IP Library Granted Patent US 8,538,089
Granted Patent B2
US 8,538,089 · App. 13/338,265 · Granted Sep 17, 2013

Method of performing eyebrow shaping on an image and related computing device

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Patent No.
US 8,538,089
App. No.
13/338,265
Granted
Sep 17, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of performing eyebrow shaping on an image containing a face with eyebrows visible on the face includes loading the image into a computing device having a processor. The processor selects a mask from a predefined list of masks, the mask having a desired eyebrow shape to be used for shaping the eyebrows shown in the image. The processor then adjusts the mask according to a shape of the face to produce an adjusted mask. Next the processor simultaneously superimposes the adjusted mask over the eyebrows and thins the eyebrows by changing an overall vertical height of the eyebrows in order to produce shaped eyebrows. The processor then outputs an enhanced image having the shaped eyebrows.

Claims (29)

1. A method of performing eyebrow shaping on an image containing a face with eyebrows visible on the face, the method comprising:

loading the image into a computing device having a processor, the processor executing the following steps:

selecting a mask from a predefined list of masks, the mask having a desired eyebrow shape to be used for shaping the eyebrows shown in the image;

adjusting the mask according to a shape of the face to produce an adjusted mask;

simultaneously superimposing the adjusted mask over the eyebrows to give the eyebrows the shape of the adjusted mask and thinning the eyebrows to make the hairs of the eyebrows fit within a reduced vertical height less than an original vertical height of the eyebrows in order to produce shaped eyebrows; and

outputting an enhanced image having the shaped eyebrows.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein after thinning the eyebrows, hairs of the shaped eyebrows fit within a shape of the adjusted mask.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein adjusting the mask according to the shape of the face to produce the adjusted mask comprises:

assigning a plurality of first feature points to the eyebrows shown in the image for representing a shape of the eyebrows;

assigning a plurality of second feature points to the mask for representing a shape of the mask; and

matching the plurality of first feature points with the plurality of second feature points and adjusting the mask according to the shape of the face to produce the adjusted mask.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of first feature points comprising three first feature points.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of second feature points comprising three second feature points.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the overall vertical height of the eyebrows is greater than an overall vertical height of the shaped eyebrows.

7. A computing device for performing eyebrow shaping on an image containing a face with eyebrows visible on the face, the computing device comprising:

a memory for storing the image; and

a processor for loading the image and executing the following steps:

selecting a mask from a predefined list of masks, the mask having a desired eyebrow shape to be used for shaping the eyebrows shown in the image;

adjusting the mask according to a shape of the face to produce an adjusted mask;

simultaneously superimposing the adjusted mask over the eyebrows to give the eyebrows the shape of the adjusted mask and thinning the eyebrows to make the hairs of the eyebrows fit within a reduced vertical height less than an original vertical height of the eyebrows in order to produce shaped eyebrows; and

outputting an enhanced image having the shaped eyebrows.

8. The computing device of claim 7 , wherein after thinning the eyebrows, hairs of the shaped eyebrows fit within a shape of the adjusted mask.

9. The computing device of claim 7 , wherein adjusting the mask according to the shape of the face to produce the adjusted mask comprises:

assigning a plurality of first feature points to the eyebrows shown in the image for representing a shape of the eyebrows;

assigning a plurality of second feature points to the mask for representing a shape of the mask; and

matching the plurality of first feature points with the plurality of second feature points and adjusting the mask according to the shape of the face to produce the adjusted mask.

10. The computing device of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of first feature points comprising three first feature points.

11. The computing device of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of second feature points comprising three second feature points.

12. The computing device of claim 7 , wherein the overall vertical height of the eyebrows is greater than an overall vertical height of the shaped eyebrows.

Assignments (7)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 24, 2019
From: ARCSOFT (HANGZHOU) MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: ARCSOFT CORPORATION LIMITED
Reel/Frame 048127/0823 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2018
From: ARCSOFT HANGZHOU CO., LTD.
To: ARCSOFT (HANGZHOU) MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044632/0473 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2016
From: ARCSOFT (HANGZHOU) MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: ARCSOFT HANGZHOU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 039532/0245 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2015
From: EAST WEST BANK
To: ARCSOFT, INC.; MULTIMEDIA IMAGE SOLUTION LIMITED; ARCSOFT (HANGZHOU) MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; ARCSOFT (SHANGHAI) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; ARCSOFT HANGZHOU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037109/0027 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2014
From: ARCSOFT, INC.; ARCSOFT (SHANGHAI) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; ARCSOFT (HANGZHOU) MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; MULTIMEDIA IMAGE SOLUTION LIMITED; ARCSOFT HANGZHOU CO., LTD.
To: EAST WEST BANK
Reel/Frame 033535/0537 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE Recorded Aug 2, 2013
From: ARCSOFT (HANGZHOU) MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: ARCSOFT (HANGZHOU) MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030937/0810 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2011
From: XU, HEHUAN; LI, JIANFENG; WANG, JIN
To: ARCSOFT (HANGZHOU) MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027449/0244 →