Time-lapsing mirror

• US 20080088579A1
• Filed: 12/12/2006
• Published: 04/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ventrk LLC
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Allen, Paul G., Jung, Edward K.Y., Levien, Royce A., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, John D.
• Granted Patent: US 7,679,580 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2044/007 Devices for determining the condition of hair or skin or for selecting the appropriate cosmetic or hair treatment
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 44/005 for selecting or displaying personal cosmetic colours or hairstyle
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/045 Zooming at least part of an image, i.e. enlarging it or shrinking it
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/18 Use of a frame buffer in a display terminal, inclusive of the display panel
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/08 Biomedical applications
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/16 Digital picture frames
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/003 to produce spatial visual effects
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/20 for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters

Abstract

Time-lapsing mirror methods and related systems.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a physical mirror;

an image playback device proximate to said physical mirror; and

an image registration engine operably couplable to said image playback device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said physical mirror further comprises:

at least one of a plane mirror, a convex mirror, or a concave mirror.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said physical mirror further comprises:

a handheld mirror.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said physical mirror further comprises:

at least one of a bathroom mirror or a hall mirror.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said physical mirror further comprises:

a partially silvered mirror.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said image playback device proximate to said physical mirror further comprises:

said image playback device integral with said physical mirror.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said image playback device proximate to said physical mirror further comprises:

said image playback device operably coupled with said physical mirror.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein said image playback device proximate to said physical mirror further comprises:

said image playback device in physical communication with said physical mirror.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein said image playback device in physical communication with said physical mirror further comprises:

said image playback device connected with a frame connected with said physical mirror.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein said image playback device further comprises:

a light generation device.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein said image playback device further comprises:

an image presentation device.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein said image playback device further comprises:

a laser device.

13. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one image storage device operably couplable with said image playback device.

14. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one image recognition engine operably couplable with said image playback device.

15. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one image sorting engine operably couplable with said image playback device.

16. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one image capture device operably couplable with said image playback device.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein said at least one image capture device further comprises:

at least one image representation device configurable to be located to capture a field of view of said mirror.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein said at least one image capture device further comprises:

at least one image representation device alignable relative to a field of view of said mirror.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein said at least one image capture device further comprises:

at least two image representation devices alignable relative to a field of view of said mirror.

20. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one input capture device operably couplable with said image playback device.

21. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one image sequencing engine operably couplable with said image playback device.

22. A system comprising:

a physical mirror;

an image capture device having an image field corresponding to said physical mirror; and

at least one image storage device operably couplable with said image capture device.

23. The system of claim 22, further comprising:

at least one image sorting engine operably couplable with said image capture device.

24. The system of claim 22, further comprising:

at least one image playback device operably couplable with said image capture device.

25. The system of claim 22, wherein said physical mirror further comprises:

a plane mirror.

26. The system of claim 22, wherein said physical mirror further comprises:

a partially silvered mirror.

27. A method comprising:

accepting input related to an image in a mirror; and

presenting two or more stored images having at least a part of the image in the mirror wherein said presenting utilizes time-lapse techniques.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein said accepting input related to an image in a mirror further comprises:

accepting touch input to a mirror surface proximate to the at least a part of the image in the mirror.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein said accepting touch input to a mirror surface proximate to the at least a part of the image in the mirror further comprises:

detecting input to a touch screen device associated with the mirror.

30. The method of claim 28, wherein said accepting touch input to a mirror surface proximate to the at least a part of the image in the mirror further comprises:

detecting input to a cursor device associated with the mirror.

31. The method of claim 27, wherein said accepting input related to an image in a mirror further comprises:

accepting input of at least one of a user touching herself, a user gesturing, or a user speaking in relation to the at least a part of the image in the mirror.

32. The method of claim 27, wherein the at least a part of the image in the mirror further comprises:

at least one of a recognized region of the image or a recognized anchor point associated with the image.

33. The method of claim 27, wherein said presenting two or more stored images having at least a part of the image in the mirror wherein said presenting utilizes time-lapse techniques further comprises:

locating one or more images having the at least a part of the image in the mirror.

34. The method of claim 27, wherein said presenting two or more stored images having at least a part of the image in the mirror wherein said presenting utilizes time-lapse techniques further comprises:

identifying one or more anatomical landmarks demarcating the at least a part of the image in the mirror;

obtaining one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks; and

presenting the one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks.

35. The method of claim 34, wherein said presenting the one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks further comprises:

registering at least a portion of the one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks with the image in the mirror.

36. The method of claim 34, wherein said presenting the one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks further comprises:

sequencing at least a portion of the one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks.

37. The method of claim 27, wherein said presenting two or more stored images having at least a part of the image in the mirror wherein said presenting utilizes time-lapse techniques further comprises:

tracking a specified feature having a state; and

presenting the two or more stored images when a change in the state exceeds a selected tolerance value.

38. The method of claim 37, wherein said tracking a specified feature having a state further comprises:

tracking at least one of hair length or jowl size.

39. The method of claim 37, wherein said tracking a specified feature having a state further comprises:

tracking at least one of a skin lesion or a body region.

40. The method of claim 37, wherein said presenting the two or more stored images when a change in the state exceeds a selected tolerance value further comprises:

presenting an image having the state in conjunction with an image whose state exceeds the selected tolerance value.

41. A system comprising:

means for accepting input related to an image in a mirror; and

means for presenting two or more stored images having at least a part of the image in the mirror wherein said presenting utilizes time-lapse techniques.

42. The system of claim 41, wherein said means for accepting input related to an image in a mirror further comprises:

means for accepting touch input to a mirror surface proximate to the at least a part of the image in the mirror.

43. The system of claim 42, wherein said means for accepting touch input to a mirror surface proximate to the at least a part of the image in the mirror further comprises:

means for detecting input to a touch screen device associated with the mirror.

44. The system of claim 42, wherein said means for accepting touch input to a mirror surface proximate to the at least a part of the image in the mirror further comprises:

means for detecting input to a cursor device associated with the mirror.

45. The system of claim 41, wherein said means for accepting input related to an image in a mirror further comprises:

means for accepting input of at least one of a user touching herself, a user gesturing, or a user speaking in relation to the at least a part of the image in the mirror.

46. The system of claim 41, wherein said means for presenting two or more stored images having at least a part of the image in the mirror wherein said presenting utilizes time-lapse techniques further comprises:

means for locating one or more images having the at least a part of the image in the mirror.

47. The system of claim 41, wherein said means for presenting two or more images having at least a part of the image in the mirror wherein said presenting utilizes time-lapse techniques further comprises:

means for identifying one or more anatomical landmarks demarcating the at least a part of the image in the mirror;

means for obtaining one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks; and

means for presenting the one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks.

48. The system of claim 47, wherein said means for presenting the one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks further comprises:

means for registering at least a portion of the one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks with the image in the mirror.

49. The system of claim 47, wherein said means for presenting the one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks further comprises:

means for sequencing at least a portion of the one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks.

50. The system of claim 41, wherein said means for presenting two or more stored images having at least a part of the image in the mirror wherein said presenting utilizes time-lapse techniques further comprises:

means for tracking a specified feature having a state; and

means for presenting the two or more stored images when a change in the state exceeds a selected tolerance value.

51. The system of claim 50, wherein said means for tracking a specified feature having a state further comprises:

means for tracking at least one of hair length or jowl size.

52. The system of claim 50, wherein said means for tracking a specified feature having a state further comprises:

means for tracking at least one of a skin lesion or a body region.

53. The system of claim 50, wherein said means for presenting the two or more stored images when a change in the state exceeds a selected tolerance value further comprises:

means for presenting an image having the state in conjunction with an image whose state exceeds the selected tolerance value.

54. (canceled)