US 12,412,317 B2
Predicting the appearance of a user following treatment
Yannyk Parulian Julian Bourquin, Eindhoven (NL); Jonathan Alambra Palero, Waalre (NL); Lu Wang, Eindhoven (NL); Babu Varghese, Eindhoven (NL); and Mustafa Tolga Eren, Eindhoven (NL)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/924,132
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Jun. 2, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/064732
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/249837, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20178895 (EP), filed on Jun. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0177741 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 11/00 (2006.01); B26B 19/38 (2006.01); B26B 21/40 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 11/00 (2013.01) [B26B 19/388 (2013.01); B26B 21/4056 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to
receive image data in respect of a user of a personal care device, wherein the personal care device is to be used to treat a portion of the user;
receive device operating data relating to the personal care device, wherein the device operating data comprise data indicative of an orientation and/or a motion of the personal care device;
determine position information of at least a treatment element of the personal care device relative to the user;
generate, based on the received image data, the received device operating data and the determined position information, an image representative of a predicted appearance of the portion of the user following treatment using the personal care device;
generate the image representative of the predicted appearance of the portion of the user having a size based on the orientation/motion data; and
provide the generated image for display on a representation of the user.