Image analysis – Applications
Reexamination Certificate
1998-08-11
2001-12-25
Johns, Andrew W. (Department: 2621)
Image analysis
Applications
C348S077000, C345S440000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06333985
ABSTRACT:
RELATED INVENTION
This application claims the priority of Japanese Patent Application No.9-230403 (filed on Aug. 12, 1997) which is expressly incorporated herein by reference in is entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In the past, women's selections of their hair-styles have been decided by their individual preferences, images of their faces, fashions, and professional advice issued by a beautician based on her experience, knowledge and senses. However, the selected hair-style may not always be suitable for the woman. When a woman changes her hair-style, she may look as if she were a stranger. Thus, a change in hair-style results in image change. In women's journals and magazines, articles which show suitable hair-styles for different looks are often published, for which some great concern among ladies is paid thereupon. These kinds of published articles, however, mainly offer general information concerning the face model and hair quality, and they do not offer individual or personal information for any particular woman such as features of her own face including her eyes, nose, and mouth. All of these data are of great importance to a choice of the hair-style. Accordingly, it is very difficult for each person to decide in theory whether the selected hair-style is really suitable or not.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention has an object to provide a method for selecting a suitable hair-style after checking whether a selected hair-style is suitable or not and at the same time to provide an image map for a hair-style where various hair-styles are assorted and arranged on an axis of co-ordinates according to general images.
The present invention has another object to provide a method for selecting a suitable hair-style wherein the most suitable hair-style can be decided based on consideration of personality and facial features of each selector, along with adopting her preference and request, and at the same time to provide an image map for a hair-style where it can be easily defined what kind of an image the selected hair-style has.
In order to fulfill the above objects, the present invention has adopted the following means, wherein a contour of the selector's face and its image are defined for the hair-style brought by an inner line which constitutes a boundary line between a face and a hairline and an outer line which constitutes an outside of the hair style, and wherein it is analyzed whether the selected hair-style is suitable or not with respect to form and balance features and also analyzed whether the selected hair-style is suitable to the image.
Analysis for the form and the balance of the hair-style is performed based on five elements; 1. balance between upper and lower parts of the face, 2. Silhouette, 3. Face line, 4. Balancing between head and face, and 5. Total balancing.
Further, analysis for an image of the hair-style is performed based on two elements; 1. An impression on the hair-style and 2. An image gap between face features and a hair-style.
Further, with regard to the analysis for a form of the hair-style and its balance, the analysis is performed based on a comparison of a standard proportion between the hair and the face.
Further, the standard proportion between the hair and the face is devised as follows:
1. The placement of the eyes is in the center of the whole construction.
2. The proportion ratio between distance from the eyes to the top end of a hair style and distance from the eyes to a bottom end of a jaw is 1:1.
3. The proportion ratio between length of a forehead, distance from the bottom of the forehead to a nose tip and distance from the nose tip to the bottom end of the jaw is 1:1:1.
4. The proportion ratio between the length of the forehead and distance from the top of the forehead at the hairline to the top end of the hair style is 1:0.5.
5. The proportion ratio between length and breadth of the face including the head and hair is, 1.5:1.
Further, an image for “light” and “heavy” is prepared on a perpendicular axis up and down, while the image for “curve line” and “straight line” is prepared on a horizontal axis, and thus representative hair-styles in accordance with these expressed images are arranged.
Further, the image for “light” has some features considered to be youthful such as fluffy loose hair ends, bright in color, having hairs on the forehead, to appear dry, and short to medium size.
On the other hand, the image for “heavy” has features associated with to be calm and an adult image such as stable in the hair-ends, dark in color, no hair on the forehead, to appear wet, and medium to long hair length.
The “curve line” depicts a warm and sweet image, with some features of the hair style waved and curled, a rounded line, and abundant soft hair at the sides.
The “straight line” depicts a cool and clean image, with some features of the style straight, an angular line, and having a long and hard silhouette.
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Fukuzawa Kyoko
Ishibiki Yumiko
Matsumoto Naoko
Tokunaga Ikumi
Ueda Mieko
Johns Andrew W.
Shiseido Co. Ltd.
Snider Ronald R.
Snider & Associates
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