JP2002304619A - Simulation method for visual skin shape variation - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a simulation method which can accurately indicate a coping method for shape variation of a face such as wrinkles due to aging. SOLUTION: The influence of wrinkles on impression generation is discriminated with a partial-wrinkle given face image obtained by imparting wrinkle components to a no-wrinkle face image obtained by removing an image of wrinkle parts from a face image.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for processing a face image, which is useful for simulating the effects of cosmetics or for simulating a guideline for cosmetic treatment.

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2. Description of the Related Art The contribution of a face to the formation of a person's impression is extremely large, and it is an exaggeration to say that whether or not a person makes a good impression on a person who first meets is more than 80% depending on the person's face. is not. Here, considering the components of the face from a visual point of view, there are various things such as the shape of the entire face, eyes, nose, mouth, eyebrows and the like. Also, the shape of these components changes with age. As a result, the impression of a person usually changes greatly. In this kind of change, everyone wants to keep the impression formation of others favorable, and it is hoped that such a change in the form of the component will be corrected by makeup or other cosmetic techniques or beauty formation techniques. Is a common practice in the world. However, in such a correction act, the probability of failure is not small, and many people are dissatisfied with the makeup cosmetics and many people undergo cosmetic surgery.
The major reason for this may be that there is no guideline on how to make a good impression on others. In particular, such a tendency was remarkable in correcting the change in the face morphology due to the aging change. In other words, face morphological changes such as wrinkles due to aging are not easy to understand because only inexperienced people have dealt with them.

On the other hand, it is already known to make up the makeup by attaching a color to the captured face image or to attach a wrinkle image of another person created in advance to the captured face image. That is, this method is used to simulate the selection of cosmetics and the aging state, etc., from the captured face image, a wrinkle part image obtained by cutting out the visually perceived wrinkle part From the captured face image, a visually perceived wrinkle part is cut out and a remaining image is smoothed to create a wrinkle-free part face image, and a wrinkle part image is sequentially pasted on the wrinkle-free part face image. No simulation has been performed to examine the effect of the presence of wrinkles on impression formation, such as by attaching wrinkles or removing wrinkle images sequentially from the original image.

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made under such circumstances, and provides a simulation method capable of accurately showing a method of coping with a change in the form of a face such as wrinkles due to aging. The task is to

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of such circumstances, the present inventors have sought a simulating method capable of accurately indicating a method of coping with a change in the face morphology such as wrinkles due to aging. As a result, the visually perceived wrinkle part was cut out from the captured face image and the wrinkle part image obtained by cutting out the visually perceived wrinkle part from the captured face image. A simulation that creates a wrinkle-free part face image obtained by smoothing an image, sequentially pastes the wrinkle part image onto the wrinkle-free part face image, and sequentially removes the wrinkle image from the original image is such a simulation. And found that it had the right aptitude and completed the invention. That is, the present invention relates to the following technology. (1) A wrinkle part image obtained by cutting out a visually perceived wrinkle part from a captured face image. (2) A wrinkle-free face image obtained by cutting out a visually perceived wrinkle portion from a captured face image and smoothing the remaining image. (3) A partially wrinkle-removed face image obtained by removing a part of the wrinkle component according to (1) from the captured face image. (4) A partially wrinkled face image obtained by adding a part of the wrinkle part according to claim 1 to the wrinkle-free face image according to (2). (5) For simulation, (3)
Or the face image according to (4). (6) The face image according to any one of (3) to (5), wherein the simulation is a simulation for simulating an effect of a cosmetic or creating a guideline for a beauty treatment procedure. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail focusing on embodiments.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A simulation method according to the present invention comprises:
From the captured face image, the visually perceived wrinkle part is obtained by cutting out the wrinkle part image and from the captured face image, the visually perceived wrinkle part is cut out, and the remaining image is obtained by smoothing. And wrinkle-free part face images are created and processed. The contribution of wrinkles to the formation of impressions is large as shown in the examples below, and the presence or absence of wrinkles greatly changes the impression formation of another person. Such wrinkle part images and wrinkle-free part images can be created by using commercially available image processing software to obtain face images captured using a digital camera or the like. As such image processing software, for example, Ado
"Photoshop" of be company etc. can be illustrated. As such a face image for creating a component image, an image of an individual can be used, or an average face obtained by averaging a large number of faces by morphing can be used.

In the simulation method according to the present invention, a form in which all wrinkles are removed from a face image, a wrinkle-free part image is created, and one or more wrinkle part images are pasted again to create a simulated image And from the face image,
A preferred example is a form in which a simulated image in which one or two or more wrinkle portions are removed is created. By evaluating the effect of the addition and removal of such wrinkle part images, it is possible to know the influence of the wrinkle part on the impression formation of the face and the contribution to the impression formation. Also, by averaging the face image with the wrinkle part image pasted or the wrinkle part image removed and the original image by morphing,
Changes in wrinkles can be continuously applied or removed. The effect of the removal of such wrinkles and the reduced effect thereof can be known by using the simulation method of the present invention. Such information is, for example, what kind of impression is affected when wrinkles are removed by cosmetic plastic surgery, or in makeup makeup, which wrinkles should be made less noticeable to make the best impression. This is a very powerful basis for making a decision. By setting the appropriate guidelines by the simulation according to the present invention, it is possible to avoid make-up or plastic surgery that creates an undesirable impression for others.

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EXAMPLES Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to Examples, but it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to only such Examples.

Example 1 The faces of 107 women in their 60s were averaged to create an average face as shown in FIG. From this average face, an image from which the wrinkle part image around the mouth has been removed (the wrinkle part has been cut and smoothed), an image from which the wrinkle part image around the eye has been removed, and the nasolabial fold (connecting the ends of the nose and lips) Such wrinkles) a face image from which a part image has been removed, a face image from which a wrinkle part image of a cheek has been removed, a face image from which a wrinkle part image between eyebrows has been removed, and a face image from which a wrinkle part image of a forehead has been removed have been created. FIG. 1 shows these face images. By using these images, 102 male and female panelists who were randomly selected from the age of 20 to 60 years old to remove wrinkles, "How old looks younger" and "How attractive it looks" (Or not attractive)? " The criterion for the attractiveness evaluation was a rating of 0 for no change, a score of 2 for very attractive, and a score of 2 for very unattractive. The results are shown in FIG. Both age and attractiveness varied greatly depending on the wrinkles that disappeared, confirming that the presence of wrinkles contributed greatly to impression formation. In particular, to eliminate wrinkles around the mouth,
The average face of the age generation clearly shows that both the age and the attractiveness have an effect of making the person look young and attractive. Also, it can be seen that the disappearance of wrinkles around the eyes shows the younger age, but the attractiveness is not so affected. As described above, it is also an effect of the present invention that the degree of contribution to the impression formation of another person is different depending on each wrinkle present on the face.

<Second Embodiment> A wrinkle part image around the mouth, a wrinkle part image around the eyes, a nasolabial part part image, a wrinkle part image on the cheek, The wrinkle part image of the forehead and the wrinkle part image of the forehead were all removed and subjected to smoothing to create a wrinkle-free face part image.
A face image obtained by adding a wrinkle part image around the mouth to this wrinkle-free stock image, a face image obtained by adding a wrinkle part image around the eye to this wrinkle-free face part image, and a nose groove lip to this wrinkle-free face part image A face image to which a part image is added, a face image to which a wrinkle part image of a cheek is added to the face part image without wrinkles, a face image to which a wrinkle part image between eyebrows is added to this face part image without wrinkles, and a face part image without wrinkles A face image with a forehead wrinkle part image added thereto was created and evaluated using a panel as in the first embodiment. As in the first embodiment, wrinkles around the mouth were found in this face image. It was confirmed that the presence was significantly related to the apparent age and attractiveness seen by others.

<Embodiment 3> Ten persons are dissatisfied with the makeup cosmetics on a daily basis, and their face images are taken in, and a face image in which a wrinkle part image is cut out is created in the same manner as in Embodiment 1. Then they showed them and compared them, and they recognized the key points of their makeup. After that, the makeup cosmetics so far were used for one week, and it was checked whether or not the degree of satisfaction regarding the finish of the makeup was changed by the advice. as a result,
Six respondents said they were satisfied, 4 were unsatisfied, and 0 were more dissatisfied. Now, by using the simulation method of the present invention,
It is clear that important points of makeup can be conveyed in an easy-to-understand manner.

<Embodiment 4> In Embodiment 3, "unsatisfied with no change"
The four respondents were asked to make up for one week based on the results of Example 3 using the wrinkle treatment foundation shown below. As a result, everyone was satisfied with the makeup. That is, wrinkles to be dealt with by the simulation method of the present invention can be accurately determined, and it can be seen that appropriate measures have been taken. (Foundation) Silica-coated titanium sericite 20 parts by weight Core silica silica-coated titanium dioxide 15 parts by weight Iron oxide 5 parts by weight Nylon fiber (300 μm) 0.5 parts by weight Siliconized sericite 30 parts by weight Aluminum stearate-coated fine particle titanium dioxide 10 Parts by weight Octyldodecyl oleate 10 parts by weight Dimethicone 10 parts by weight

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According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a simulation method capable of accurately showing a method of coping with a change in the form of a face such as wrinkles due to aging.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a reference face created by averaging a face in its 60s created in Example 1 and a face image from which wrinkles have been removed therefrom. (Drawing substitute photo)

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a rejuvenating appearance and an improvement in attractiveness by removing wrinkles according to the first embodiment.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Sakura 27-1, Takashimadai, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan Inside the POLA Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. POLA Yokohama Research Institute (72) Inventor Hitoko Irisawa 2-Nishi Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo No. 2-3 Pola Cosmetics Honpo Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Kazuko Ogino 2-3-2 Nishigotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo F-term in Pola Cosmetics Honpo Co., Ltd. 5B050 AA06 BA06 BA12 DA04 EA03 EA15 EA19 GA01 5B057 AA00 CA01 CA08 CA12 CA16 CB01 CB08 CB12 CB16 CC03 CE04 CE08 CE09

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A wrinkle part image obtained by cutting a visually perceived wrinkle part from a captured face image. 2. A wrinkle-free face image obtained by cutting a visually perceived wrinkle portion from a captured face image and smoothing the remaining image. 3. A partially wrinkle-removed face image obtained by removing a part of the wrinkle component according to claim 1, from the captured face image. 4. A wrinkled face image obtained by adding a part of the wrinkle part according to claim 1 to the wrinkle-free face image according to claim 2. 5. The face image according to claim 3, wherein the face image is for simulation. 6. The face image according to claim 3, wherein the simulation is a simulation for simulating an effect of a cosmetic or a simulation for creating a guideline for a cosmetic formation treatment. .