Apparatus and method for rapid and precise application of cosmetics
AssigneeTCMS Transparent Beauty LLC
InventorAlbert D. Edgar
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Abstract
A method for selectively applying a reflectance modifying agent (RMA) to an area of skin, the method comprising receiving an image of the area of skin, identifying, using the image, a nominated point within the area of skin, determining an actual reflectance of the nominated point, applying an edge protection technique based on the image to generate one or more outputs, determining a desired reflectance of the nominated point based on the one or more outputs, calculating an amount of RMA to be applied based on the output, and determining whether to apply the RMA to the area of skin based on the amount of RMA.
Claims18
A computer-implemented method for selectively applying a reflectance modifying agent (RMA) to an area of skin, the method comprising:
- receiving an image of the area of skin;
- generating a filtered image based on the image;
- comparing the filtered image to the image;
- determining that the image is lighter than the filtered image based on the comparing;
- identifying, using the filtered image, a nominated point within the area of skin;
- determining an actual reflectance of the nominated point;
- applying an edge protection technique based on the filtered image to generate one or more outputs;
- determining a desired reflectance of the nominated point based on the one or more outputs;
- calculating an amount of RMA to be applied based on the output;
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- determining whether to apply the RMA to the area of skin based on the amount of RMA.
A handheld device for selectively applying a reflectance modifying agent (RMA) to an area of skin, the device comprising:
- at least one image generator;
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- one or more processors that are in communication with the at least one image generator and that are operable to perform operations comprising:
- receiving an image of the area of skin;
- generating a filtered image based on the image;
- comparing the filtered image to the image;
- determining that the image is lighter than the filtered image based on the comparing;
- identifying, using the filtered image, a nominated point within the area of skin;
- determining an actual reflectance of the nominated point;
- applying an edge protection technique based on the filtered image to generate one or more outputs;
- determining a desired reflectance of the nominated point based on the one or more outputs;
- calculating an amount of RMA to be applied based on the output;
- and determining whether to apply the RMA to the area of skin based on the amount of RMA.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to one or more processors and having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations for selectively applying a reflectance modifying agent (RMA) to an area of skin, the operations comprising:
- receiving an image of the area of skin;
- generating a filtered image based on the image;
- comparing the filtered image to the image;
- determining that the image is lighter than the filtered image based on the comparing;
- identifying, using the filtered image, a nominated point within the area of skin;
- determining an actual reflectance of the nominated point;
- applying an edge protection technique based on the filtered image to generate one or more outputs;
- determining a desired reflectance of the nominated point based on the one or more outputs;
- calculating an amount of RMA to be applied based on the output;
- and determining whether to apply the RMA to the area of skin based on the amount of RMA.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.