Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
  • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
  • A45D44/00—Other cosmetic or toiletry articles, e.g. for hairdressers' rooms
  • A45D44/005—Other cosmetic or toiletry articles, e.g. for hairdressers' rooms for selecting or displaying personal cosmetic colours or hairstyle
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
  • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
  • G06T11/00—2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
  • G06T11/001—Texturing; Colouring; Generation of texture or colour
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
  • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
  • A45D44/00—Other cosmetic or toiletry articles, e.g. for hairdressers' rooms
  • A45D2044/007—Devices for determining the condition of hair or skin or for selecting the appropriate cosmetic or hair treatment

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for allowing a consumer at pomt-of-sale to evaluate colour cosmetic products on their virtual facial image prior to purchase .
• Colour cosmetics encompass among others lipsticks, eyeliner, blush, liplmer, eye shadow and facial foundation.
• a vast array of colours and shades are available to consumers. Often the consumer finds it difficult to select among this vast array of choices. It is difficult to decide how a particular colour or shade will look when actually spread on the skin. Even more difficult to assess is how a combination of colour cosmetic products such as facial foundation, lipstick and eye shadow will work together for a particular individual.
• Clinique and Clarion have installed computers at sales counters for use by the consumer. Information on colour shade, oilmess and other properties of a consumer's skm are punched into the computer which then determines the company's most closely matching product.
• U.S. Patent 5,854,850, U.S. Patent 5,825,941 and U.S. Patent 5,687,259 all to Linford et al . assigned to the Mirror Software Corporation disclose a system for digital image capture of a particular person' s face and software to manipulate facial structures. The system is intended for reconstructive plastic surgery.
• Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for virtual makeover at a point of sale counter wherein colour makeup can be electronically painted over the consumer's image without requiring actual removal of make-up prior to obtaining a baseline natural skm colour image .
• the present invention provides a method for applying a virtual makeover to a person's face, the method involving: (l) directing a digital camera at a person's face to register an image of at least a portion thereof; (n) calculating colour parameters on two or more areas of the image to identify a natural colour of the skin;
• the present invention provides apparatus for applying virtual makeover to a person's face, the apparatus including:
• (l) a digital camera for acquiring information on the person' s facial image; (11) a program for calculating colour on two or more different areas of the facial image not normally covered by cosmetics to identify a natural colour of the person' s skm; ( n) a monitor for displaying the facial image;
• a digital image of a customer' s face may be taken at a point-of-sale department store counter for storage into a central memory and then made available at a website.
• the image may also be storable locally at the store or within an intranet system of the cosmetic supplier.
• Also envisioned is the alternative possibility for the customer scanning their own actual image from their home computer. Many of these customers now have relatively inexpensive digital imaging cameras mterfaceable with personal computers and thereby can connect directly to the internet.
• a consultant' s choice is automatically determined from a software stored set of 12-20 colours matching the person' s skm type. This provides a colour matching facial foundation for building the first stage of colour makeover. Feedback is then accepted into the program on the customer' s own preferences. For instance, these preferences can be with respect to three possible "looks" such as fashion, natural or go-to-work types.
• a lipstick can then be provided as a consultant' s best choice.
• the customer can also provide input for her favourite colour.
• the pick may be a natural or dramatic look. These choices are then fed directly into the program for facial display on the monitor.
• colour cosmetics can be applied in the same consultant's choice and consumer preference feedback mode. These cosmetics can include eye shadow, eyeliner, liplmer and blush.
• the monitor can display images from no makeup to full makeup with all products or any step m between.
• a printer is activated with an ordering slip for the selected cosmetics.
• the customer is identified by a number and the selected products given a barcode symbol or other designation correlating the product with the customer.
• the customer's image can be placed on an internet site.
• the customer can view the Internet site and from the comfort of their own terminal evaluate various makeovers on their face. Cosmetics to accomplish the actual makeover can then be ordered on the web site or through any other channel.
• Equipment for the method includes a digital camera available from several sources.
• Nikon provides a suitable high resolution digital camera under the trademark Coolpix 900TM providing an image size of 1080 x 960 pixels, VGA mode 640 x
• Another digital camera which may be utilised, is the
• PhotoGemeTM sold with the ePHOTO 1680 camera by the Agfa Corporation. Image size is 1280 x 1200 pixels, VGA mode 640 x 480. Software for operating the system can be obtained from Torchlight Corporation of Seattle. Programs upon which this software is based are found m U.S. Patent 5,854,850,

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