KR20220036568A - Fragrance product recommendation system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a fragrance product recommendation system. The system comprises: a content storage unit for storing information on a fragrance product; an input unit for receiving image information selected by a user; a matching unit for matching image information which is input by a user with fragrance information of the fragrance product included in the content storage unit; and an output unit for providing fragrance product information according to a matching result.

Description

Fragrance-related product recommendation system { Fragrance product recommendation system }

The present invention relates to a fragrance-related product recommendation system, and more particularly, to a system for recommending a fragrance-related product reminiscent of a similar atmosphere when a consumer expresses an atmosphere for a desired fragrance as an image.

As people's overall quality of life improves, interest in appearance is increasing. Modern consumers are using scented products (hereinafter referred to as scented products) as a means to pursue individuality and create an image. These fragrance products include perfumes, fragrances, diffusers, scented candles, creams, and powders.

When using scented products, like when choosing clothes, use them according to mood, place, and situation. For example, a lighter and more refreshing fragrance is better used in summer, enveloping, and a warm, spreadable fragrance is preferred in winter. Also, when I am depressed, I use a bright perfume more often, and when I go to a job interview, I prefer a more serious perfume.

When a consumer selects a fragrance product, they are guided by the clerk who sells the fragrance product. For a consumer who does not have a lot of knowledge about fragrance products, it is not easy to express the desired fragrance to the clerk in words. In particular, it is even more difficult to express the fragrance in words when the fragrance product is a complex fragrance with multiple fragrances. And according to the consumer's inaccurate expression, the clerk guides the fragrance product, and the consumer smells and selects the fragrance of several fragrance products. In particular, in the case of perfume, it is common to select a perfume based only on the top note (the most volatile ingredient among the combined perfumes, which lasts about 10 to 20 minutes after the perfume starts contacting air) during the scenting process. Because consumers want to buy perfumes immediately after smelling them at the store, they do not consider middle notes (a fragrance that lasts for 1-2 hours) and base notes (a fragrance that lasts more than 3 hours), which have a longer fragrance duration. In the end, they depend on the guidance of the clerk and often choose a perfume that does not fit their taste.

Perfume retailers, including Sephora.com, offer services that help consumers find the product they want based on their scent preference. These services use the fragrance description entered by the consumer to match the fragrance product being sold.

However, since the conventional fragrance product recommendation system selects a fragrance product based on the fragrance expressed by the consumer, there is a limit in finding a fragrance product close to the fragrance that the consumer truly wants.

In addition, although a program to recommend cosmetics by acquiring user information has been developed as in Korean Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-2018-0064326, it is only at the level of recommending cosmetics based on the user's skin information. A composition for recommending a fragrance product is not disclosed.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2018-0064326

The present invention is a method for solving the problem of a consumer searching for and selecting a fragrance product by expressing his or her desired fragrance with language. A system for recommending fragrance products with a reminiscent scent is provided.

The image is digital information expressed in color and shape, and is input through an input window or used by photographing with an imaging device.

In addition, the object of the present invention is not limited to those mentioned in the problems to be solved, and other problems to be solved that are not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

In order to achieve the object of the present invention, the fragrance product recommendation system according to the present invention uses the color and shape included in the image as atmosphere information about the fragrance desired by the user.

In order to achieve the object of the present invention, a fragrance product recommendation system according to the present invention includes: a content storage unit for storing fragrance product information; an input unit for inputting color information about a fragrance desired by the user; a matching unit for matching the color information input by the user with the fragrance information of the fragrance product included in the storage unit; and an output unit that provides fragrance product information according to a matching result of the matching unit.

The content storage unit includes general information such as the name, manufacturer, and release date of the fragrance product as related information of the fragrance product (hereinafter referred to as "fragrance product information") and fragrance-related information such as notes and accords (hereinafter referred to as "fragrance information"). do) is included.

Perfume, in particular, is a product that mixes alcohol with several types of fragrances to volatilize the fragrance. Scents are classified into top notes, middle notes, and base notes according to the level of incense. In other words, it can be said that the body of a perfume is determined by the base notes, but the first impression of a perfume is determined by the top notes. Therefore, as the fragrance information of the perfume, information on the raw material of the fragrance is included in each of the top note, the middle note, and the base note.

The input unit receives one or more color information selected by the user as an input. As a method of inputting color information, a color is selected through an input window such as a color palette, or a video image is captured in real time using an imaging device such as a camera, and then the color information is extracted or stored in a storage medium such as a hard disk. There is a method in which color information is extracted after a previously stored video image is selected.

In addition, the matching unit, (a) converting the color information input through the input unit into a value; (b) converting the fragrance information of the fragrance product stored in the storage unit into a value; and (c) comparing the two converted values to a similar degree for a plurality of fragrance products;

In this case, in the confirmation method, in the step (b), when the fragrance of the fragrance product is a complex fragrance, the proportion of notes of the fragrance product may be reflected.

According to the fragrance product recommendation system according to the present invention as described above, there is an effect that a consumer can more easily and accurately find a product having a desired fragrance by expressing the image he or she thinks in a color.

In addition, the effects of the present invention are not limited to those mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a fragrance product recommendation system according to the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a color mode that can be used in the present invention.
3 is a view showing an input unit of the first embodiment of the fragrance product recommendation system according to the present invention.
4 is a view showing an output unit of the first embodiment of the fragrance product recommendation system according to the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating an input unit of a second embodiment of the fragrance product recommendation system according to the present invention.

Prior to the detailed description of the present invention, the present invention can make various changes and can have various embodiments, and the examples described below and shown in the drawings are not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments. No, it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.

When a component is referred to as being “connected” or “connected” to another component, it may be directly connected or connected to the other component, but it is understood that other components may exist in between. it should be On the other hand, when it is mentioned that a certain element is "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that no other element is present in the middle.

The terms used herein are used only to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The singular expression includes the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present specification, terms such as “comprise” or “have” are intended to designate that a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification exists, but one or more other features It is to be understood that this does not preclude the possibility of the presence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

In addition, terms such as "...unit", "...unit", "...module", etc. described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which includes hardware or software or hardware and It can be implemented by a combination of software.

In addition, in the description with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same components are given the same reference numerals regardless of the reference numerals, and the overlapping description thereof will be omitted. In describing the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known technology may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

As individuality becomes more important in modern times, individuals use fragrance products to maximize their image, and the fragrance industry is developing more than ever. Fragrance products use a variety of fragrances to broaden consumers' choices, and this phenomenon is giving consumers difficulties in choosing at the same time. Therefore, a technology that recommends a fragrance product with a fragrance desired by consumers is attracting attention.

When a consumer selects a fragrance product, it is not easy to express the fragrance they want through language, so an easier and more accurate means of expression is required rather than language.

Humans also recognize the smell of objects through visual information recognized by their eyes. This is because the perceived color information evokes the image of a specific object, so that the smell can be guessed based on the experience of the associated image.

The present invention relates to a method for finding a fragrance product having a fragrance most similar to an atmosphere associated from the color or shape with respect to a color and shape selected by a consumer.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the first embodiment to which the fragrance product recommendation system according to the present invention is applied will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 .

As shown in FIG. 1 , the first embodiment to which the fragrance product recommendation system according to the present invention is applied includes a content storage unit 100 , a user input unit 200 , a matching unit 300 , and an output unit 400 . is composed by

At this time, the content storage unit 100 , the user input unit 200 , the matching unit 300 , and the output unit 400 may be independently implemented in various media such as smartphones, computers, and TVs, and these may be wired/wireless. It can also be implemented by being connected by communication.

That is, it is natural that the scope of the present invention is not limited by how to implement each configuration described above. However, for more detailed description, the implementation of all other embodiments including the first embodiment through one portable terminal 10 as in the first embodiment will be described as an example.

As described above in more detail with respect to each configuration that can be implemented in various ways, first, the content storage unit 100 stores various information of fragrance products as content.

At this time, the contents include flavor information such as an accord indicating a combination of notes and fragrances corresponding to the raw material of the fragrance product to be compared with the color information input by the user, and general information such as the name and manufacturer of the fragrance product to be additionally displayed on the output unit. further includes

The input unit 200 may receive color information directly input by the user through the input window of the user terminal. In addition, a video image captured by a camera connected to the user terminal may be received in real time, or an image image file stored in the user terminal or another terminal connected through a communication network may be input and color information may be extracted therefrom. This input unit uses one or more color information.

The matching unit 300 is configured to check whether the color information input by the user and the fragrance of the fragrance product included in the content storage unit are similar when a fragrance product is searched according to a user's input.

At this time, there may be various methods of checking whether the color desired by the user and the fragrance of the fragrance product are similar through the matching unit 300 , and therefore, it is natural that the scope of rights is not limited.

However, for more detailed description, if an example of the confirmation method is given, it may be composed of three steps, such as steps (a) to (c) as follows, but these three steps are not necessarily limited in the order of course. .

Specifically, an example of the confirmation method includes: (a) converting color information input through an input unit into a value; (b) converting the fragrance information of the fragrance product stored in the content storage unit into a value; and (c) finding a similar fragrance product by comparing the two converted values for a plurality of fragrance products.

At this time, the process in each step will be described in more detail. In step (a), the user designates a desired color through the user input unit 200 (FIG. 3). In this case, any color mode such as HSB, RGB, or CMYK may be used (FIG. 2). The color mode in this embodiment uses HSB and the input unit 200 uses the color wheel 210 . The color wheel systematically arranges the color changes in a ring shape. The user selects one color on the color wheel (220), and one of [1 to 360] is selected for the selected color.

Meanwhile, in step (b), the fragrance of the fragrance product stored in the storage unit is stored as a value. For example, in the case of perfume "Aqua Digio Profumo", it consists of 5 notes (Geranium, Rosemary, Sage, Patchouli, Incense) as fragrance information. Each note is mapped to an olfactory group as shown in [Table 1]. A fragrance group designed by Michael Edwards may be used as the fragrance group. These include [Floral, Soft Floral, Floral Oriental, Soft Oriental, Oriental, Woody Oriental, Woods, Mossy Woods, Dry Woods, Aromatic, Citrus, Fruity, Green, Water]. And these fragrance groups are associated with "The Fragrance Wheel." The fragrance wheel is a classification system of fragrances used in the perfume industry. By arranging olfactory groups in a ring shape, the correlation between these fragrance groups is The neighboring fragrance groups on the fragrance wheel share relatively more fragrance characteristics compared to the non-fragrance groups.It is similar to the color arrangement principle of the color wheel. Therefore, the perfume of the embodiment contains the notes constituting it [ It is first converted to the fragrance group in Table 1], and this fragrance group is converted secondarily to the representative value on the fragrance wheel in [Table 2].

At this time, the conversion value corresponding to each fragrance group in Table 2 is determined according to the mapping between the fragrance group on the fragrance wheel and the color on the color wheel. This mapping is a value corresponding to the color associated with the fragrance of the fragrance group, and it is built based on the results of many studies on the mutual conversion between fragrance and color. For example, orange is associated with the smell of caramel or honey. Such research is possible through questionnaire or big data processing, and it can be constructed in various ways according to gender, age, region, occupation, etc. When the value corresponding to Floral Oriental in Table 2 is "30", the color associated with the fragrance group Floral Oriental (eg, Caramel, Honey) is Orange, and Orange is the color-representative value of Table 3. This is because it has a value of "30" in the table. The color-representative value table in Table 3 may be an existing color mode as shown in FIG. 2 or may be defined and used separately.

The perfume "Aquadigio Profumo" in the embodiment is converted into a value as follows. In the embodiment, the arithmetic mean is used in the cubic transformation. This is because the weight of each note is the same, and various modifications such as increasing the weight of the base note are possible.

Notes: Bergamot + Sea Water + Geranium + Rosemary + Sage + Patchouli + Incense

1st Transformation: Citrus + Water + Floral + Aromatic + Aromatic + Woody Oriental + Soft Oriental

2nd Transformation: 180 + 120 + 60 + 2Х210 + 300 + 15

3rd order transformation: (2nd order transformation) / 7 = 156

Note-fragrance group table note fragrance group Vanilla Oriental Cinnamon Oriental Musk Oriental Amber Soft Oriental Incense Soft Oriental Tuberose Floral Oriental Orange Blossom Floral Oriental Caramel Floral Oriental Honey Floral Oriental Violet Soft Floral Aldehydes Soft Floral Rose Floral Lily Floral Geranium Floral Peach Fruity Apple Fruity Grass Green Sea Water Water Bergamot Citrus Citruses Citrus Rosemary Aromatic Sage Aromatic Oakmoss Mossy Woods Vetiver Woods Cedarwood Woods Patchouli Woody Oriental Sandalwood Woody Oriental

Fragrance group-representative value table fragrance group representative value Oriental One Floral Oriental 30 .. .. Floral 60 Fruity 90 .. .. Water 120 Citrus 180 .. .. Woods 240 Woody Oriental 300 .. ..

color-representative value table color representative value Red One Orange 30 .. .. Yellow 60 Chartreuse 90 .. .. Green 120 Cyan 180 .. .. Blue 240 magenta 300 .. ..

As fragrance information, in addition to notes, an accord, a combination of individual fragrances, is used. Common accords include [Amber, Aquatic, Aromatic, Balsam, Citrus, Floral, Fresh, Fruit, Gourmand, Green, Herbal, Oriental, Spice, Woods].

Accords included as fragrance information in fragrance products are sometimes included in pairs with each accord, which is a relative proportion value indicating how distinct each accord is compared to other accords, and the reaction (opinion or vote, etc. ) is determined by convergence.

For example, the perfume Christian Dior's 'Sauvage' is composed of three accords (Bergamot, Amber, Woods) as fragrance information. When their relative distinctness is expressed on a scale of 1 to 10, if they are 7, 2, and 1, respectively, they are converted as follows.

Accord: Bergamot x 7 + Amber x 2 + Woods x 1

1st Transformation: Citrus x 7 + Soft Oriental x 2 + Woods x 1

Quadratic transformation: 180 x 7 + 15 x 2 + 240 x 1

cubic transformation: (secondary transformation) / 10 = 153

And the matching unit 300 in step (c) compares the converted value of the color information for the color selected by the user input through the input unit and the converted value of the fragrance information of the fragrance stored in the content storage unit to the most similar Fragrance products having a value are preferentially displayed through the output unit 400 . In this case, a plurality of fragrance products may be selected.

In the case of the first embodiment, the perfume "Aqua Digio Profumo" has a converted value of "156", so if the color information selected by the user is between Green and (converted value 120) and Cyan (converted value 180), similar Recommended as a perfume.

5 shows the input unit of the second embodiment to which the fragrance product recommendation system according to the present invention is applied, and the operation thereof will be described in detail as follows.

It receives a video image through a video device such as a camera of a user terminal, searches for a fragrance product with a scent similar to a color included in the video image, and displays the information. When a user takes a picture of his/her clothes to find a perfume of an image that matches the clothes he/she wears, and when the captured image of the top and bottom of the clothes is input, that is, when two or more color information is input, the matching unit is configured for each color Fragrance products having fragrance information belonging to the fragrance group corresponding to the information are matched.

On the other hand, the output unit 400 displays the matching result of the matching unit, the information includes a manufacturer, notes, etc. as color and fragrance product information input by the consumer (FIG. 4).

On the other hand, shape information along with color information indicates mood information about a fragrance that the user wants.

If the object included in the image is clothes, even if the color is the same, the atmosphere is different depending on whether the clothes are formal or casual. Suits look smart or serious, and casual clothes like jeans and T-shirts create a free and creative atmosphere. An object recognition unit may be included to determine whether the object is clothes and whether it is a suit or casual clothes among clothes. The object recognition unit detects and recognizes an object included in the image in order to determine what the object is in the image.

Therefore, shape information along with color information can be used to select a fragrance product.

Above, various embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed in the present specification and drawings, and although specific terms have been used, these are only used in a general sense to easily explain the technical content of the present invention and help the understanding of the present invention, It is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. It will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains that other modifications based on the technical spirit of the present invention can be implemented in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

100: content storage unit
200: input unit
300: matching unit
400: output unit
210: color wheel
220 : color selection

Claims (8)

a content storage unit for storing fragrance product information;
an input unit for receiving color information from a user;
a matching unit for matching color information input by the user through the input unit and fragrance information among fragrance product information included in the content storage unit; and
Including; an output unit that provides a matching result of the matching unit
Fragrance product recommendation system.

According to claim 1,
The content storage unit,
Including at least one of notes and accords as fragrance information of a fragrance product to be compared with the color information input by the user,
Fragrance product recommendation system.
According to claim 1,
The input unit is
using at least one of color information input through the color input window, color information extracted from a video image captured in real time with an imaging device, and color information extracted from a pre-stored video image;
Fragrance product recommendation system.
According to claim 1,
The matching unit is
(a) converting the color information input by the user through the input unit into a value;
(b) converting the fragrance information of the fragrance product stored in the content storage unit into a value; and
Through the confirmation method comprising; (c) to find a similar fragrance product by comparing the two converted values with respect to a plurality of fragrance products,
Recommending fragrance products with a similar scent to the color information entered by the user;
Fragrance product recommendation system.
5. The method of claim 4,
The matching unit is
When two or more color information is received through the input unit, it is recommended to find and recommend a fragrance product having fragrance information belonging to two or more fragrance groups corresponding to each color information,
Fragrance product recommendation system.
According to claim 1,
The output unit is
In order to preferentially display information on the most similar fragrance products with respect to one or more fragrance products found as a result of the matching of the matching unit,
Fragrance product recommendation system.
a content storage unit for storing fragrance product information;
an input unit for receiving image information from a user;
a matching unit for matching the image information input by the user through the input unit and fragrance information among fragrance product information included in the content storage unit; and
Including; an output unit that provides a matching result of the matching unit
Fragrance product recommendation system.
8. The method of claim 7,
The image information is
using at least one of color information and shape information included in the image input through the input unit;
Fragrance product recommendation system.

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