Cosmetic apparatus and method
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1. A cosmetic apparatus for selecting a make-up pattern which best matches a customer'"'"'s face and for displaying a mutually scaled and registered overlay of the selected make-up pattern and at least an outline of the customer'"'"'s face comprising:
- means for providing an outline of the customer'"'"'s face defined by a selected number of significant facial points having predetermined locations relative to an image of the customer'"'"'s face;
means for storing a number of different reference face patterns each of which is similarly defined by a selected number of significant facial points having similar predetermined locations relative to reference faces, and for storing a respective suitably scaled make-up pattern corresponding to each of said stored face patterns;
means for matching said outline of the customer'"'"'s face with said stored reference face patterns to select the stored reference face pattern which most closely matches the customer'"'"'s face;
means for displaying a mutually scaled and registered overlay of the make-up pattern corresponding to the so-selected reference face pattern and at least the so-provided outline of the customer'"'"'s face.
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Abstract
Disclosed in a cosmetic apparatus which helps select a make-up pattern which matches a customer'"'"'s face and displays a mutually scaled and registered overlay of the selected make-up pattern and the customer'"'"'s face or at least an outline of it. Also disclosed is a method of using the apparatus.
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1. A cosmetic apparatus for selecting a make-up pattern which best matches a customer'"'"'s face and for displaying a mutually scaled and registered overlay of the selected make-up pattern and at least an outline of the customer'"'"'s face comprising:
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means for providing an outline of the customer'"'"'s face defined by a selected number of significant facial points having predetermined locations relative to an image of the customer'"'"'s face; means for storing a number of different reference face patterns each of which is similarly defined by a selected number of significant facial points having similar predetermined locations relative to reference faces, and for storing a respective suitably scaled make-up pattern corresponding to each of said stored face patterns; means for matching said outline of the customer'"'"'s face with said stored reference face patterns to select the stored reference face pattern which most closely matches the customer'"'"'s face; means for displaying a mutually scaled and registered overlay of the make-up pattern corresponding to the so-selected reference face pattern and at least the so-provided outline of the customer'"'"'s face. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A cosmetic apparatus which selects a make-up pattern matching a customer'"'"'s facial features and displays a mutually registered and scaled overlay of an image of the customer'"'"'s face and of the so-selected make-up pattern comprising:
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a customer'"'"'s station and a video camera unit trained on the station to produce an initial electronic image of the face of a customer located at the station; a beauty adviser console connected to the video unit to receive the initial electronic image of the customer'"'"'s face from it and having means to produce, on the basis of the received initial electronic image and interactive input commands by the beauty adviser, a set of initial facial outline signals defining the relative positions of selected features of the customer'"'"'s face; means for electronically storing a number of different sets of reference outline signals, each set defining the relative positions of features of a corresponding reference facial shape, and for storing, for each set of reference outline signals, a corresponding set of signals defining a make-up pattern selected as appropriate to the features of the corresponding reference facial shape; means coupled with the console and the storing means for electronically comparing the initial set of facial outline signals with the reference sets and for electronically selecting, on the basis of the comparison, the reference set which most closely corresponds to the initial set; and means for displaying the initial electronic image of the customer'"'"'s face and for overlaying on it a display of the reference make-up patterns which corresponds to the so-selected reference set of outline signals, the displayed facial image and the displayed make-up pattern being registered with each other on the basis of the relative positions of the features defined by the initial facial outline signals and the features defined by the selected set of reference outline signals, and at least one of the displayed image of the customer'"'"'s face and the displayed make-up pattern being scaled to the size of the other. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A cosmetic method of selecting a make-up pattern which best matches a customer'"'"'s face and of displaying a mutually scaled and registered overlay of the selected make-up pattern and at least an outline of the customer'"'"'s face comprising the steps of:
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providing an outline of the customer'"'"'s face defined by a selected number of significant facial points having predetermined locations relative to an image of the customer'"'"'s face; storing a number of different reference face patterns each of which is similarly defined by a selected number of significant facial points having similar predetermined locations relative to reference faces and storing a respective suitably scaled make-up pattern corresponding to each of said stored face patterns; matching said outline of the customer'"'"'s face with said stored reference face patterns to select the stored reference face pattern which most closely matches the customer'"'"'s face; and displaying a mutually scaled and registered overlay of the make-up pattern corresponding to the so-selected reference face pattern and at least the so-provided outline of the customer'"'"'s face.
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12. A cosmetic method of selecting a make-up pattern matching a customer'"'"'s facial features and displaying a mutually registered and scaled overlay of an image of the customer'"'"'s face and the so-selected make-up pattern comprising the steps of:
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training a video camera unit on the face of a customer to produce an initial electronic image of the customer'"'"'s face; converting the initial electronic image of the customer'"'"'s face to a set of initial facial outline signals which electronically define the relative positions of selected features of the customer'"'"'s face; electronically storing a number of different sets of reference outline signals, each set defining the relative positions of features of a corresponding reference facial shape, and storing for each set of reference outline signals, a corresponding set of signals defining a make-up pattern selected as appropriate to the features of the corresponding reference facial shape; electronically comparing the initial set of facial outline signals with the reference sets and electronically selecting, on the basis of the comparison, the reference set which most closely corresponds to the initial set; and displaying the initial electronic image of the customer'"'"'s face and overlaying on it a display of the reference make-up pattern which corresponds to the so-selected reference set outline signals, the displayed facial image and the displayed make-up pattern being registered with each other on the basis of the relative positions of the features defined by the initial facial outline signals and the features defined by the selected set of reference outline signals, at least one of the displayed image of the customer'"'"'s face and the displayed make-up pattern being scaled to the size of the other.
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