Care Device Recommendation Server for Skin Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current technologies lack the capability to accurately measure and improve skin conditions using facial images, and do not provide optimal control values for skin care devices to achieve expected skin improvements.

Innovation Solution

A care device recommendation server that analyzes face images to determine skin conditions, recommends suitable skin care devices, provides control values for improving skin conditions, and predicts future skin changes based on seasonal and aging factors, using AI and big data analysis.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If skin condition measurement devices are used to analyze facial skin, then skin problems can be identified, but there is no technology to provide optimal control values for skin care devices to improve the measured skin conditions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveskin condition measurementVSAvoidprovision of optimal control values
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

A server acts as an intermediary between the skin condition measurement device and the skin care device. The server receives skin condition data, determines appropriate care devices, and provides optimal control values to improve the skin condition. This mediator resolves the gap between measurement capability and actionable improvement guidance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If a system provides customized skin care device recommendations based on skin condition measurement, then skin improvement can be achieved, but the system complexity increases due to multiple components including data management, analysis, and control

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecustomized skin care recommendationVSAvoidsystem structure
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The server performs multiple functions within a single system: data management, skin condition determination, care device recommendation, and control value provision. This multi-functional approach reduces overall system complexity compared to having separate specialized systems for each function.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Measurement precision

If face images are obtained and analyzed to determine skin conditions, then accurate skin diagnosis can be provided, but the difficulty of detecting and measuring skin conditions increases due to the need for professional analysis

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveskin condition diagnosis accuracyVSAvoidskin condition analysis complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual or mechanical skin analysis methods with automated image processing and analysis algorithms. The server automatically analyzes face images to determine skin conditions, eliminating the need for manual professional analysis and reducing measurement difficulty.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS11589804B1Methods and apparatus for recommending care device for users
Publication Date: 2023.02.28 LULULAB INC
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AI summary

Disclosed is a care device recommendation server providing a service for recommending a skin care device for a user, the care device recommendation server including: a data management unit configured to obtain face images of the user from a shin measurement device including a camera and a display; a skin condition determination unit configured to determine a first skin condition of the user corresponding to a first time point at which the face images are obtained, based on the obtained the face images; a care device recommendation unit configured to determine the skin care device for the user among a plurality of care devices included in a care device DB based on the determined first skin condition; a care device control value-providing unit configured to provide a first control value of the skin care device corresponding to the first skin condition to each of a user terminal of the user and the skin measurement device; a care device control unit configured to remotely control the care device such that the skin care device is driven by the control value; and a history provision unit configured to provide information about a previous skin condition of the user, which corresponds to each of the face images of the user obtained from the data management unit, to the user terminal.