Method and system for determining cosmetic skin attributes based on disorder value
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorTatsuya Omotezako
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Abstract
A method and system for determining cosmetic skin attributes of a person based on disorder value, which shows improved match to the persons' skin color or skin conditions and/or improved match to the persons' perceptions of their skin color or skin conditions. The method includes the steps of: obtaining at least one color image comprising at least one portion of skin of the person; analyzing the at least one color image to obtain a disorder value of a certain color; and determining the cosmetic skin attribute of the at least one portion of skin of the person based on the disorder value.
Claims11
A method of determining a cosmetic skin attribute of a person, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) obtaining at least one color image comprising at least one portion of skin of the person, wherein the at least one color image is an a-channel image in the L*a*b* color system;
- b) analyzing the at least one color a-channel image to obtain a disorder value of a certain color based on an a-gradient;
- wherein the disorder value is based on at least one of the following:
- total lengths of the edges of the certain color;
- a ratio of the longest radius to the shortest radius, wherein both radii are measured from the same center of the certain color;
- discrepancy of a tile of the certain color;
- or mixtures thereof;
- c) determining the cosmetic skin attribute of the at least one portion of skin of the person based on the disorder value;
- wherein the cosmetic skin attribute is visually imperceivable and is selected from the group consisting of Stressed Skin, Hidden Aging Skin, and mixtures thereof.
A system for determining a cosmetic skin attribute of a person, the system comprising:
- an image obtaining unit for obtaining at least one color image comprising at least one portion of skin of the person, wherein said imaging obtaining unit comprises a non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store the obtained at least one color image, and wherein the at least one color image is an a-channel image in the L*a*b* color system;
- an image processing unit coupled with said image obtaining unit for analyzing the obtained at least one color a-channel image to obtain a disordered value of a certain color based on an a-gradient and determining the cosmetic skin attribute of the at least one portion of skin of the person based on the disordered value, wherein the disorder value is based on at least one of the following:
- total lengths of the edges of the certain color;
- a ratio of the longest radius to the shortest radius, wherein both radii are measured from the same center of the certain color;
- discrepancy of a tile of the certain color;
- or mixtures thereof, and wherein the cosmetic skin attribute is visually imperceivable and is selected from the group consisting of Stressed Skin, Hidden Aging Skin, and mixtures thereof;
- and
- a display generating unit coupled with the image processing unit for generating a display to display content data describing the determined cosmetic skin attribute.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.