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Hair design system and its applications

  • US 6,994,552 B2
  • Filed: 07/02/2001
  • Issued: 02/07/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A hairstyle design system comprising:

  • an input/output device for inputting instructions for selecting or processing images and for outputting status information;

    a graphic system that converts image information into image data for display;

    a display device for the display of the image data;

    a head-development drawing information-storage device that stores data on two-dimensional head-development drawings representing multiple hairstyle designs, said drawings showing multiply-divided sections of a hair growing region of the head, each section including numerals and/or symbols representing hair length and color and the type of permanent wave;

    a hairstyle-design information-storage device that stores data on three-dimensional hairstyle designs corresponding to the two-dimensional head-development drawings, said hairstyle designs being changeable by the section; and

    an image-processing device that i) retrieves the data on two-dimensional head-development drawings and the data on three-dimensional hairstyle designs, ii) synthesizes image information on the two-dimensional head-development drawings and image information on the three-dimensional hairstyle designs, iii) outputs to the graphic system the synthesized image information on the two-dimensional head-development drawings and on the three-dimensional hairstyle designs to display on the display device as the image date the two-dimensional head-development drawings and on the three-dimensional hairstyle designs, iv) modifies the image information based on instructions from the input/output device, and v) saves data on two-dimensional head-development drawings and data on three-dimensional hairstyle designs into the head-development drawing information-storage device and the hairstyle-design information-storage device, respectively, as instructed via the input/output device.

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