Makeup application assistance device, makeup application assistance method, and makeup application assistance program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9681736-B2
Application number	US-201615010190-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 29, 2016
Priority date	Feb 1, 2013
Publication date	Jun 20, 2017
Grant date	Jun 20, 2017

Abstract

A makeup assisting apparatus includes an image acquirer that acquires a face image, a facial part acquirer that acquires a face portion area from the image, a facial makeup selector that selects facial makeup for each of the facial parts, the facial makeup comprising a way of applying the facial makeup, a skin condition acquirer that acquires a skin condition of the face and a skin correction makeup selector that selects skin correction makeup or skin care based on the skin condition, the skin correction makeup being a way of applying the skin correction makeup, and the skin care being a way of applying basic skin care. A makeup presenter presents, to a user, the selected facial makeup in association with a corresponding area of the portion of the face and presents the selected skin correction makeup or skin care.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A makeup assisting apparatus including a processor that executes instructions and a memory that stores the instructions and configured to:
connect to a skin care equipment;
acquire a captured image of a face;
determine areas of facial parts of the face from the captured image;
select facial makeup for each of the facial parts, the facial makeup being a way of applying the facial makeup on corresponding one of the facial parts;
divide an area of the face into a plurality of divided facial areas based on the captured image, the divided facial areas being different from the facial parts;
acquire a skin condition for each of the divided facial areas;
determine at least one facial area of the divided facial areas, for which skin care is required, based on the acquired skin condition for each of the divided facial areas;
select skin care for the at least one facial area of the divided facial areas, based on the skin condition for the at least one facial area, the skin care being a way of applying basic skin care; and
display, on a screen, a simulation image obtained by superimposing, on the determined area of the facial parts included in the captured image, the selected facial makeup for each of the facial parts, and information indicative of the selected skin care,
the areas of facial parts are enclosed by feature points constituting the facial part, and the divided facial areas are formed by connecting each of the feature points with an adjacent one of the feature points.

2. The makeup assisting apparatus according to claim 1 , further configured to:
present, to the user, a way of using the skin care equipment.

3. The makeup assisting apparatus according to claim 2 , further configured to acquire equipment information of the skin care equipment, from the skin care equipment.

4. The makeup assisting apparatus according to claim 2 , further configured to acquire equipment information of the skin care equipment from the Internet.

5. The makeup assisting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the facial makeup corrects impression of features of the facial part to improve aesthetics, and includes at least a color, application concentration and application range of a skin cosmetic agent.

6. The makeup assisting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the skin care comprises an action taken for the purpose of improving the skin condition.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

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

Classifications

• G06T11/10

  Texturing; Colouring; Generation of textures or colours (retouching, inpainting or scratch removal G06T5/77) · CPC title

• G06T2207/10024

  Color image · CPC title

• G06T2207/10004

  Still image; Photographic image · CPC title

• G06T2207/20021

  Dividing image into blocks, subimages or windows · CPC title

• G06T11/60

  Creating or editing images; Combining images with text · CPC title