Skin Makeup Sheet with Grouped Discolored Region Coverage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional techniques for making multiple discolored regions on the skin less noticeable are time-consuming and troublesome, especially when dealing with numerous small spots and freckles on the cheeks, as they require generating and attaching multiple sheets, which can be difficult to apply correctly.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus that acquires skin images, extracts discolored regions, groups them, and generates image data for a makeup sheet to approximate the surrounding skin color, allowing for easy coverage of multiple discolored areas with a single sheet, incorporating a pigment material and optional medication for skin restoration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If multiple individual sheets are generated and attached for each discolored region, then each discolored region can be covered precisely, but the process becomes time-consuming and troublesome
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple individual sheet applications into a single integrated sheet that covers multiple discolored regions simultaneously. The sheet includes multiple color-adjusted regions corresponding to different discolored areas, eliminating the need to apply separate sheets for each region and significantly reducing application time while maintaining coverage effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The single sheet is segmented into multiple distinct color-adjusted regions, each tailored to cover a specific discolored area on the skin. This segmentation allows precise color matching for each discolored region while being part of a unified sheet structure, combining the precision of individual sheets with the convenience of a single application.
2Measurement precision
If multiple individual sheets are generated and attached for each discolored region, then each discolored region can be covered precisely, but the operation becomes complex and difficult to perform
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate sheet applications into a single sheet that can be applied in one operation. This unified sheet contains all necessary color-adjusted regions positioned to cover multiple discolored areas, transforming a complex multi-step process into a simple single-step application that is easier to perform correctly.
Solution Approach 2:
The sheet is segmented into multiple functional regions with different color adjustments, but these segments are pre-positioned and integrated into a single structure. This allows the user to benefit from precise color matching for each region without having to manually align and apply multiple separate sheets, greatly simplifying the operation.
3Ease of operation
If a single sheet covers multiple discolored regions, then application becomes easier and faster, but the sheet size and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The sheet is divided into multiple distinct color-adjusted regions, each designed to cover a specific discolored area. This segmentation allows the sheet to maintain a relatively simple overall structure while providing customized color correction for each region, balancing complexity with functionality.
4Ease of operation
If a single sheet covers multiple discolored regions, then application becomes easier and faster, but the number of regions to be covered increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the coverage areas for multiple discolored regions into a single sheet design. By positioning multiple color-adjusted regions on one sheet and applying it in a single operation, the total effective coverage area is optimized to address all discolored regions simultaneously, making the application process more efficient despite the increased area being treated.
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AI summary
An image processing apparatus generates image data used in printing an image on a sheet being attachable to skin. The image processing apparatus includes: an image acquirer that acquires a skin image picked up from the skin; an image analyzer that extracts, from the skin image, a discolored region differing in color from surrounding skin by at least a predetermined level, and surrounding color being color of the skin surrounding the discolored region; a grouping processor that groups a plurality of the discolored regions, and determines an inclusive region for each region group which is a cluster of the grouped plurality of discolored regions or one discolored region not having been grouped, to include the one or a plurality of the region groups; and a printing controller that generates image data having a content of printing a pigment material that causes color of the inclusive region to approximate the surrounding color, on a region corresponding to the inclusive region in the sheet.