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US 7,324,668 B2Granted
Feature extraction in beauty analysis
AssigneeL'oreal
InventorsGilles Rubinstenn, Francis Pruche
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Abstract
A method of performing a beauty analysis is disclosed. The method comprises receiving information of at least one portion of a subject's external body condition, identifying in the information at least one condition, extracting from the information at least one feature of the at least one condition, and storing extracted information reflective of the at least one feature.
Claims36
A method of performing a skin analysis and maintaining a subject's privacy, the method comprising:
- receiving at least one image of at least one portion of a subject's facial skin, wherein the at least one image includes facial features enabling substantial identification of the subject's identity;
- identifying in the at least one image at least one skin condition, wherein during identifying, the at least one image is processed to identify substantially all visible occurrences of the at least one skin condition in at least one part of the at least one image;
- extracting from the at least one image at least one representation of the at least one skin condition, wherein the extracted representation includes a skin condition image devoid of substantially all facial features other than the at least one skin condition;
- storing information reflective of the at least one representation;
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- displaying the skin condition image such that the subject is substantially unidentifiable.
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A method of performing a skin analysis and maintaining a subject's privacy, the method comprising:
- receiving at least one image of at least one portion of a subject's facial skin, wherein the at least one image includes facial features enabling substantial identification of the subject's identity;
- identifying at least one skin condition in the at least one image of the at least one portion of the subject's facial skin, the at least one skin condition including at least one wrinkle,
- wherein during identifying, the at least one image of the at least one portion of the subject's facial skin is processed to identify substantially all visible wrinkles in at least one part of the at least one image of the at least one portion of the subject's facial skin;
- extracting at least one representation of the at least one skin condition from the at least one image of the at least one portion of the subject's facial skin, wherein the at least one extracted representation includes a skin condition image devoid of substantially all facial features other than the visible wrinkles;
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- displaying the skin condition image such that the subject is substantially unidentifiable.
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A method of performing a skin analysis and maintaining a subject's privacy, the method comprising:
- receiving at least one image of at least one portion of a subject's facial skin, wherein the at least one image includes facial features enabling substantial identification of the subiect's identity;
- identifying at least one skin condition in the at least one image of the at least one portion of the subject's facial skin;
- extracting at least one representation of the at least one skin condition from the at least one image of the at least one portion of the subject's facial skin,
- wherein extracting occurs to an extent that the subject is anonymous when the representation is viewed;
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- displaying the representation such that the subject is anonymous.
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A method of performing a skin analysis, the method comprising:
- receiving at least one image of at least one portion of a subject's facial skin, wherein the at least one image includes facial features enabling substantial identification of the subject's identity;
- identifying in the at least one image at least one skin condition;
- extracting from the at least one image at least one representation of the at least one skin condition, wherein the extracted representation includes a skin condition image devoid of substantially all facial features other than the at least one skin condition;
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- storing information reflective of the at least one representation,
- wherein skin in the received image is covered with powder to facilitate extracting the at least one representation.
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A method of performing a skin analysis, the method comprising:
- receiving at least one image of at least one portion of a subject's facial skin, wherein the at least one image includes facial features enabling substantial identification of the subject's identity;
- identifying in the at least one image at least one skin condition;
- extracting from the at least one image at least one representation of the at least one skin condition, wherein the extracted representation includes a skin condition image devoid of substantially all facial features other than the at least one skin condition;
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- storing information reflective of the at least one representation,
- wherein skin in the received image is illuminated with a Woods lamp to facilitate extracting the at least one representation.
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A method of performing a skin analysis and maintaining a subject's privacy, the method comprising:
- receiving an image of a portion of a subject's skin, wherein the image includes facial features enabling substantial identification of the subject's identity;
- identifying in the image at least one skin condition, wherein during identifying, the at least one image is processed to identify substantially all visible occurrences of the at least one skin condition in at least one part of the at least one image;
- extracting from the image at least one representation of the at least one skin condition, wherein the extracted representation includes a skin condition image devoid of substantially all facial features other than the at least one skin condition;
- storing information reflective of the at least one representation;
- and
- displaying the skin condition image such that the subject is substantially unidentifiable.
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A method of performing a skin analysis, the method comprising:
- receiving an image of a portion of a subject's skin, wherein the subject is substantially identifiable in the at least one image;
- identifying in the image at least one skin condition;
- extracting from the image at least one representation of the at least one skin condition, wherein the extracted representation includes a skin condition image devoid of substantially all features that identify the subject;
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- storing information reflective of the at least one representation,
- wherein skin in the received image is covered with powder to facilitate extracting the at least one representation.
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A method of performing a skin analysis, the method comprising:
- receiving an image of a portion of a subject's skin, wherein the subject is substantially identifiable in the at least one image;
- identifying in the image at least one skin condition;
- extracting from the image at least one representation of the at least one skin condition, wherein the extracted representation includes a skin condition image devoid of substantially all features that identify the subiect;
- and
- storing information reflective of the at least one representation,
- wherein skin in the received image is illuminated with a Woods lamp to facilitate extracting the at least one representation.
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A system for performing a skin analysis and maintaining a subject's privacy, the system comprising:
- first memory for storing an image of at least a portion of a subject's facial skin, wherein the image includes facial features enabling substantial identification of the subiect's identity;
- processor configured to identify in the image at least one skin condition and for extracting from the image at least one representation of the at least one skin condition to thereby protect the subject's identity;
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- second memory for storing information reflective of the at least one representation.
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A method of protecting an identity of an individual providing a body image, the method comprising:
- instructing the subject to capture at least one image of at least one portion of the subject, the image containing information for use in a skin analysis and information unrelated to a skin analysis, including facial features enabling substantial identification of the subject's identity;
- providing software for modifying the at least one image to remove at least some of the information unrelated to the skin analysis, thereby protecting the subject's identity during transmission;
- receiving the modified image over a network;
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- performing a skin analysis on the modified image.
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A method of performing a hair analysis, the method comprising:
- receiving at least one image of at least one portion of a subject's hair;
- identifying in the at least one image at least one hair condition;
- extracting from the at least one image at least one representation of the at least one hair condition;
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- storing information reflective of the at least one representation.
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A method of performing a nail analysis, the method comprising:
- receiving at least one image of at least one portion of a subject's nails;
- identifying in the at least one image at least one nail condition;
- extracting from the at least one image at least one representation of the at least one nail condition;
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- storing information reflective of the at least one representation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.