Automated Skin Treatment Mapping System for Blemish Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for treating facial blemishes are inefficient due to difficulty in detecting and targeting small or faint blemishes, especially in less visible areas, leading to subjective and inadequate treatment.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method that uses image data to generate personalized treatment instructions by mapping skin features, tracking treatment sessions, and updating treatment parameters to provide objective and adaptive skin care recommendations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a subject uses their own judgement to treat skin blemishes, then the treatment process is simple and quick, but the detection accuracy and treatment precision are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the subject's manual visual inspection and judgment with an automated image processing system. The system captures images of the skin, processes them to identify blemish locations and characteristics, and generates treatment instructions automatically, eliminating the need for manual detection while maintaining high precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary image processing system between the subject and the treatment process. This intermediary system captures skin images, analyzes blemish characteristics, and translates them into treatment instructions, serving as a mediator that enhances detection accuracy without requiring the subject to directly identify and treat blemishes.
2Reliability
If a subject treats all visible areas of skin, then treatment coverage is maximized, but treatment time and resource consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by analyzing individual blemish characteristics and generating treatment instructions specific to each identified blemish location and type. The system processes skin images to identify specific areas requiring treatment and creates targeted treatment plans, ensuring complete treatment coverage only where needed rather than treating the entire skin surface.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts only the relevant information from the skin surface - specifically identifying and isolating blemish locations and characteristics from the overall skin image. By extracting only the affected areas rather than processing the entire skin surface, the system maintains treatment completeness for blemishes while reducing unnecessary treatment time and resources on healthy skin areas.
3Manufacturing precision
If the system processes multiple skin images to generate treatment instructions, then treatment personalization and accuracy improve, but processing time and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by capturing and processing skin images before generating treatment instructions. The system pre-processes the skin images to identify blemish locations, characteristics, and patterns, then uses this pre-analyzed information to generate accurate and personalized treatment instructions efficiently, rather than analyzing images in real-time during the treatment generation process.
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AI summary
According to an aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method (200) for generating a treatment instruction, the method (200) comprising: receiving (202) first image data relating to the skin of a subject; obtaining (204), based on the first image data, an indication of a location of one or more features of the subject; generating (206), based on the first image data, an initial map of the skin of the subject including the location of the identified features; receiving (208) second image data relating to the skin of the subject during a current treatment session; determining (210), based on the second image data, a treatment parameter relating to a treatment performed in respect of the skin of the subject; generating (212), based on the initial map and the treatment parameter, an updated map of the skin of the subject; and generating (214), based on the updated map, a treatment instruction for delivery to a recipient device.