KR102496295B1 - The user interface method of providing categorised other users' color shots for color cosmetic product - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a user interface method for a mobile application which shares color shots for each color cosmetics product in predefined categories. In the present invention, presented is a user interface method which allows users to intuitively and easily view and compare bundles of color shots uploaded by other users of color cosmetics. When a user requests information about a specific color cosmetics, the color shots uploaded by different users are presented as a bundle of color shots on one screen, along with other related information. When the user selects one of the color shot bundles, a corresponding colored shot image is enlarged and displayed, and other colored shot images can be changed and viewed through a touch event. In addition, the color shot bundles are classified and displayed according to predefined color shot categories.

Description

Mobile application user interface method for sharing color cosmetics product-specific color shots in predefined categories {THE USER INTERFACE METHOD OF PROVIDING CATEGORISED OTHER USERS' COLOR SHOTS FOR COLOR COSMETIC PRODUCT}

The present invention relates to a technology for providing information related to cosmetics through a mobile application.

Regarding cosmetics review, prior patent literature of the present applicant is Korean Patent No. 10-1955318. There are countless cosmetics in the world. Each cosmetic contains a wide variety of ingredients, and various functions are different for each cosmetic. People apply these cosmetics to their skin. People's desire for skin beauty and nutrition is great and strong. However, since people's skin characteristics are different, the efficacy of the same cosmetics varies from person to person. So, before buying cosmetics, people pay attention to not only its ingredients and functions, but also what other people's reputations are like, and what kind of people buy the cosmetics. Also, people have less hesitation in expressing their experiences and subjective evaluations of cosmetics. Because of this universal habit, review data on cosmetics has been explosively mass-produced through the Internet. Generally, such a review is written through a cosmetics information mobile application (ie, a cosmetics platform provided by a service server via the mobile application).

Reviews like this are <text> uploaded to the platform expressing the reactions of people who have used the cosmetics. Of course, images can be uploaded to the review registration interface, but users do not have to upload images. Even if uploaded, it is common to show the packaging, container or label of the product.

However, in the case of color cosmetics, the existing review method was very insufficient. Color cosmetics are cosmetics that impart color to the skin. The color reflected in the product and the feeling of the color when applied to one's own skin are different. The coloration is also different. Therefore, it is impossible to know people's reactions through text alone, and it is difficult to imagine how the cosmetics will suit one's skin. Nevertheless, in order to know the feeling, users search Internet sites and search for reviews of color cosmetics by others whose images have been uploaded. In order to know other people's reactions to color cosmetics, they switch from platform to platform and search various sites. If you're lucky, you might get useful information. However, it is usually a waste of time and effort. Online purchases often lead to wrong purchases because you cannot indirectly experience products that match your skin in advance. Therefore, a significant number of color cosmetics users have shown a tendency to prefer offline stores or purchase products they have used online.

Although hundreds, thousands, or hundreds of millions of women have been using color cosmetics so far, the above needs show no signs of being resolved. The inventors of the present invention have come to complete the present invention after long research and efforts to solve these problems.

The present invention is intended to provide a novel user interface method for mobile applications. More specifically, an object of the present invention is to provide a color shot user interface method through which a mobile application user can intuitively compare color shots for each product uploaded by other users apart from reviews of color cosmetics. Because it should be intuitive, it should be distinguished from reviews based on text UI. Because they need to be comparable, they should fall into predefined categories. It has to be reliable, so it's based on crowdsourcing. In particular, the inventors of the present invention must have a sharing activity based on crowdsourcing by others, that is, an upload event, so that users can have a viewing event for the uploaded color development shot. User interface methods must be implemented to ensure that The present invention proposes such a user interface method.

Meanwhile, other unspecified objects of the present invention will be additionally considered within the scope that can be easily inferred from the following detailed description and effects thereof.

The first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object is a user interface method of a mobile application that shares color shots for each color cosmetics product in a predefined category:

Color cosmetics information viewing When a user terminal executes a cosmetics information providing mobile application and selects a color cosmetics, the color cosmetics uploads different color cosmetics through the application screen for the corresponding color cosmetics. However, the color shot bundle belongs to the first classification of the predefined color shot category and is presented as a first classification user interface,

When the color cosmetics information browsing user terminal selects one color shot from the color shot bundle, the corresponding color shot image is enlarged, and another color shot image is changed and viewed through a touch event,

When the color cosmetics information browsing user terminal selects the second classification user interface of the predefined color shot category, presenting another color shot bundle belonging to the second classification as the second classification user interface; including to be characterized

In the user interface method of a mobile application for sharing color shots for each color cosmetics product in a predefined category according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first and second classifications of the predefined color shot categories have different skin tones. It is good to be

In addition, in the user interface method of a mobile application for sharing a color shot for each color cosmetics product in a predefined category according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first classification of the predefined color shot category is destination color, wrist color , a color development interest entry corresponding to any one of texture/applicability, and the second classification is preferably a color development interest entry corresponding to another one of destination color development, wrist color development, and texture/applicability color development.

In addition, in the user interface method of a mobile application for sharing color shots for each color cosmetics product in a predefined category according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, each of the first and second classifications of the predefined color shot categories The category may include one or more lower color shot categories, and the color shot bundle may be presented as corresponding to one of the first and second color shot categories.

A second aspect of the present invention is a user interface method of a mobile application for sharing color development shots for each color cosmetics product in a predefined category:

Selecting a specific cosmetic by executing a cosmetic information providing mobile application at a color cosmetics information viewing user terminal;

If the cosmetics are color cosmetics, the color shots uploaded by different color cosmetics color shot upload terminals are presented as color shot bundles through the application screen for the corresponding color cosmetics, and the color shot bundles belong to a predefined color shot category. Belonging to the first category and presenting the user interface as the first category;

When the color cosmetics information browsing user terminal selects one color shot from the color shot bundle, enlarging and displaying the corresponding color shot image, and changing another color shot image with a touch event so that the user can view the image; and

When the color cosmetics information browsing user terminal selects the second classification user interface of the predefined color shot category, presenting another color shot bundle belonging to the second classification as the second classification user interface; including characterized by

There is an excellent advantage of solving the very old needs of color cosmetics users according to the present invention at once. When color cosmetics are actually used, the present invention solves the conventional troubles of users wondering how the color is expressed on the user's skin, having to search for examples of use here and there. Cosmetics users can easily and intuitively check variously classified color development shots uploaded by other users on the mobile application screen.

On the other hand, even if the effects are not explicitly mentioned here, it is added that the effects described in the following specification expected by the technical features of the present invention and their provisional effects are treated as described in the specification of the present invention.

1 schematically shows the entire system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 schematically illustrates a color shot upload process according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
3 schematically shows the entire process of a user interface method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 schematically shows a process of browsing other color shots belonging to the second category in addition in FIG. 3 .
5 and 6 show scenarios of application screens according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is another actual screen example corresponding to FIG. 5 .
8 to 13 show examples of color development shot bundles of various color cosmetics.
* It is revealed that the accompanying drawings are illustrated as references for understanding the technical idea of the present invention, and thereby the scope of the present invention is not limited.

In this specification, 'color cosmetics' are cosmetics that impart color to the skin among cosmetics, and include, for example, lipstick, lip tint, blush, eye shadow, and the like. If it is not an idea related to color cosmetics, it is declared irrelevant without being entangled with the technical idea of the present invention.

'Color cosmetics color shot upload terminal' refers to a terminal that uploads color cosmetics color shots to a mobile application platform.

A 'coloring shot' is an image file uploaded by a color cosmetics coloration shot uploading terminal, and refers to an image file in which color cosmetics used on the skin are photographed according to a predefined category of a mobile application.

"Skin tone " refers to a color characteristic of a user's skin and refers to either a 'warm tone' or a 'cool tone'.

Hereinafter, the principle and configuration of the present invention will be described as a preferred embodiment using the drawings. In the description of the present invention, if it is determined that a related known function may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention as an obvious matter to those skilled in the art, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a diagram schematically showing the system configuration of the present invention. The color cosmetics information browsing user terminal 10, N (N is an integer of 1 or more) number of color cosmetics color shot upload terminals 20, and the service server 100 are connected to each other through a network. Naturally, numerous color cosmetics information viewing user terminals 10 will be connected to this network, but in this specification, only one color cosmetics information viewing user terminal 10 is shown as a representative case. The color cosmetics information viewing user terminal 10 and the color cosmetics color development shot upload terminal 20 are smart phones.

The color cosmetics information browsing user terminal 10 downloads and installs a cosmetics information providing mobile application 101 (hereinafter referred to as 'mobile application') provided by the service server 100 . Regarding the basic configuration of the cosmetics information providing mobile application 101, reference may be made to descriptions of Korean Patent Nos. 10-1955318 and 10-2320003 of the present applicant.

The color cosmetics information viewing user terminal 10 executes the cosmetics information providing mobile application 101 to access the service server 100 and transmits and receives data. The mobile application includes functions to search and view cosmetics information, write and upload reviews, select and compare cosmetics, purchase and pay for cosmetics, manage personal information, recommend cosmetics, etc. In the present invention, in particular, a user interface for uploading a color cosmetics color shot and a user interface for displaying the uploaded color cosmetics color shot on an application screen. This user interface for color shots should be distinguished from the review interface. The review interface freely displays information in data formats such as text, image, video, voice, etc. or according to rules set by the server, but this user interface for color shots visually visualizes only the color shots. Therefore, the mobile application includes a review interface and a color shot interface together as independent areas of the application screen.

The service server 100 is a server that provides the mobile application 101 to user terminals 10 and 20 . The service server 100 that manages mobile applications and resources and software used by the applications is composed of one or more server devices, and the server devices include a plurality of hardware/software devices. It stores resources necessary for normal execution of applications, manages data, and performs communication functions. In addition, in the present invention, a user who uploads and shares color shots for each category according to a predefined rule through an application screen, and also provides a bundle of uploaded color shots to user terminals through an application screen that provides information on color cosmetics. Manages software that implements interface methods.

The service server 100 holds a plurality of databases. The cosmetics information database 103 may store cosmetics information to be provided to the user device through the mobile application of the present invention. Including color cosmetics. Cosmetics information can be stored based on text/image/voice, and includes ingredient information or functional information of cosmetics. The cosmetics review database 105 stores review data collected from users accessed through a network. The color shot database 107 stores color shot image files for color cosmetics. The user information database 109 may record user information. User profile information such as the user's age, gender, skin type (dry, oily, neutral, combination), skin concerns (atopic, acne, sensitive skin), parental status, etc. can be stored and managed for each user account. In addition, the user information database 109 may further store skin tone information that directly affects the result of using color cosmetics. In a preferred embodiment, skin tone information may be pre-registered upon membership registration. In another preferred embodiment, it is possible to select a skin tone when uploading a color development shot.

In addition, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the service server 100 may include a color development shot upload module 199. The color shot upload module 199 includes a predefined color shot category element, an element for accessing an image file by accessing the photo gallery and/or camera of the color cosmetics color shot upload terminal 20, and a color shot according to a predefined category. Contains elements that store in the database.

Color cosmetics color shot The user terminal executes the mobile application and selects color cosmetics to request color shot upload. That is, it is to upload the color shot image file 21 stored in the smartphone to the service server, and this process is as illustrated in FIG. 2 .

The color shot upload module 199 accesses the cosmetics information database 103 to bring information about a color cosmetics specific to the color cosmetics color shot user terminal. In addition, by accessing the user information database 109 , information on the user's skin tone of the user terminal of the color cosmetics color development shot can be obtained. The color cosmetics matching unit 198 of the color shot upload module 199 matches the uploaded color shot image file with the color cosmetics. The skin tone matching unit 197 matches the skin tone of the user uploading the file with the color development shot image file. The category matching unit 196 matches the color shot image file to the color shot category for the corresponding color cosmetics.

Figure 3 illustrates the overall flow of the first process of the user interface method developed on the application screen of the color cosmetics information viewing user terminal according to one preferred embodiment of the present invention.

First, a color cosmetics information browsing user terminal executes a cosmetics information providing mobile application and selects a specific cosmetic product (S100).

Then, the service server determines whether the corresponding cosmetics are color cosmetics (S110). If it is not color cosmetics, an application screen for general cosmetics is presented to the user terminal through a mobile application (S115). On the other hand, if the cosmetics selected by the user are color cosmetics, a color cosmetics application screen is presented (S120).

The service server presents the color shots uploaded by different color cosmetics color shot upload terminals as a color shot bundle through the color cosmetics application screen, and sets this color shot bundle to belong to the first category of the predefined color shot category. Therefore, a bundle of color development shots is presented as the first classification user interface (S130).

When the input means of the color cosmetics information viewing user terminal selects a specific color shot from among the color shot bundles, the image is enlarged and displayed according to the color shot selection event (S140). Thus, the user can check the usage condition when the corresponding color cosmetics are actually used on the skin.

Then, other color shots belonging to the first category are browsed according to a touch event by the input means of the user terminal (S150). According to the present invention, a user can browse many color shots uploaded by other users by simply moving his/her finger on the application screen without leaving the mobile application, thereby acquiring practical information on color cosmetics of interest. This is completely different from a review. Users' reviews are presented in separate screen sections as text and/or images.

The color shot bundles displayed on the application screen in step S130 were color shots belonging to the first color shot category. The user may want to browse color development shots belonging to the second category. Then, the category is changed to select the second classification. In this regard, the process is also shown in the embodiment of FIG. 4 .

As shown in FIG. 4, the input means of the color cosmetics information viewing user terminal selects the second classification user interface (S121).

Then, the service server presents a bundle of color development shots belonging to the second category to the application screen (S131). Subsequent steps S141 and S151 correspond to steps S140 and S150 of FIG. 3 , respectively.

What is a predefined categorization?

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first classification of categories may be 'warm tone' among skin tones of the user. That is, the bundle of color development shots presented with the first application screen may be a bundle of color development shots uploaded by other users having warm skin tones. Then, the second category classification may be 'cool tone' among skin tones of the user. For example, a user terminal reading color cosmetics information may want to see a cool-toned color shot (generally, the service server holds information on the skin tone of a user browsing color cosmetics information in advance, so a color It is possible to first present a bundle of colored shots belonging to a category (but users may show the application screen of the present invention to other people having different skin tones), then step S121 of FIG. 4 may be executed.

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first classification of the category may be any one of entries of interest in color development of color cosmetics. For example, when the color cosmetics are lipstick, the entry of interest in the color development of the lipstick is the destination of lip color, wrist color, texture/appliability color, and color color. The coloration state when lipstick is applied to the lips, the coloration state when lipstick is applied to the user's wrist, the texture and application state on the skin surface when lipstick is applied to the skin, and the coloration state related to the degree of lipstick erasure. When color cosmetics are blushers, the entry of interest in blusher color development is the destination of cheek color development, wrist color development, and texture/appliability color development. When color cosmetics are eye shadow, eye shadow color development interest entries are target eye color development, wrist color development, texture/applicability color development, and pearl feeling. Preferably, a destination color development interest entry for color cosmetics is set in advance as a category 1, and a bundle of color development shots corresponding to it is first presented on the application screen. The second classification of the category is a color development interest entry other than the first classification, that is, a color development interest entry other than a destination color development interest entry. In the example above, the first classification, the second classification, and the third classification (or the fourth classification in addition) may be predefined in the application screen. For convenience, it is okay to abbreviate the second classification, the third classification, and the fourth classification as the second classification.

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, classification according to skin tone can be set as the first color shot category, and the above-mentioned color development interest entry can be classified as the second category. The first classification of the color shot category is a classification for either warm tone or cool tone, and the second classification of the color shot category is a sub-color shot category, which is any of the three or four color development interest entries described above. It is classified according to whether it corresponds to. Preferably, a color shot user interface is set to a skin tone suitable for the user in the first classification and a destination color interest entry in the second classification, and is presented on the application screen. Figure 5 illustrates this.

5 illustrates an application screen configuration scenario according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Color cosmetics are lipsticks.

The application screen 200 may include a product basic information screen 210, a product detailed information screen 220, a color shot user interface 250, and other information screen 280.

The product basic information screen 210 includes product names, product images, and the like. The product detailed information screen 220 includes price information, information related to popularity, advertisement information, and the like. The other information screen 280 includes review information, ingredient information, and the like.

The color development shot user interface 250 may include a skin tone classification interface 230 , a color development interest entry interface 240 , and a color development shot bundle 260 . The skin tone classification interface 230 includes a warm tone selection button 231 and a cool tone selection button 2320. The color development interest entry interface 240 includes a lip color selection button 241, a wrist color selection button 242, texture/applicability It includes a selection button 243 and a color selection button 244. In the color shot user interface 250 of FIG. 5, warm tone is set as the first category and lip color as the destination color entry as the second category, and the application screen is marked with

Preferably, the color development shot bundle 260 is presented in the form of four tiles. The color shot bundle 260 is a bundle of color shot image files uploaded by different users and displayed simultaneously. Therefore, in the color shot bundle 260, color shot images 261, 262, 263, and 264 and user identification names 265, 266, 267, and 268 that uploaded the images are displayed together. Color shot 1 (261) is an image uploaded by a user saying, 'This is my first time doing this.' Color shot 2 262 is an image taken by a user with the name 'because it's comfortable'. Color shot 3 (263) is an image in which a user named 'Share Together' took a picture with the corresponding lipstick on his lips. Color shot 4 (264) is a picture of the lips and lipstick of a user who said, 'Take a look at it all together'. 5, when the wrist color selection button 242, the texture/applicability selection button 243, or the color selection button 244 is selected, a bundle of color development shots in the same form (for example, in the form of 4 tiles) is displayed on the color development shot user interface. displayed

Suppose that the input means of the color cosmetics information browsing user terminal clicks color shot 4 264 on the application screen 200 of FIG. 5 . Then, the color shot 4 image may be greatly enlarged and displayed. 6 shows an application screen 201 in which a specific color development shot is enlarged according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Through the color shot enlargement screen 2640, the user can browse other users' lipstick lip color photos. And through a touch event, you can change to another user's lipstick lip coloring picture and continue to see the enlarged image. The touch event can be browsed by touching the left and right buttons 2643 and 2645 or by changing another color shot image with a gesture event 2641 on the color shot enlargement screen 2640.

FIG. 7 shows an example of an application screen scenario corresponding to the color shot user interface 250 of FIG. 5 . The color shot image 261 is a picture of lips taken by a user who said 'I love reconciliation'. The color shot image 262 is a picture of the lips taken by a user named 'Yaliyaliyala Castle'. The color shot image 263 is a picture of one's own lips taken by a user called 'rooftop room cat'. The color development shot image 264 is a lipstick color development picture taken by a user called 'Hairu Every One'.

8 illustrates color development shots displayed on the application screen in relation to the wrist color development of the present invention. All five color shots are wrist color images uploaded by other users.

9 illustrates a color shot image displayed on an application screen in relation to the texture/appliability of the present invention. The upper color development shot bundle shows the texture/appliability color development shot image, and the lower color development shot bundle shows the color development shot image.

Although not shown, a button for viewing more color photos may be added to the application screen, and then the color photo images of FIGS. 7 to 9 may be displayed together on the application screen.

10 to 13 are examples of captured images of bundles of color development shots of various color cosmetics. 10 shows a bundle of color development shots of lip tint. 11 shows a bundle of blusher color development shots. 12 shows a bundle of color development shots of eye shadow. Readers of the present specification will be able to easily understand these embodiments if they consider that the color development shot bundles of FIGS. 10 to 12 fall within the area of the color development shot bundle 260 of FIG. 5 . 13 shows a bundle of color development shots of eye shadow color development interest entries.

For reference, a user interface method of a mobile application for sharing a color shot for each color cosmetics product in a predefined category according to an embodiment of the present invention is implemented in the form of program commands that can be executed through various computer means and is a computer readable medium. can be recorded in The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. Program instructions recorded on the medium may be specially designed and configured for the present invention, or may be known and usable to those skilled in computer software.

Examples of computer readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tapes, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, magneto-optical media such as floptical disks, and ROMs, RAMs, A hardware device specially configured to store and execute program instructions, such as flash memory, may be included. Examples of program instructions include high-level language codes that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter, as well as machine code such as those produced by a compiler. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

The protection scope of the present invention is not limited to the description and expression of the embodiments explicitly described above. It is not limited by the visible shapes, figures, and proportions of the drawings provided for convenience of description. In addition, it is added once again that the scope of protection of the present invention cannot be limited due to obvious changes or substitutions in the technical field to which the present invention belongs.

Claims (5)

Color cosmetics information viewing When a user terminal executes a cosmetics information providing mobile application and selects a color cosmetics, the color cosmetics uploads different color cosmetics through the application screen for the corresponding color cosmetics. However, the color shot bundle belongs to the first classification of the predefined color shot category and is presented as a first classification user interface,
When the color cosmetics information browsing user terminal selects one color shot from the color shot bundle, the corresponding color shot image is enlarged, and another color shot image is changed and viewed through a touch event,
When the color cosmetics information browsing user terminal selects the second classification user interface of the predefined color shot category, presenting another color shot bundle belonging to the second classification as the second classification user interface;
The first classification of the predefined color shot category is a color development interest entry corresponding to any one of destination color development, wrist color development, and texture/applicability color development, and the second classification is another one of destination color development, wrist color development, and texture/applicability color development. A user interface method of a mobile application for sharing a color development shot for each color cosmetic product in a predefined category corresponding to a color development interest entry.
According to claim 1,
The user interface method of a mobile application for sharing color shots for each color cosmetic product in a predefined category, wherein the first and second classifications of the predefined color shot categories further include different skin tones.
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Each category of the first and second classifications of the predefined color shot categories includes one or more lower color shot categories, and the color shot bundle is any one of the first and second color shot categories. A user interface method of a mobile application for sharing a color shot for each color cosmetics product in a predefined category, which is presented as corresponding to.
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