Eyebrow Shaping Apparatus with Image Processing Symmetry Correction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing eyebrow shaping methods fail to ensure symmetrical results, as they lack precise comparison and correction mechanisms for achieving identical shapes on both eyebrows.
Innovation Solution
An eyebrow shaping apparatus equipped with a camera, image processor, painting tip, hair removing tip, and robotic arm that captures initial eyebrow images, flips and compares them to identify differences, suggests corrections, and executes a program for the robotic arm to modify the eyebrows using CNC, ensuring symmetrical shaping.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If traditional eyebrow shaping methods are used, then the process is simple and quick, but symmetrical results cannot be ensured
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical eyebrow shaping with an automated system that uses image processing algorithms to analyze eyebrow symmetry and a robotic arm to execute precise shaping actions. The image processor compares captured images of both eyebrows, identifies asymmetries, and generates correction programs, substituting human judgment and manual tools with computational and robotic systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-analysis by capturing images of the user's eyebrows, automatically processing these images to identify asymmetries, and generating its own correction program without requiring external expertise. The apparatus serves itself by using its own captured data to determine the necessary shaping corrections.
2Measurement precision
If manual eyebrow shaping is performed, then the equipment is simple, but measurement and comparison precision is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual visual inspection and comparison with an automated image processing system that captures digital images of both eyebrows, horizontally flips one image for comparison, and uses algorithms to precisely identify differences in shape, position, and symmetry. This substitution enables measurement precision far exceeding human capability.
3Manufacturing precision
If automated eyebrow shaping is implemented, then symmetry is improved, but the treatment area and hair removal amount increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies corrections only to the specific asymmetric regions identified through image comparison, rather than treating the entire eyebrow uniformly. The system generates a targeted program that addresses only the areas where differences were detected, preserving symmetric regions and minimizing unnecessary hair removal and treatment area.
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AI summary
An eyebrow shaping apparatus, including: a camera, for capturing one image of each of two eyebrows of a user at an initial state; an image processor, for horizontally flipping one of the two images, and for searching for differences between the horizontally flipped image and the other image, and for suggesting corrections in at least one of the captured images for obtaining a requested state having two equal mirrored images; CNC (Computer Numerical Control), for producing a program including physical steps for modifying the eyebrows from the initial state to the requested state; and a painting tip, a hair removing tip, and a robotic arm, for executing the program.