Makeup support device, makeup support method, and makeup support program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016015152-A1
Application number	US-201414774321-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 4, 2014
Priority date	Mar 22, 2013
Publication date	Jan 21, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a makeup support device capable of appropriately supporting the application of makeup even for users who have insufficient makeup skills. The makeup support device ( 100 ) has: a makeup style selection unit ( 250 ) that selects a makeup style being a makeup method, for each face to be made up; and a makeup style suggestion unit ( 260 ) that guides the position of the face to a prescribed position, and sprays cosmetics corresponding to the selected makeup style, using the prescribed position as reference. The makeup style suggestion unit ( 260 ) causes, for example, a spray unit that sprays a plurality of cosmetic colors in a prescribed direction to spray a cosmetic color corresponding to the prescribed direction when the face is in the prescribed position, among the colors used for the selected makeup style.

First claim

1 . A makeup assisting apparatus comprising:
a makeup selecting section that selects makeup for each face, the makeup being a way of applying makeup, the face being subjected to the makeup; and a makeup presenting section that guides a position of the face to a predetermined position and that causes a cosmetic material corresponding to the selected makeup to be sprayed with reference to the predetermined position.

2 . The makeup assisting apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a sprayer that sprays a multi-color cosmetic material toward a predetermined direction, wherein the makeup presenting section causes the sprayer to spray a cosmetic material having a color corresponding to the predetermined direction when the face is located at the predetermined position among colors used for the selected makeup.

3 . The makeup assisting apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the sprayer mixes a plurality of types of cosmetic materials of different colors as appropriate and sprays the resultant multi-color cosmetic material.

4 . The makeup assisting apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:
an image acquiring section that acquires a captured image of the face; a facial part acquiring section that acquires a region of a facial part of the face from the image; and a display that displays an image, wherein the makeup selecting section selects a makeup candidate which is a candidate for makeup subjected to the spraying for each facial part, the makeup presenting section causes the display to display a simulation image obtainable by superimposing, on the image, an image indicating a state of the makeup candidate when the makeup candidate is applied to the face, and the makeup selecting section receives an operation of selecting the displayed makeup candidate and selects the selected makeup candidate as application makeup that is subjected to the spraying.

5 . The makeup assisting apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising an image capturing section that captures a moving image of the face, wherein
the image acquiring section acquires images that make up the moving image, the makeup presenting section sequentially generates guide images obtainable by superimposing guide information indicating the predetermined position on the images for the respective images that make up the moving image and causes the display to display the guide images.

6 . The makeup assisting apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the makeup presenting section acquires the position of the face and controls an amount of the sprayed cosmetic material per unit time based on the acquired position of the face.

7 . The makeup assisting apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the makeup presenting section records a set of the acquired position of the face and the amount of spraying per unit time at the position in a predetermined cycle and controls the amount of the cosmetic material sprayed per unit time based on a history of the set of the position of the face and the amount of spraying per unit time.

8 . The makeup assisting apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising a breath timing detection section that detects breath timing of a person subjected to makeup whose face is a makeup target, wherein the makeup presenting section controls the amount of the cosmetic material sprayed per unit time based on the detected breath timing.

9 . The makeup assisting apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the sprayer mixes the multi-color cosmetic material and particulates of a biocompatible polymer and sprays the resultant multi-color cosmetic material.

10 . A makeup assisting method comprising:
selecting makeup for each face, the makeup being a way of applying makeup, the face being subjected to the makeup; guiding a position of the face to a predetermined position; and causing a cosmetic material corresponding to the selected makeup to be sprayed with reference to the predetermined position.

11 . A makeup assisting program that causes a computer to execute processing comprising:
selecting makeup for each face, the makeup being a way of applying makeup, the face being subjected to the makeup; guiding a position of the face to a predetermined position; and causing a cosmetic material corresponding to the selected makeup to be sprayed with reference to the predetermined position.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ajiki Kaori
• Asai Rieko
• Yamaguchi Yasushi
• Yamanashi Tomofumi
• Muta Aoi
• Nishi Chie

Classifications

• G06K9/00281

  Physics · mapped topic

• A45D44/005 Primary

  for selecting or displaying personal cosmetic colours or hairstyle · CPC title

• A45D40/30

  Masks for marking lips or eyelashes · CPC title

• G06K9/00288

  Physics · mapped topic

• A45D2044/007

  Devices for determining the condition of hair or skin or for selecting the appropriate cosmetic or hair treatment · CPC title