A search system and the like is capable of accurately retrieving a captured image of a hairstyle specified by a user. The search system includes: a head region extraction unit that extracts a head region of a person from a captured image; an orientation estimation unit that estimates a face orientation of the person from the head region; a mask image generation unit that generates a mask image in which a hair region and a remaining region in the head region are distinguished from each other; a hairstyle identification unit that identifies a hairstyle of the person from the mask image using a result of the estimation of the face orientation; an operation accepting unit that accepts an operation of specifying a hairstyle by a user; and a captured image extraction unit that extracts a captured image based on the hairstyle specified in the operation and the identified hairstyle.

Various techniques pertain to a system having multiple mobile computing devices that includes a unified front end computing device and a mobile computing device of a client, a first artificial intelligence model operatively coupled to the multiple mobile computing devices and predicting a predicted body characteristic of a part of a body of the client for providing body care to the client, a second artificial intelligence model operatively coupled to the multiple mobile computing devices and predicting a list of products or services for the body care at least by executing a recommendation service on the list of products or services, and a data lake that is integrated with multiple application programming interfaces across multiple computing nodes and stores multiple types of data for predicting the list of products or services by the first artificial intelligence model and for predicting the personalized recommendation by the second artificial intelligence model.

Customized cosmetics corresponding to user-unique factors are provided. An information processing apparatus can communicate with a cosmetic dispenser configured to dispense at least one of a plurality of cosmetics based on recipe information indicating a usage amount of each of the plurality of cosmetics. The apparatus includes a retrieve module configured to retrieve user-unique information unique to the user, the user-unique information including at least one of user attribute information related to the user's attributes, environmental information related to the user's environment, action information related to the user's action, and psychosomatic information related to the user's psychosomatic, skin information related to the user's skin, and information related to cosmetics which the user has used, a selection module configured to select the recipe information based on the user unique information among a plurality of recipe information, and a transmission module configured to transmit the selected recipe information to the cosmetic dispenser.

Customized cosmetics corresponding to user-unique factors are provided. An information processing apparatus can communicate with a cosmetic dispenser configured to dispense at least one of a plurality of cosmetics based on recipe information indicating a usage amount of each of the plurality of cosmetics. The apparatus includes a retrieve module configured to retrieve user-unique information unique to the user, the user-unique information including at least one of user attribute information related to the user's attributes, environmental information related to the user's environment, action information related to the user's action, and psychosomatic information related to the user's psychosomatic, skin information related to the user's skin, and information related to cosmetics which the user has used, a selection module configured to select the recipe information based on the user unique information among a plurality of recipe information, and a transmission module configured to transmit the selected recipe information to the cosmetic dispenser.

A drawing device includes a drawing unit holding a drawing tool for drawing on a drawing target surface in contact with the drawing target surface having a curved shape along a first direction and moving the drawing tool; and a control unit controlling the drawing unit. The control unit controls the drawing unit to perform an operation in which the drawing tool moves on a first and second regions adjacent in the first direction of the drawing target surface along a second direction crossing with the first direction in a state in which the drawing tool is in contact with the drawing target surface, then drawing tool draws on the first and second regions, and an operation in which the drawing tool moves between the first and second regions in a state in which the drawing tool is separated from the drawing target surface.

The embodiments disclose a method including providing a flexible extension brush housed in a brush sheath coupled to a smart cosmetic brush, providing a two-stage mechanism coupled to a flexible extension cap to actuate the flexible extension brush, providing a smart cosmetic container coupled to the smart cosmetic brush, providing digital electronic devices and sensors coupled to the smart cosmetic brush, providing digital electronic devices and sensors coupled to the smart cosmetic container, communicating with a smart cosmetic app from the smart cosmetic container to a cosmetic company to reorder cosmetic products automatically based on sensor volume detection, using the smart cosmetic app augmented reality to allow the purchaser to demonstrate to friends and family on social media different cosmetic products colors and materials appear on themselves, and interacting with cosmetic company videos displayed on the purchase digital device display for screen on screen presentations and purchaser follow along participation.

A system is provided that executes a contest that includes displaying an image of a face of a model, among a plurality of models, to a user; receive inputs from the user to adjust a color of a blended cosmetic product to be applied to the face of the model; display the model with the adjusted color selected by the user; receive the image of the face of the model with the adjusted color as an entry of the user; display the entry of the user to a plurality of users and provide the plurality of users an option submit a vote on the entry of the users and entries of other users; output a result of a contest based on an entry receiving a highest number of votes. The system is further configured to output one or more colors of the blended cosmetic product included in the highest vote receiving entries corresponding to an extracted model as a recommendation to a user.

The present invention provides an elastic hair tie material and an elastic hair tie dispenser for dispensing varying lengths of elastic hair tie material. More particularly, the present Elastic Hair Tie Dispenser device has been configured with a flexible cover, a pivoting cutting blade actuator and cutting blade to conveniently dispense elastic hair tie material of varying color, cut to any desired length by the user of the dispenser, to be worn by women or men to restrain their hair in many varying different stylish configurations and for varying purposes, and wherein the dispenser is refillable by either winding hair tie material onto a spool rotatably housed within the dispenser or inserting a new coil of hair tie material sold separately.

The present invention provides an elastic hair tie material and an elastic hair tie dispenser for dispensing varying lengths of elastic hair tie material. More particularly, the present Elastic Hair Tie Dispenser device has been configured with a flexible cover, a pivoting cutting blade actuator and cutting blade to conveniently dispense elastic hair tie material of varying color, cut to any desired length by the user of the dispenser, to be worn by women or men to restrain their hair in many varying different stylish configurations and for varying purposes, and wherein the dispenser is refillable by either winding hair tie material onto a spool rotatably housed within the dispenser or inserting a new coil of hair tie material sold separately.

A system is provided that is configured to execute a game process that includes displaying an image of a blended cosmetic product that has a target color; displaying a color selection interface that allows a user to select a single color among a plurality of colors; receiving an input from a user on the color selection interface which corresponds to the user's estimate of the target color displayed in the image; and outputting a result to the user indicating a degree of similarity between the user's input on the color selection interface and the target color.