JPH09327329A - Simulation system for hair styling - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a customer to perceive and confirm a hair style in a short time by instantly obtaining a composite photograph from a photograph of his/her face and a hair style No. of the customer by using a host computer when a hair style is created in a beauty parlor, a barbershop or the like. SOLUTION: A photograph of one's face photographed by a beauty parlor side digital camera 1a and a selected hair style No. are transmitted to a center side host computer 2 by a transmission terminal 1b, and work processing and synthetic processing of a hair style image are performed. A simulation system of a hair style is provided in such a way that an obtained synthetic image is transmitted to the beauty parlor 1 side from a transmission terminal 5, and the beauty parlor 1 side can perceive a transmitted photograph of one's face and a synthetic image of a hair style by display on a monitor television 1c or printing of a video printer.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for simulating various hairstyle photographs prepared in advance together with a customer's facial photograph when creating a customer's hairstyle in a beauty salon, barber shop, etc. A simulation that sends a facial photograph taken with a camera to a host computer, synthesizes various hairstyle photographs and facial photographs, and immediately returns the synthetic photograph to the beauty salon or barber shop so that the customer can perceive it. It is about the system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in beauty salons and the like, consulting and advice on hairstyles desired by customers have been made. However, hairstyles are decided by using photobooks published in magazines or hair catalogs as reference materials. It is a general method that a hairdresser adjusts the hair so that
However, with this method, it is unclear whether the hairstyle suits the customer until the hairdressing is completed, and there are many cases where it is difficult to correct even if it is found that the hairstyle is not suitable after the hairdressing is completed. May cause.

In order to cope with the above, a method has been developed for synthesizing a selected hairstyle photograph and a customer's face using a monitor TV to confirm before haircutting. For example, JP
No. 2-161308 discloses that a customer's face is photographed by a video camera and displayed on a monitor TV screen, and a video disc or floppy disc on which various hairstyles are recorded in advance is reproduced, and the face is operated by operating a mouse. There is disclosed a means for synthesizing and matching the position and size and the hairstyle, and allowing the customer to perceive and recording or printing on a floppy disk.

[0004]

However, the means for synthesizing such a hairstyle photograph and the customer's face using a monitor TV cannot always sufficiently satisfy the customer's request, and the beauty salon side. However, there is a problem that many problems remain in terms of photo-synthesis technology and cost.

Since the above composite photograph incorporates an analog image of a video camera into a hairstyle, it is unavoidable that the composition method becomes unnatural, and it is difficult to obtain a good image quality. In addition, there is a cost disadvantage because an expensive video camera and monitor TV, a personal computer and a mouse, and a cable connecting these are required to obtain a composite photograph, and these devices are installed in a beauty salon. Space is required. Further, since a beautician or a barber requires skilled techniques for operating these devices, there is a problem in that it cannot be easily installed even on the side of a beauty salon.

Therefore, the present invention solves the problem of such a conventional photo synthesizing means, and synthesizes a customer's facial photograph and hairstyle No. separately by using a separately installed host computer. However, it is an object of the present invention to provide a simulation system that allows a customer to immediately perceive and confirm a composite photograph.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a beauty salon with a transmitting terminal device for a facial photograph taken by a digital camera on the beauty salon side and a hairstyle NO selected by a customer. Is sent to a host computer on the center side independently installed in another place, and the host computer processes and synthesizes the NO hairstyle image specified in the facial photograph, and the obtained synthetic image is obtained. A hairstyle simulation system that transmits from the sending terminal device to the beauty salon side, so that the beauty salon side can perceive the transmitted composite image of the facial photograph and hairstyle on the monitor TV or by printing with a video printer. provide.

The processing and composition of the hairstyle image are operations for adjusting the angle of the received face photograph, adjusting the face size, and adjusting the color brightness.

According to the hairstyle simulation system, the facial photograph of the customer photographed with the digital camera at the beauty salon side and the selected hairstyle NO are transmitted from the transmitting terminal device to the receiving terminal device on the center side. Then, the receiving terminal device receives and records the input data and sends the input data to the host computer. The host computer processes and synthesizes the NO hairstyle image designated by the scanner, and transmits the obtained synthesized image to the beauty salon by dial transmission from the transmission terminal device. As a result, the beauty salon side can perceive the transmitted composite image of the face photograph and the hairstyle together with the customer by displaying on the monitor TV or printing with a video printer.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A concrete embodiment of a hairstyle simulation system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining the system of the present embodiment as a whole, and 1 is a beauty salon (barber shop). In this beauty salon 1, a digital camera 1a and a simple transmission terminal device (modem) 1b are provided. Also, a monitor television 1c is provided as necessary. A video printer may be provided instead of the monitor television 1c.

Reference numeral 2 is a host computer, and the host computer 2 is provided on the center side which is independently installed at a place different from the beauty salon 1. The host computer 2 has a function of performing image processing and synthesis processing. The beauty salon 1 is registered in advance by the registration number (ID-NO) 3 in the host computer 2 on the center side, and by using this ID number, it is possible to immediately communicate via the telephone line.

The host computer 2 on the center side is provided with a receiving terminal device 4 and a transmitting terminal device 5, each of which has a response of input data and a receiving and recording function, and a dial transmission and a transmitting and recording function.

The operation of the system according to the present embodiment will be briefly described. First, at the beauty salon 1 side, a digital camera 1a is used to take a photograph of the customer's face, and then the transmitting terminal device (modem) 1b is used. Then, in steps 11 and 12, the hairstyle NO selected by the customer from the face photograph image and the hairstyle photograph collection or the hairstyle NO recommended by the hair salon 1 is designated, and the center is registered together with the registration number 3 using the telephone line. It is transmitted to the receiving terminal device 4 on the side.

Then, the receiving terminal device 4 records the received data after receiving the response and at the same time sends the input data to the host computer 2. The host computer 2 fetches and registers the NO hairstyle image designated by the scanner in step 13. This hairstyle image capture refers to the processing and composition of the hairstyle image. Specifically, the hairstyle image includes operations such as angle adjustment, face size adjustment, and color brightness adjustment of the received face photo. Processing and composition processing of. The composite image obtained by this capture is output to the transmission terminal device 5.

The transmitting terminal device 5 transmits the composite image of the face photograph and the hairstyle registered to the beauty salon 1 side by dial transmission using the telephone line in step 14, and records the transmission. If necessary, the contents transmitted by telephone may be confirmed in step 15.

As a result, the beauty salon 1 displays the transmitted composite image of the face photograph and the hairstyle on the monitor television 1c or immediately prints it on the video printer for confirmation with the customer. This composite image is recorded on the memory card,
Saved for retrieval at any time.

Explaining an example of the time lapse from taking a customer's face photograph in the beauty salon 1 to obtaining a composite image, the transmission time of the digital signal by the transmission terminal device (modem) 1b is 40 seconds to 1 minute, and the center The host computer 2 on the side takes in the hairstyle image and the registration time is from 1 minute to 2 minutes.
The transmission time of the composite image from the transmission terminal device 5 to the beauty salon 1 side is 40 seconds to 1 minute. Therefore, the customer of the beauty salon 1
About 2 minutes and 20 seconds to 4 minutes after the facial photograph is taken, the composite photograph can be perceived by the monitor television or the video printer.

Next, a practical example of hairstyle image composition by the host computer 2 will be described. The outline of image composition is as follows. First, a processed hairstyle image for composition is created from various hairstyle photographs. Next, a face picture of the customer to be combined is taken, and a processed face picture for composition is created. Then, the processed hairstyle image and the processed face photograph are combined.

In order to support any hairstyle, the standard size of the photograph is classified into short and long as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, and a certain standard is set for each.
For the shorts, the eye height should be positioned at the center of the photograph, and the length from the eye to the chin should be 200. Long positions the chin height at the center of the photo, and the length from the eye to the chin is 1
Set to 50. Correct the face inclination for both short and long before adjusting the size.

First, the face position and size of a short hairstyle photograph are unified as follows. A. Position your face in the center of the photo. 1. W = X1-X 2. H = Y1-Y 3. X + (W / 2) = A "Length of face left from center" 4. X2-A = B "Length to the right of the center of the face" 5. In the case of A ≦ B (width 1) = B * 2 “Add a margin to the left” 6. In case of A> B (width 1) = A * 2 “Add a margin to the right” 7. Y2-Y = C "Length below eye level" 8. When Y ≦ C (height 1) = C * 2 “Add a margin above” 9. In the case of Y> C (height 1) = Y * 2 “Add a margin below” B. Unify the length from the eyes to the chin to 200. (Image size) 10. (Width 2) = X2 * H / 200 “Change the width of the photograph” 11. (Height 2) = Y2 * H / 200 “Change the height size of the photo” C.I. Return the photo size to the specified size. (Image size) 12. Width = 576 “X2” 13. Height = 768 “Y2” D.I. The width of the face is expanded or contracted to 256. (Image resolution) 14. W / H * 200 = D (W: H = 200) D is the face width value when the chin is 200 from the eyes. X2 * 256 / D = width Input only width without fixing aspect ratio at image resolution E. Return the width to the specified size. (Image size) 16. Width = 576 F.S. The above size fits all numbers and can be unified under any condition.

Next, the face position and size of the long hairstyle photograph are unified as follows. A. Position your face in the center of the photo. 1. W = X1-X 2. H = Y1-Y 3. X + (W / 2) = A "Length of face left from center" 4. X2-A = B "Length to the right of the center of the face" 5. In the case of A ≦ B (width 1) = B * 2 “Add a margin to the left” 6. In case of A> B (width 1) = A * 2 “Add a margin to the right” 7. Y2-Y1 = C "Length below chin height" 8. When Y1 ≦ C (height 1) = C * 2 “Add a blank space above” 9. In the case of Y1> C (height 1) = Y1 * 2 “Add a margin below” B. The length from the eyes to the chin is unified to 150. (Image size) 10. (Width 2) = X2 * H / 150 “Change the width of the photograph” 11. (Height 2) = Y2 * H / 150 “Change height size of photo” C.I. Return the photo size to the specified size. (Image size) 12. Width = 576 “X2” 13. Height = 768 “Y2” D.I. The width of the face is expanded and contracted to 192. (Image resolution) 14. W / H * 150 = D 15. X2 * 192 / D = width Enter only (width) without fixing aspect ratio at image resolution E. Return the width to the specified size. (Image size) 16. Width = 576 F.S. The above size fits all numbers and can be unified under any condition.

Next, the face position and size of the short face photograph are unified as follows. A. Position your face in the center of the photo. 1. W = X1-X 2. H = Y1-Y 3. X + (W / 2) = A "Length of face left from center" 4. X2-A = B "Length to the right of the center of the face" 5. In the case of A ≦ B (width 1) = B * 2 “Add a margin to the left” 6. In case of A> B (width 1) = A * 2 “Add a margin to the right” 7. Y2-Y = C "Length below eye level" 8. When Y ≦ C (height 1) = C * 2 “Add a margin above” 9. In the case of Y> C (height 1) = Y * 2 “Add a margin below” B. Unify the length from the eyes to the chin to 200. (Image size) 10. (Width 2) = X2 * H / 200 “Change the width of the photograph” 11. (Height 2) = Y2 * H / 200 “Change the height size of the photo” C.I. Return the photo size to the specified size. (Image size) 12. Width = 576 “X2” 13. Height = 768 “Y2” D.I. When compositing, the width of the hairstyle photograph is expanded and contracted by the following values to compose. 14． W / H * 200 = D (W: H = D: 200) D is the face width value when the chin is 200 from the eyes. D * X2 / 256 = width Input only width without fixing aspect ratio at image resolution E. Return the width to the specified size. (Image size) 16. Width = 576 F.S. To synthesize.

Next, the face position and size of the long face photograph are unified as follows. A. Position your face in the center of the photo. 1. W = X1-X 2. H = Y1-Y 3. X + (W / 2) = A "Length of face left from center" 4. X2-A = B "Length to the right of the center of the face" 5. In the case of A ≦ B (width 1) = B * 2 “Add a margin to the left” 6. In case of A> B (width 1) = A * 2 “Add a margin to the right” 7. Y2-Y1 = C "Length below chin height" 8. When Y1 ≦ C (height 1) = C * 2 “Add a blank space above” 9. In the case of Y1> C (height 1) = Y1 * 2 “Add a margin below” B. The length from the eyes to the chin is unified to 150. (Image size) 10. (Width 2) = X2 * H / 150 “Change the width of the photograph” 11. (Height 2) = Y2 * H / 150 “Change height size of photo” C.I. Return the photo size to the specified size. (Image size) 12. Width = 576 “X2” 13. Height = 768 “Y2” D.I. When compositing, the width of the hairstyle photograph is expanded and contracted by the following values to compose. 14． W / H * 150 = D (W: H = D: 150) D is the face width value when the chin is set to 150 from the eyes. D * X2 / 192 = width Input aspect ratio without fixing aspect ratio (width) E. Return the width to the specified size. (Image size) 16. Width = 576 F.S. To synthesize.

[0024]

As described in detail above, according to the hairstyle simulation system of the present invention, based on the facial photograph of the customer photographed by the beauty salon side using the digital camera and the selected hairstyle NO. Then, the host computer processes and synthesizes the hairstyle image and sends it to the beauty salon side in a short time.Therefore, the beauty salon side sends the synthesized image of the face photograph and hairstyle together with the customer to a monitor TV. Immediately perceptible by video printer printing.

The obtained composite image is different from the one obtained by capturing the analog image of the video camera as in the conventional case, and it is natural that the received face photograph is adjusted in angle, face size and color and brightness. In addition, good image quality can be obtained, and the customer's request can be sufficiently satisfied.

Further, since the equipment on the beauty salon side only needs a digital camera, a simple transmitting terminal device and a monitor TV or video printer, an expensive video camera and monitor TV, a personal computer and a mouse for obtaining a conventional composite photograph are required. Also, it is advantageous in terms of cost and space because it does not require any cables to connect these, and since it does not require a beautician or barber to have a skill to operate complicated equipment, it is used in a beauty salon. It is easy to provide a hairstyle simulation system that can satisfy both beauty salons and customers.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for generally explaining a hairstyle simulation system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing reference sizes of shorts corresponding to hairstyles.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a long reference size corresponding to a hairstyle.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Beauty Salon (Barber) 1a ... Digital Camera 1b ... Transmission Terminal Equipment (Modem) 1c ... Monitor Television 2 ... Host Computer 4 ... Reception Terminal Equipment 5 ... Transmission Terminal Equipment

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A host on the center side, which is independently installed at a place different from the beauty salon by a transmission terminal device for transmitting a facial photograph taken by a digital camera on the beauty salon side and a hairstyle NO selected by the customer. It is sent to the computer, and the host computer processes and synthesizes the NO hairstyle image specified in the facial photograph, and the obtained synthesized image is sent from the sending terminal device to the beauty salon side, thereby the beauty salon. The side is a hairstyle simulation system characterized by perceiving a composite image of the sent facial photograph and hairstyle by displaying on a monitor TV or printing on a video printer. 2. The processing and composition of the hairstyle image include adjusting the angle of the received face photograph, adjusting the face size,
The hairstyle simulation system according to claim 1, which is an operation for adjusting color brightness.