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US 2021/0201008 A1Published application
High-resolution and hyperspectral imaging of skin
AssigneeL'oreal
InventorKyle Yeates
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Abstract
Examples of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for providing more accurate skin assessments. These assessments can be used to produce custom recommendations that are tailored for the user's skin. Additionally, these example methods address privacy concerns of users, as its small focal distance, limited depth of field, and narrow field of view mean it can only image skin, and not the full face or body.
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A method for assessing skin of a subject, comprising:
- capturing, by a mobile device, one or more images of an area of interest at a distance D from the subject;
- capturing inertial measurement data of the mobile device contemporaneously with image capture;
- analyzing the captured images based on the inertial measurement data to determine location data, the location data representative of the location within the area of interest conveyed by each image at image capture;
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- analyzing the one or more images to determine one or more skin conditions associated with the area of interest.
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A computing system, comprising:
- an image capture device;
- a light source;
- one or more inertial sensors;
- one or more processing engines including circuitry configured to:
- cause the image capture device to capture a plurality of images of the area of interest;
- process the images captured by the camera and the inertial measurement data generated by the inertial measurement unit (IMU) and to generate location data, the location data representative of the location within the area of interest conveyed by each image at image capture;
- analyze the images to produce skin condition data for determining one or more skin conditions;
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- generate a body map based on the location data and the skin condition data.
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A mobile device, comprising:
- a camera configured to capture digital images of an area of interest;
- a light source associated with the camera and configured to illuminate the area of interest;
- an inertial measurement unit (IMU) configured for generating inertial measurement data;
- an image capture engine including circuitry configured to cause the camera to capture a plurality of images of the area of interest;
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- an image analysis engine including circuitry configured to process the images captured by the camera and the inertial measurement data generated by the inertial measurement unit (IMU) and to generate location data, the location data representative of the location within the area of interest conveyed by each image at image capture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.