Cosmetic enhancement mirror

• US 7,259,732 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2006
• Issued: 08/21/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Allen, Paul G., Levien, Royce A., Jung, Edward K. Y., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, John D. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Osorio; Ricardo
• Application Number:
  US11/478,334
• Publication Number:
  US 20070013612A1
• Time in Patent Office: 419 Days
• Field of Search: 345/8, 345/32, 345/156, 132/301, 434/371, D28/64.1
• US Class Current: 345/32
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 44/005 for selecting or displaying personal cosmetic colours or hairstyle
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/00 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00

Abstract

Cosmetic enhancement mirror methods and related systems.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a light reflecting structure;

a data presentation device proximate to said light reflecting structure;

an image enhancement engine operably couplable to said data presentation device, said image enhancement engine adaptable to respond to one or more modification/enhancement instructions associated with a surgeon and/or one or more modified/enhanced images associated with a surgeon; and

further comprising;

at least one image capture device operably couplable with said image enhancement engine, wherein said at least one image capture device further comprises;

at least one image representation capture device configurable to be located to capture, and alignable relative to, a field of view of said light reflecting surface.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said light reflecting structure further comprises:

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

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said light reflecting structure further comprises:

a partially silvered mirror.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said data presentation device proximate to said light reflecting structure further comprises:

said data presentation device operably couplable with an image sequencing/presentation engine adaptable to supply one or more images modified in accord with one or more modification/enhancement instructions associated with a surgeon and/or one or more modified/enhanced images associated with the surgeon.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said data presentation device proximate to said light reflecting structure further comprises:

said data presentation device operably couplable with an image sorting engine.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein said data presentation device operably couplable with an image sorting engine further comprises:

said data presentation device operably couplable with an image sorting engine adaptable to sort images utilizing one or more image recognition techniques.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein said data presentation device operably couplable with an image sorting engine further comprises:

said data presentation device operably couplable with an image sorting engine adaptable to sort images to at least two storage devices.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein said data presentation device further comprises:

said data presentation device operably couplable with a modified image reception device adaptable to receive at least one of a modified/enhanced image and/or a modification/enhancement instruction associated with a surgeon.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one image enhancement engine operably couplable with said data presentation device and adaptable to receive one or more modification/enhancement instructions associated with a surgeon and/or one or more modified/enhanced images associated with a surgeon.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one image transmission device operably couplable with an input capture device, said at least one image transmission device adaptable to transmit a captured image to a system associated with a surgeon and/or adaptable to transmit a captured input related to at least one captured image to a system associated with a surgeon.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one image capture device further comprises:

at least two image representation capture devices alignable relative to a field of view of said light reflecting structure.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one input capture device adaptable to accept one or more surgically-related enhancement requests in relation to a captured image.

13. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one image registration/comparison engine operably couplable with said data presentation device.

14. A system comprising:

a light reflecting surface;

an image representation capture device having an image field corresponding to said light reflecting surface, said image representation capture device configurable to be located to capture, and alignable relative to, a field of view of said light reflecting surface; and

at least one modified image reception device operably couplable with said image representation capture device, said at least one modified image reception device adaptable to receive at least one of a modified/enhanced image and/or a modification/enhancement instruction associated with a surgeon.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein said light reflecting surface further comprises:

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

16. A method comprising:

accepting input related to an image reflected by a light reflecting surface; and

presenting one or more enhanced images related to at least a part of the image reflected by the light reflecting surface in response to at least one of a modified/enhanced image associated with a surgeon or a modification/enhancement instruction associated with a surgeon, wherein said presenting one or more enhanced images related to at least a part of the image reflected by the light reflecting surface in response to at least one of a modified/enhanced image associated with a surgeon or a modification/enhancement instruction associated with a surgeon further comprises;

identifying one or more anatomical landmarks demarcating the at least a part of the image reflected by the light reflecting surface;

enhancing at least a part of one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks; and

presenting one or more enhanced versions of the one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks, wherein said presenting one or more enhanced versions of the one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks further comprises;

registering at least a portion of the one or more enhanced versions of the one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks of the image reflected by the light reflecting surface.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein said accepting input related to an image reflected by a light reflecting surface further comprises:

accepting touch input to a surface proximate to the at least a part of the image reflected by the light reflecting surface, said touch input associated with a surgically-related enhancement request.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein said accepting touch input to a surface proximate to the at least a part of the image reflected by the light reflecting surface further comprises:

detecting input to a touch sensitive device associated with the light reflecting surface, said input to the touch sensitive device associated with a surgically-related enhancement request.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein said accepting input related to an image reflected by a light reflecting surface 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 reflected by the light reflecting surface, said input associated with a surgically-related enhancement request.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein said presenting one or more enhanced versions of the one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks further comprises:

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

21. The method of claim 16, wherein said enhancing at least a part of one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks further comprises:

enhancing a specified feature having a state in response to the at least one of the modified/enhanced image associated with the surgeon or the modification/enhancement instruction associated with the surgeon.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein said enhancing a specified feature having a state further comprises:

enhancing at least one skin feature.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein said enhancing a specified feature having a state further comprises:

enhancing at least one body region.

24. A system comprising:

means for accepting input related to an image reflected by a light reflecting surface; and

means for presenting one or more enhanced images related to at least a part of the image reflected by the light reflecting surface responsive to at least one of a modified/enhanced image associated with a surgeon or a modification/enhancement instruction associated with a surgeon, wherein said means for presenting one or more enhanced images related to at least a part of the image reflected by the light reflecting surface in response to at least one of a modified/enhanced image associated with a surgeon or a modification/enhancement instruction associated with a surgeon further comprises;

means for identifying one or more anatomical landmarks demarcating the at least a part of the image reflected by the light reflecting surface;

means for enhancing at least a part of one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks; and

means for presenting one or more enhanced versions of the one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks, wherein said means for presenting one or more enhanced versions of 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 enhanced versions of the one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks of the image reflected by the light reflecting surface.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein said means for accepting input related to an image reflected by a light reflecting surface further comprises:

means for accepting touch input to a surface proximate to the at least a part of the image reflected by the light reflecting surface, said touch input associated with a surgically-related enhancement request.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein said means for accepting touch input to a surface proximate to the at least a part of the image reflected by the light reflecting surface further comprises:

means for detecting input to a touch sensitive device associated with the light reflecting surface, said input to the touch sensitive device associated with a surgically-related enhancement request.

27. The system of claim 24, wherein said means for accepting input related to an image reflected by a light reflecting surface 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 reflected by the light reflecting surface, said input associated with a surgically-related enhancement request.

28. The system of claim 24, wherein said means for presenting one or more enhanced versions of the one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks further comprises:

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

29. The system of claim 24, wherein said means for enhancing at least a part of one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks further comprises:

means for enhancing a specified feature having a state responsive to the at least one of the modified/enhanced image associated with the surgeon or the modification/enhancement instruction associated with the surgeon.

30. The system of claim 29, wherein said means for enhancing a specified feature having a state further comprises:

means for enhancing at least one skin feature.

31. The system of claim 29, wherein said means for enhancing a specified feature having a state further comprises:

means for enhancing at least one body region.