Patent ID: 8351711

Claim:
A face categorizing method for categorizing contours of a face of an examined subject, the method comprising: an evaluation step of evaluating the face of the examined subject based on at least two indices including a facial space index and an overall facial depth/bone structure/fleshiness index; a categorization step of categorizing the face of the examined subject into one of at least four predetermined types of categories based on a result of the evaluation made by the evaluation step, wherein the facial space index indicates whether a spatial proportion of the face is long or short, and the overall facial depth/bone structure/fleshiness index indicates whether depth/bone structure/fleshiness of the face is sharp and refined or plump and soft, and wherein the overall facial depth/bone structure/fleshiness index is evaluated based on fleshiness of cheeks at sides of nose, cheek bones and a face line from an ear to chin of the examined subject.