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Method and apparatus for analyzing facial configurations and components
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1997-08-18
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Granted: 1999-02-02
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Expires: 2017-08-18
Abstract
Abstract There is disclosed herein: (1) overlay systems which define a face, in frontal and lateral views, which are comprised of mathematically inter-related pentagons and parts of those pentagons and which establish a reference system to analyze human faces for surgical, cosmetic, and identification purposes; and (2) a method of applying the overlay systems to human faces or facial images to analyze the form and proportion of faces and components of those faces (e.g., eyes, nose, mouth, etc.) for surgical, cosmetic, and identification purposes.
Inventors
- 👤 Stephen R. Marquardt
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 18:30
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06V; G06V40/00; G06V40/10; G06V40/16; G06V40/168; G06V40/171
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
203 words
A method to construct a three-dimensional geometric form to describe the form of the human face comprising providing a first pentagon complex comprised of a pair of regular pentagons of equal size having equal sides and equal internal angles and where said regular pentagons are superimposed in an inverted relationship with a common center, creating radials comprised of lines drawn from each vertex of each of said regular pentagons to each other vertex of each of said regular pentagons, forming at least a second pentagon complex wherein the size of said first and second pentagon complexes are related by the φ proportion, and wherein said first and second pentagon complexes share at least one common radial or intersect of said radials, selecting portions of said radials and intersects of said radials to create a geometric form which is comprised of major anthropometric points of the human face in a frontal view, selecting portions of said radials and intersects of said radials to create a geometric form which is comprised of major anthropometric points of the human face in a lateral view, and combining said frontal view geometric form with said lateral view geometric form to create a three-dimensional form describing the human face.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
203 words
A method to construct a three-dimensional geometric form to describe the form of the human face comprising providing a first pentagon complex comprised of a pair of regular pentagons of equal size having equal sides and equal internal angles and where said regular pentagons are superimposed in an inverted relationship with a common center, creating radials comprised of lines drawn from each vertex of each of said regular pentagons to each other vertex of each of said regular pentagons, forming at least a second pentagon complex wherein the size of said first and second pentagon complexes are related by the φ proportion, and wherein said first and second pentagon complexes share at least one common radial or intersect of said radials, selecting portions of said radials and intersects of said radials to create a geometric form which is comprised of major anthropometric points of the human face in a frontal view, selecting portions of said radials and intersects of said radials to create a geometric form which is comprised of major anthropometric points of the human face in a lateral view, and combining said frontal view geometric form with said lateral view geometric form to create a three-dimensional form describing the human face.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of analyzing the face of a human by comparison with said three-dimensional geometric form.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of altering the appearance of the human face to more closely coincide with said three-dimensional geometric form.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
10 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said alteration is surgical.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said alteration is achieved by the application of cosmetics.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
198 words
A three-dimensional geometric overlay system to describe the form of an ideal human face comprising a first pentagon complex comprised of a pair of regular pentagons of equal size having equal sides and equal internal angles and where said regular pentagons are superimposed in an inverted relationship with a common center, radials comprised of lines drawn from each vertex of each of said regular pentagons to each other vertex of each of said regular pentagons, at least a second pentagon complex wherein the size of said first and second pentagon complexes are related by the φ proportion, and wherein said first and second pentagon complexes share at least one common radial or intersect of said radials, portions of said radials and intersects of said radials create a geometric form comprised of major anthropometric points of a lateral view of the ideal human face, portions of said radials and intersects of said radials create a geometric form comprised of major anthropometric points of a frontal view of the ideal human face, and means for applying said frontal view geometric form and said lateral view geometric form to the image of a subject's face for analyzing the subject's facial components.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
198 words
A three-dimensional geometric overlay system to describe the form of an ideal human face comprising a first pentagon complex comprised of a pair of regular pentagons of equal size having equal sides and equal internal angles and where said regular pentagons are superimposed in an inverted relationship with a common center, radials comprised of lines drawn from each vertex of each of said regular pentagons to each other vertex of each of said regular pentagons, at least a second pentagon complex wherein the size of said first and second pentagon complexes are related by the φ proportion, and wherein said first and second pentagon complexes share at least one common radial or intersect of said radials, portions of said radials and intersects of said radials create a geometric form comprised of major anthropometric points of a lateral view of the ideal human face, portions of said radials and intersects of said radials create a geometric form comprised of major anthropometric points of a frontal view of the ideal human face, and means for applying said frontal view geometric form and said lateral view geometric form to the image of a subject's face for analyzing the subject's facial components.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
The overlay system of claim 6 wherein said ideal human face is a face in repose.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
15 words
The overlay system of claim 6 wherein said ideal human face is a smiling face.
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