JPH0535827A - Spectacles selection and designing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To select and design a pair of spectacles by means of a video system. CONSTITUTION:A means performing color correction of a video image of a person taken in by a video camera to obtain a psychological face color memorized by the person, a means adapting a frame image to the density and saturation of the corrected face color of the person and the direction of a photographing light source, a means deforming the spectacles frame image, and a means changing the hair style, hair color, clothes, makeup of the person in the video image, are provided. The frame and lens can be custom produced by outputting information associated with the frame and lens designed on a screen.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an eyeglass selection system,
And an eyeglass design system.

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2. Description of the Related Art The most common system for selecting a spectacle frame is to directly look at the spectacle frame and look at a mirror. Although this method is the best as a method for judging how the glasses are worn, it does not always give sufficient information about the appearance when the glasses are worn. Further, there are various problems such that a large amount of spectacle frames are required to be stocked and a person wearing strong spectacles needs to fit a special lens into the frame.

A video system using computer graphics has been proposed as a system for solving these problems. For example, there is a method of superimposing an image of a spectacle frame prepared in advance on an image of a person's face captured by a video camera or the like.

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However, since the human face is the object to which human perception is most detailed, the subtle difference in the design of the spectacles greatly changes the impression of the wearer. Therefore, it is still impossible to make a subtle selection that appeals to human senses in a video system which is currently put into practical use in which a human image and a spectacle frame image are simply superposed. Also, the wearer's hairstyle, makeup, clothes, etc. will influence the choice of eyeglass frames,
It is difficult to realize with the above conventional video system.

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The system of the present invention is a means for color-correcting a person's image captured by a video camera to a facial color that a person psychologically remembers, and the color-corrected facial color of the person. It is a system provided with a means for adjusting the frame image to the density, saturation and the direction of the photographing light source, a means for deforming the eyeglass frame image, a means for changing the hairstyle, hair color, clothes, makeup color, etc. of the image of the person. .

Since the choice of the spectacle frame is ultimately a person's choice, it is important to adapt it to the human sense. When we look at things, we see psychologically corrected images rather than seeing them physically. In particular, people have a special sense of complexion, and for example, the complexion of a person changes variously depending on the illumination, but it is rarely felt that way. This is because a person has a complexion color as a memory color, and the brain automatically corrects the color. When a two-dimensional image such as a video image is viewed, this person's automatic color correction function becomes difficult to work, and a physical color is viewed. At this time, I often feel that it is a strange complexion even though it is physically correct. Therefore, it is necessary to perform color correction processing on the image of the person captured by the video camera so that the image has a color close to the memory color.

Although the image of the spectacle frame is prepared in advance, if it is superposed on the image of the face of a person as it is, it becomes a so-called "floating state". It was found that in order to obtain an image of a person wearing glasses, it is necessary to correct the image by adjusting the density and saturation of both images and the direction of the photographing light source. Also, the size of the frame is adjusted to an appropriate size by means of enlargement, reduction, deformation, etc., according to the image of a person.

The colored state of the lenses of the spectacles can be seen from the outside. This is very effective because you cannot see it if you actually wear a colored lens. You can check the change in appearance by freely changing the hue, shade, and gradation of the colors. The influence of the lens power on the external appearance can also be achieved by enlarging or reducing the image near the eyes in the lens according to the power.

By carrying out these means, the CRT
It is possible to create a realistic image of a person wearing spectacles. By changing the image of the spectacle frame, it is possible to obtain a state in which various spectacle frames are worn, and by storing these images and displaying them side by side, it becomes possible to easily select the frame.

As described above, according to the system of the present invention, it is possible to actually select the frame without actually putting the frame on. However, in the system of the present invention, the hairstyle, the makeup, and the clothes which further fit the frame are further selected. Etc. can be selected. Regarding the hairstyle, various hairstyle images can be prepared in advance, or the shape, color, etc. can be changed by the image correction processing. The makeup can be appropriately changed by an image correction process such as eye shadow and lipstick color. You can change the color and pattern of the costume immediately, and you can change the costume of other costumes by preparing the costume data in advance.

As described above, the system of the present invention has been shown to be effective in the selection of eyeglasses in terms of a person's total face such as face, makeup, and clothes. But you can get a big effect. Since the image of the spectacle frame used in the system of the present invention is of a level suitable for human senses, it is possible to design a frame of a novel design on the CRT screen and in a state of being worn on the human face. I can. It is also possible to newly design eyeglasses with a design that matches the face of a specific person, and send the completed eyeglass frame and lens data on the CRT screen to the processing factory to produce custom eyeglasses. it can.

According to the system of the present invention, it is possible to select an error-free frame from a realistic image, and also to know makeup, hairstyle, clothes, etc. that match the frame. In addition, it is possible to make a frame and a lens by custom-made. Further, when the system of the present invention is used for the design of eyeglasses, it is possible to make fine design adjustments without actually making a prototype of the frame and while applying the frame to the model, and it is possible to greatly reduce the time required for the design. There is an effect that it is possible to design eyeglasses with good design.

Claims (1)

Claim: What is claimed is: 1. A means for color-correcting a person's complexion color of an image captured by a video camera or the like into a memory color, the density of a person's image and the direction of a photographing light source, and the density of a spectacle blemish image and the photographing light source. A system for selecting and designing spectacles, comprising means for adapting directions and means for relatively deforming the image of the person and the spectacle frame image to synthesize them.