System and method of augmenting images of a user

Abstract

Obtaining a set of images of a user's body part and analyzing the images to facilitate image augmentation of the user's body part with different aesthetic expressions (e.g., a hairstyle, makeup, a tattoo, an article of clothing). A mobile application can be provided to facilitate selection of an aesthetic expression by the user based on the augmented images of the user's body party. A profile of a user can be provided that includes aesthetic expressions selected by the user, products used by a stylist on the user. The mobile application can provide the functionality of a stylist management platform and facilitate communication between the stylist and the user.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method to be performed by at least one computer processor forming at least a part of a computing system, the method comprising:
 obtaining a set of images of a body part of a user;   identifying, from the set of images, landmarks of the body part of the user;   generating, based on the identified landmarks, a user framework;   adjusting, based on the user framework, a set of aesthetic expressions; and   displaying, on a display device, an image of the user's body part augmented with at least one set of aesthetic expressions.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the body part is a head and the aesthetic expressions are hairstyles. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the aesthetic expressions are accessible in a database that is synchronized with a publicly and/or privately available database of aesthetic expressions according to one or more user identified criteria. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the criteria include aesthetic expressions of celebrities, social media, criteria of contacts within a network, and network suggested criteria based on user information. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the body part is a location on the user for receiving a tattoo and the aesthetic expressions are tattoos. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the computing system is a mobile computing device comprising a camera, wherein the set of images are obtained by moving the mobile computing device through one or more two- and/or three-dimensional paths about the body part. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , further comprising:
 presenting an instruction on the display device that causes the user to maintain the mobile computing device at one location relative to a predetermined location of the body part; and   positioning the camera of the mobile computing device towards the predetermined location to obtain the set of images.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising:
 communicating an indication, by the mobile communications device, to the user regarding an output associated with analyzing the set of images and/or the aesthetic expression.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 6 , further comprising:
 maintaining the mobile computing device at one location relative to a predetermined location of the body part;   positioning the camera of the mobile computing device towards the predetermined location to obtain the set of images; and   moving the body part across a predetermined path or across a plurality of different body part orientations.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the moving comprises:
 starting the moving of the mobile device behind a lateral midline of the body part; and   terminating the moving of the mobile device at a location different than the lateral midline of the body part.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the moving comprises:
 positioning the mobile device along a plurality of predetermined positions along a predetermined three-dimensional path.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the plurality of positions are determined automatically or manually by analyzing the set of images and identifying one or more landmarks of the body part of the user. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 stitching together the set of images; and   forming the user framework with a three-dimensional map of the user's body part.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the three-dimensional map comprises the landmarks detected by analyzing the set of images that are associated with the body part. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the body part is the head and the one or more landmarks include one or more features of the head. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the map comprises a multi-color graphic with indicators associated with the one or more landmarks. 
     
     
         17 . A method to be performed by at least one computer processor forming at least a part of a computing system, the method comprising:
 obtaining a set of images of a body part of a user;   identifying, from the set of images, landmarks of the body part of the user;   generating, based on the identified landmarks, a user framework;   adjusting, based on the user framework, a set of aesthetic expressions;   selecting, by the user, an aesthetic expression from the set of aesthetic expressions;   displaying, on a display device, an image of the user's body party augmented with the selected aesthetic expression.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the computing system is a mobile computing device having the display device, wherein selecting, by the user, is communicated in a graphical user interface of the display device. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the method is stored in a set of instructions in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium of the computing system. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the body part is a head and the aesthetic expressions are hairstyles, and wherein the hairstyles comprise a three-dimensional framework adjusted, based on the user framework.