JPS61144994A - Hair creation method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To select easily a suitable hair style out of many kinds of hair style in a short time by super-imposing a hair style and the hair flow which are stored in the computer system as graphic data beforehand, to the customer's face image. CONSTITUTION:An outer shape frame to form a basic face shape stored at a floppy disk FDD is successively reflected at a CRT4 by operating a keyboard 3, the face of the person 7 reflected at the CRT4 by a video camera 8 is super- imposed and compared to the outer shape frame and the face shape of the person 7 is determined. Next, after the hair style data corresponding to the face shape stored at the FDD are retrieved, the hair style is successively reflected at the CRT4 by the call operation of the keyboard 3, super-imposed to a head part of the person 7 reflected at the CRT4 beforehand, and the optimum hair style is determined. If necessary, by using a mouse 5, the hair style and hair flow are partially corrected by a micro computer 2. When the final hair style and hair flow are determined, the message concerning the final hair style from a printer 6 is printed out.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a method for providing a hairstyle that best suits the face of a customer visiting a beauty shop for hair creation, and more specifically, Using a video system, the customer's face is displayed on a display device, and the hairstyle and hair style stored in advance in the computer system as graphic data are shown! ! l! This invention relates to a hair creation method for determining an appropriate hairstyle by superimposing an image.

(Prior art) Conventionally, as a means of advising customers on the appropriate hairstyles, various hairstyles were recorded on video tape in advance, and the customer's face was shown on a television. In this situation, the hair styles recorded on the video tape were superimposed on the customer's head, and the hair style that seemed to suit the customer was selected.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In the conventional hairstyle advice means, hair style advice is provided based on the customer's face shape, for example, a triangle, two squares, a round shape, an oval shape, a rectangular shape, etc., which are the basic face shapes of men and women. Since the hairstyles were not recorded on videotape in a systematic manner, it was virtually difficult to select the appropriate hairstyle for the customer's face; Since the hairstyle to be posed was recorded on videotape, it was impossible to instantly image the hairstyle, and there was a problem in that it took a long time to decide on the hairstyle. In addition, even when a hairstyle was decided, the low resolution of the video made it impossible to display the hair flow, so the image after the hair was created was not always good. There was a problem in that even if one wanted to partially correct the hairstyle photographed in the image, it was impossible to do so.

Therefore, in order to solve the above problem, the present invention draws illustrations of various hairstyles and hair styles corresponding to the basic face shapes of men and women, and converts this into graphic data and stores it in the storage section of a computer system. , instantaneously recall and superimpose the various types of hairstyles from the storage section of the computer system according to the face of the person whose hair is being created, which is shown on the display device of the video system, and select the one that best suits the person's face. The technical problem to be solved is to determine an appropriate hairstyle and its hair flow.

(Means for solving the problem) The technical means for solving the above problem is to configure the hair creation method with the following steps.

(1) A plurality of basic face shapes, arbitrary types of hairstyles suitable for the basic face shapes, and hair flows for clearly expressing the hairstyles are stored in advance as graphic data in a storage unit of a computer system.

(2) A video system connected to the computer system displays and compares the outline frame of the basic face shape with the face of the person whose hair is being created, and selects the basic face shape closest to the face.

(3) Retrieving hairstyles suitable for the selected basic face shape from the storage unit and sequentially superimposing them on the face image to select the hairstyle that best suits the face.

(4) With the hair style expressed in the selected hairstyle, the display modification device is used to arbitrarily modify the hairstyle and hair style, and finally determine the hairstyle and hair style.

(5) Print out a message regarding the final confirmed hairstyle from, for example, a printer.

(Embodiment) Next, FIG. 1 shows a device configuration for realizing the functions of an embodiment of the present invention.

For example, the basic human face shapes are triangular and square for men and women.

Classified into five types: round, oval, and rectangular, various types of hairstyles and hair flows drawn in illustrations for each type of face shape are converted into graphic data and stored, and according to external request signals, A computer system 1 that outputs visual signals includes a microcomputer 2 provided as a central processing unit, a keyboard 3 for interacting with the microcomputer 2, and a computer system 1 that displays the outline of the basic face shape in different colors for each face shape type. A person 7 who displays the hair style and hair flow in different colors as well as a different outline frame, and furthermore, the hair is created.
The present invention comprises a CRT 4 for photographing the face of a person, an input device such as a mouse 5 for arbitrarily modifying the hairstyle and hair flow displayed on the CRT 4, and a printer 6 for printing out messages regarding the hairstyle. Further, the CR is connected to the computer system 1 so as to be able to communicate signals, and the person 7 whose hair is to be created is connected to the CR.
Video camera 8 for displaying video images on T4
is provided.

Next, a block diagram of the signal system of the computer system 1 and the video camera 8 is shown in FIG. The microcomputer 2 includes a microprocessor CPU, and the basic face shape and hairstyle.

A floppy disk FDD that stores famous names converted into graphic data, and a floppy disk FDD
In addition to each storage device including a storage element RAM for temporarily storing the data when data is read from the , and a storage element ROM containing an arithmetic control program,
Floppy disk FDD and microprocessor CPL
FDD as an interface when I communicates signals
An interface 11 is provided, further comprising the keyboard 3. CRT4.7US5. Video camera 8 and
A main input/output interface I10 is provided as an interface for signal communication between each of the printers 6 and the microprocessor CPU. In addition, for the keyboard 3, the keyboard interface 12
A CRT interface 13 is provided for the T4, a printer interface 14 for the printer 6, and a video interface 15 for the video camera 8.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained according to the flow chart of FIG.

First, with the person 7 whose hair is being created sitting in a predetermined position, turn on the power to the computer system 1 and the video camera 8, initialize the computer system 1, insert the floppy disk FDD, and turn on the computer. Activate system 1.

If it is the first time for person 7 to have hair creation using this method, it is necessary to determine what shape person 7's face is, and if person 7 has experienced hair creation using this method, Since the face shape of the person 7 has already been determined, the process moves directly to the step of calling up a hairstyle that matches the face shape. Therefore, in step 101, it is determined whether to search based on the face shape of person 7 or to proceed to the step of directly calling up the hairstyle, and further,
It is determined whether the person 7 is a man or a woman, and in the next step 102 the keyboard 3 is operated to transmit the determination information to the microcomputer 2.

In step 103 and step 104, the outline frame forming the basic face shape stored in the floppy disk FDD is sequentially changed to C by operating the keyboard 3.
The face of the person 7 is superimposed on the RT 4, and the face of the person 7, which is imaged on the CRT 4 by the video camera 8, is superimposed on this outline frame and the face shape of the person 7 is determined. input the determined face shape signal. Step 105 and Step 1
In step 06, the microcomputer 2 searches the hairstyle data corresponding to the face shape stored in the floppy disk FDD according to the input face shape signal, and sequentially stores the hairstyle data on the CRT 4 by calling the keyboard 3. The head of the person 7 is superimposed on the head of the person 7, which has been projected on the CRT 4 in advance, and an optimal hairstyle is determined. At this time, by operating the keyboard 3,
The popularity of the hairstyle is expressed, and the optimality of the hairstyle is made clearer.

After the optimal hairstyle of person 7 is determined in step 106, in step 107, with the face of person 7 and the hairstyle superimposed, if necessary, use mouse 6 to A correction signal is sent from the microcomputer 2 to partially correct the hairstyle and style.

If it is determined in step 108 that the final hairstyle and style have been decided, then in step 109, when the hairstyle confirmation key on the keyboard 3 is pressed, the microcomputer 2 will receive a message from the printer 6 regarding the final hairstyle. For example, print out information on how to care for your hair, the types of costumes that match your hairstyle, etc.

Incidentally, in the step 101, if the face shape of the person 7 has been determined in advance, the process directly advances from step 101 to step 105, and a hairstyle selection process is performed.

As mentioned above, it is possible to arbitrarily select a hairstyle that suits the face shape of the person whose hair is being created from among many types of hairstyles drawn in advance. can be partially modified to better match the face shape.

(Effect of the invention) .

As described above, according to the present invention, a hairstyle that suits the face of the person whose hair is being created can be easily selected in a short time from among a wide variety of hairstyles through interaction with a computer system. Since it is possible to partially modify a hairstyle, a more appropriate hairstyle can be achieved, and this has the effect of contributing to the profits of beauty salons and the like.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the signal system, and FIG. 3 is a 70-chart diagram showing the operation of this embodiment. 1... Computer system 2... Microcomputer 3... Keyboard 4... CRT 5... Mouse - 6... Printer 7... Person 8... Video camera CPU... Micro Processor FDD...Floppy disk RAM, ROM...Storage element

Claims (1)

[Claims] A plurality of basic face shapes, arbitrary types of hairstyles suitable for each of the basic face shapes, and hair flows for clearly expressing the hairstyles are stored in advance as graphic data in the storage unit of the computer system, and the basic face After sequentially searching the shape data and displaying it by a video system connected to the computer system, displaying and comparing the face shape of the person whose hair is being created, and selecting the basic face shape data closest to the face shape; The hairstyle data classified into the basic face shape data is searched and sequentially superimposed on the human face displayed on the display device to determine a hairstyle suitable for the face, and the determined hairstyle and hair are A hair creation characterized by arbitrarily modifying the hairstyle and hair flow using a display correction device with the hair flow superimposed on the face to determine the final hairstyle and displaying a message corresponding to the final hairstyle. Method.