Cosmetic enhancement mirror

• US 20080136789A1
• Filed: 10/31/2007
• Published: 06/12/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ventrk LLC
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Allen, Paul G., Jung, Edward K.Y., Levien, Royce A., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, John D.
• Granted Patent: US 7,683,858 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 44/005 for selecting or displaying personal cosmetic colours or hairstyle
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/10 Use of a protocol of communication by packets in interfaces along the display data pipeline
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/022 using memory planes
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/026 Control of mixing and/or overlay of colours in general G09G5/022 and G09G5/024 take precedence

Abstract

Cosmetic enhancement mirror methods and related systems

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a digital mirror;

a data presentation device proximate to said digital mirror; and

an image enhancement engine operably couplable to said digital mirror.

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

at least one of a Liquid Crystal display device, a plasma display device, or a laser-diode display device.

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

a microeletrical mechanical system display device.

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

an image representation presentation device.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one image storage device operably couplable with said digital mirror.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one image enhancement engine operably couplable with said digital mirror.

13. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one image transmission device operably couplable with an input capture device.

14. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

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

15. The system of claim 14, wherein said at least one image capture device further comprises:

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

16. The system of claim 14, wherein said at least one image capture device further comprises:

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

17. The system of claim 14, 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 digital mirror.

19. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one image registration engine operably couplable with said digital mirror.

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20. A system comprising:

a digital mirror;

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

at least one modified image reception device operably couplable with said image representation capture device.

21. The system of claim 20, further comprising:

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

23. The system of claim 20, wherein said digital mirror further comprises:

at least one of a Liquid Crystal display device, a plasma display device, or a laser-diode display device.

24. The system of claim 20, wherein said digital mirror further comprises:

a microelectrical mechanical system display device.

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25. A method comprising:

accepting input related to an image of a digital mirror; and

presenting one or more enhanced images related to at least a part of the image of the digital mirror.

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37. A system comprising:

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

means for presenting one or more enhanced images related to at least a part of the image of the digital mirror.

38. The system of claim 37, wherein said means for accepting input related to an image of a digital mirror further comprises:

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

39. The system of claim 38, wherein said means for accepting touch input to a surface proximate to the at least a part of the image of the digital mirror further comprises:

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

41. The system of claim 37, wherein said means for accepting input related to an image of a digital 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 of the digital mirror.

42. The system of claim 37, wherein said means for presenting one or more enhanced images related to at least a part of the image of the digital mirror further comprises:

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

43. The system of claim 37, wherein said means for presenting one or more enhanced images related to at least a part of the image of the digital mirror further comprises:

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

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.

44. The system of claim 43, 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 with the image of the digital mirror.

45. The system of claim 43, 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.

46. The system of claim 43, wherein said means for enhancing at least a part of the one or more images having the one or more anatomical landmarks further comprises:

means for enhancing a specified feature having a state.

47. The system of claim 46, wherein said means for enhancing a specified feature having a state further comprises:

means for enhancing at least one skin feature.

48. The system of claim 46, wherein said means for enhancing a specified feature having a state further comprises:

means for enhancing at least one body region.

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49. A system comprising:

a digital mirror;

a data presentation device proximate to said digital mirror; and

an image enhancement engine operably couplable to said data presentation device.