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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2001

Filed:

Aug. 11, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:

Mieko Ueda, Tokyo, JP;

Yumiko Ishibiki, Tokyo, JP;

Kyoko Fukuzawa, Tokyo, JP;

Naoko Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;

Ikumi Tokunaga, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Shiseido Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
Abstract

The present invention provides a method for selecting a suitable hair-style in conformity with individual personalities and face contours, adopting required request of a selector, and at the same time this invention provides an image map for the hair-style where various hair-style are arranged on an axis of co-ordinates according to images. Two lines, namely an inner line which constitutes a boundary line between a face and an inside of hairs and also an outer line which constitutes an outside of the hairs, are developed, and by making the most of these two lines, the selection of the hair-style can be attained in satisfactory manners.


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