 11
Determines the reference code by checking the vacancy in the serial number of the reference code (S114). Subsequently, the CPU 11 stores the data of the selected hairstyle sample design image in the newly created hairstyle history design image data file,
The determined reference code is set in the header of the data file (S115). Subsequently, the CPU 11 requests the operator to input the customer number. The operator inputs the customer number in response to the request from the CPU 11 (S116).

If the operator inputs the customer number, the CP
U11 stores the reference code of the hairstyle history design image data in the corresponding technical information history data file (S117). When the hairstyle sample design image is displayed on the screen of the CRT 32, the CPU 11 activates the program included in the graphics control program library 116 shown in FIG. 3 so that the operator uses the figure input function. The hairstyle design image may be freely changed.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a procedure for displaying the hairstyle history image data or the hairstyle history design image data input by the procedure shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 on the screen.

First, the CPU 11 acquires the customer number designated by the operator (S131). Next, CP
U11 calls the reference code of the hairstyle history image data or the hairstyle history design image data from the technical information history data file corresponding to the designated customer number (S).
132). Then, the CPU 11 determines whether the hairstyle history data designated by the operator is image data or design image data (S133).
If the reference code stored in the technical information history data file is the reference code of the hairstyle history image data (YES at S133), CPU 11 proceeds to S134 to display the hairstyle history image data.

In the processing of displaying the hairstyle history image data, CP
U11 first initializes the video image display control program library 112 (FIG. 3) (S134). Next, the CPU 11 turns on the image display of the CRT 32 (S135). Then, the CPU 11 refers to the hairstyle history image data file based on the reference code stored in the technical information history data file, and reads the data stored in the data file (S136). CPU11
The read hairstyle history image data is displayed on the screen of the CRT 32 (S137).

On the other hand, if the reference code stored in the technical information history data file in S133 indicates the hairstyle history design image data (NO in S133), the CPU 11 causes the corresponding hairstyle history design image data. The file is referred to, and the hairstyle history design image data stored in the data file is read (S14).
1). The CPU 11 displays the read hairstyle history design image data on the screen of the CRT 32 (S142).

The hairstyle history data is displayed as shown in FIG.
It is displayed on the chart display screen for displaying the customer's chart information shown in (a) and the hairstyle data edit screen for editing the hairstyle design shown in FIG. 12 (b).

As described above, in the hairdresser support device 1 of this embodiment, before the hairdressing, the portrait of the customer is imaged,
The hair portion of the portrait data is erased by masking, and the desired hairstyle sample data is selected from the plurality of hairstyle sample data, and the portrait data of the customer and the hairstyle sample data are displayed together on the screen of the CRT 32. . Therefore, unlike the conventional case where the hairdresser advises the customer while referring to the photograph of the hairstyle model, it is possible to prevent the misalignment between the hairdresser and the customer as much as possible. As a result, the hair dresser can make more accurate suggestions or advices to the customer and can more surely grasp the customer's request.

Correspondence between the structure of this embodiment and the structure according to claim 1 will be described below. The CPU 11, the video camera 5, the still camera 6, and the video image data input control program library 111 constitute the portrait information reading means. The RAM 13 constitutes the portrait data storage means according to the first aspect. The CPU 11, the video camera 5, the still camera 6, the image scanner 36, the video image data input control program library 111, and the graphics control program library 116 constitute the hairstyle data creating means. The CPU 11, the hairstyle sample design image data file, the hairstyle sample image data file, the keyboard 33, and the mouse 34 constitute the hairstyle data selecting means. The CPU 11, the CRT 32, the video image data display control program library 112, and the graphics control program library 116 constitute the display means described in the claims.

[0060]

As described above, according to the present invention, a portrait image including at least a face and a head is read,
The read portrait data is stored. Hairstyle data is created, and any one of the created hairstyle data is selected and displayed together with the portrait data. As a result, the hairstyle data can be mapped and displayed on the image of the customer's portrait, and the state after hairdressing can be visually confirmed by the displayed image, and the hairdresser can be more appropriate for the customer at a barber shop or beauty salon. It is possible to provide advice while providing various types of information, and to provide a hair dresser support device for assisting in more surely grasping a customer's request and styling hair.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view showing a configuration of a hair dresser support device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a personal computer which is a main body of the hairdresser support device.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a program configuration in the hairdresser support device.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing types and configurations of data files in the hairdresser support device.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure of an image combining process in the hair dresser support device.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure of an image combining process in the hair dresser support device.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a data editing process of image combining processing in the hair dresser support device.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen displayed in a hairstyle sample data selection process in the hairdresser support device.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure of inputting hairstyle history data in the hairdresser support device.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a procedure for inputting hairstyle history data in the hairdresser support device.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a display procedure of hairstyle history data in the hairdresser support device.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a chart display screen and a hairstyle history data editing screen in the hairdresser support device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Hairdresser Support Device 3 Personal Computer 5 Video Camera 6 Still Camera 7 Pen Type CCD Camera 11 CPU 12 ROM 13 RAM 31 Personal Computer Main Body 32 CRT 33 Keyboard 34 Mouse 36 Image Scanner 103 Main Program 111 Video Image Data Input Control Program Library 112 Video Image Display Control Program Library 116 Graphics Control Program Library 121 Image Processing Subroutine Program

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A portrait information reading means for reading an image of a portrait including at least a face and a head, a portrait data storage means for storing portrait data output by the portrait information reading means, and a hairstyle for creating hairstyle data. Data creation means, hairstyle data selection means for selecting any of the plurality of hairstyle data created by the hairstyle data creation means, portrait data stored in the portrait data storage means and the hairstyle data selection means Display means for displaying together with the selected hairstyle data,
Hairdresser support device.