Patent Document ID: 4872056
Application ID: 07010971
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for displaying hairstyle images on a video image of a customer's face, comprising the steps of: capturing the video image of at least one hairstyle; processing the captured video image of the hairstyle to render it adaptable to a variety of face sizes and shapes; capturing the video image of a customer's face; and combining the video image of the hairstyle with the video image of the customer's face, in such a manner that the hairstyle image fits naturally about the face image; wherein the step of processing the hairstyle image is performed only once for each captured hairstyle, and includes adding "fill" hair to the hairstyle video image in a region covering a range of size and shape adjustability; and wherein the step of combining the hairstyle video image and the customer's face image includes automatically deleting "fill" hair that would otherwise cover the customer's face image, whereby the hairstyle video image is combined with the customer's face image without unnatural gaps between the customer's face image and the hairstyle image, without unnaturally overlaying the hairstyle image over the customer'face image, and without the need of operator intervention.