KR20150105574A - Skin Care System based on Portable Skin Condition Measuring Device - Google Patents

Abstract

A portable skin condition measuring device having an LED light source and multiple sensors, an application of a mobile device, and a server system interwork in an organic manner to supply a total skin care service. The portable skin condition measuring device measures the surrounding environment information such as temperature/humidity and the like, and skin measurement information such as oil/moisture and the like, and transmits the information wirelessly, and the application of the mobile device transmits the information to a server system. The server system collects the measurement information from users, and recommends a skin-related product that is proper for each user in addition to supplying various statistic/analysis information associated with skin care history based on the collected measurement information. The users can obtain professional support associated with skin care easily and conveniently, and a company developing and selling a skin-related product can perform target marketing, like the introduction of a product proper for a specific skin status of each user and the like.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a skin care system,

In particular, the present invention relates to a system for providing a skin care service, and more particularly, to a portable skin measuring device including an LED light source and various sensors, an application of a mobile device, and a server system, Provide skin care services.

As interest in skin care has increased, various types of personal skin care tools have been on the market, and companies selling skin care products and services, such as cosmetics, are working hard to develop products and attract customers.

However, conventionally, tools used individually by users, product promotion by companies and skin care services are separately managed.

From the standpoint of individual users, it is not easy to judge which products are suitable for their own skin as well as not having expert knowledge of their skin condition or necessary measures. So it is inconvenient and not costly to get help from a professional.

From the standpoint of companies, it is not easy to secure enough information to satisfy individual users who have various skin conditions.

It is expensive and time-consuming to hire professionals to get in touch with users and obtain information accordingly.

Therefore, in a situation where the demand for skin care is greatly increased, there is a need for enterprises to grasp skin information for a large number of users in order to develop a product or secure a customer, and to diagnose their skin condition more easily and easily This paper proposes a new method to satisfy the needs of the users who want to use the Internet.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and system for enabling a plurality of users desiring skin care to easily measure their skin condition, So as to satisfy both the needs of a large number of users and enterprises.

In order to achieve the above object, a skin care system using a portable skin measuring device according to the present invention comprises an LED light source for use in skin, at least one sensor for measuring the environment, at least one sensor for measuring skin condition, A portable skin measuring device provided with the above sensors and wirelessly transmitting the measured values of the respective sensors; A mobile application running on a mobile device for transmitting measurements received from the portable skin meter as user measurement information and providing a user interface for a user to use skin management services; And a server system for receiving and storing user measurement information transmitted by the mobile application and providing the skin management service based on the received user measurement information.

The skin management service includes a service for providing statistical information related to user measurement information and a service for recommending skin related products of each company.

The portable skin meter may be configured to wirelessly communicate via the BLE.

The sensor for measuring the surrounding environment may include at least a temperature sensor and a humidity sensor, and the sensor for measuring the skin condition may include at least one of a sensor for measuring skin oil and a sensor for measuring moisture .

The server system may include product information management means for receiving and storing product information classified by skin characteristics from each company. At this time, the server system may analyze the user measurement information and the skin characteristics of each product to select a product to recommend to each user.

The server system comprises: a questionnaire information management means for receiving and storing survey information from each company and for allowing each company to inquire the survey result; And a survey progress means for providing survey information inputted through the questionnaire information management means to each user, receiving a response thereto, and storing the received response as a survey result.

The server system receives and stores contents for promoting companies and products from each company, and can provide such information to each user.

According to the present invention, users who want to manage the skin can manage the skin by using the LED light source of the portable skin measuring device, and can easily measure the surrounding environment and skin condition such as temperature and humidity.

The measured user information is transmitted to the server system through the application of the mobile device, and the server system provides various services that help the skin management based on the information collected from the users.

Users can receive a variety of information that can help them manage their skin such as self-diagnosis / skin measurement statistics and skin trouble history tracking through mobile devices such as smart phones, have.

Therefore, users can get professional help easily and easily, and it is expected that the number of patients with a lot of skin troubles can be reduced socially.

In addition, the user measurement information collected from users becomes Big Data, and can serve as basic information enabling various beauty fields and high quality medical services to be performed.

From the standpoint of companies developing and selling skin-related products, target marketing can be conducted by introducing products suitable for individual skin conditions.

In addition, each company can communicate more directly with individual users by gathering opinions of users about their products through surveys, collect various information that they need, , Stores, etc., to provide a variety of promotional information, which will enable active marketing.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig.
2 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a skin management system according to the present invention,
FIG. 3 shows an example of recommending a product using product information for each skin characteristic registered in a company,
Figure 4 shows an example of conducting a survey,
FIG. 5 shows an embodiment for providing various enterprise-related information,
6 illustrates an example of a user interface of a mobile application,
7 is a specific embodiment of the skin management system according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, the skin management system according to the present invention includes a portable skin measuring device 21, a mobile application 22 installed in and executed by the mobile device 11, and a server system 23.

The portable skin measuring device 21 and the mobile device 11 are provided to individual users and communicate with each other using a short-distance wireless communication method.

The mobile device 11 refers to any computer device having mobility such as a smart phone or a tablet computer. The mobile application 22 is installed and executed in the mobile device 11, and is called an 'app'. The mobile application 22 is generally downloaded and installed from an application distributor called a market, but it may be distributed separately as needed.

The mobile device 11 communicates with the server system 23 through a communication network 13 (Internet network) composed of a 3G network or an LTE (Long Term Evolution) network. And can be connected to the server system 23.

Hereinafter, the enterprise terminal 15 refers to a device that allows an administrator of an enterprise to connect to the skin management system 23 and use the service. The enterprise terminal 15 can access a personal computer or a notebook computer, Lt; / RTI >

The environmental information such as the temperature and humidity of the atmosphere measured by the portable skin meter 21 and skin measurement information such as oil and moisture of the skin (hereinafter, information measured by the portable skin meter is referred to as 'user measurement information') And transmitted to the server system 23 through the mobile application 22 of the mobile device 11.

The server system 23 collects and stores each user measurement information, and provides various information related to skin management to the users using various statistical / analysis techniques based on the collected information.

Users use the skin management service provided by the server system 23 through the mobile application 22 of the mobile device 11. [ For example, advice on his / her skin condition, accurate diagnosis of the current condition, corrective measures, and information on products suitable for the skin condition.

The term 'commodity' in the following description is used to mean both real products and services (services).

Referring to FIG. 2, an embodiment of a skin management system 20 according to the present invention will be described.

The portable skin measuring device 21 includes an LED light source 21-1 for use in skin, at least one ambient environment sensor 21-2 for measuring the ambient environment, at least one skin measurement sensor 21 -3), a wireless communication unit 21-4, an operation unit 21-5, and a control unit 21-6.

LED (Light Emitting Diode) is a semiconductor device that emits light when a forward voltage is applied. It can emit light up to ultraviolet rays, visible light, and infrared rays depending on a material to be used, It provides various skin beauty effects.

The ambient environment sensor 21-2 and the skin measurement sensor 21-3 may be configured in various ways.

Examples of the ambient environment sensor 21-2 include a temperature sensor for measuring the ambient temperature around the user and a humidity sensor for measuring the humidity. An example of the skin measurement sensor 21-3 is a device for measuring the skin oil An oil sensor and a moisture sensor for measuring moisture.

The wireless communication unit 21-4 enables wireless communication with the user's mobile device 11 located at a nearby location. The short-range wireless communication method can be variously configured, and a concrete example is BLE. Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is a short-range wireless standard technology for wireless communications that adds a way to reduce power consumption instead of only supporting low performance.

The operation unit 21-5 allows the user to input necessary operation commands, and can be configured in various ways such as buttons.

The control unit 21-6 controls the LED light source 21-1 in accordance with the operation of the operating unit 21-5 and controls the information of the ambient environment sensor 21-2 and the skin measurement sensor 21-3 Through the wireless communication unit 21-4.

The wavelength of the LED light source 21-1 may be configured to be adjustable according to the user's selection. The wavelength selection of the LED light source 21-1 may be performed through the operation unit 21-5 or may be configured to transmit the wavelength control command to the portable skin meter 21 as the user selects the mobile application 22 And the control unit 21-5 controls the wavelength according to the wavelength control command received through the wireless communication unit 21-4.

The mobile device 11 includes a wireless communication unit 11-1 for communicating using a near field wireless communication method and a second communication unit 11-2 for enabling communication through a communication network 13 such as the Internet network .

The mobile application 22 transmits the user measurement information received from the portable skin meter 21 to the server system 23.

At this time, the mobile application 22 may process the user measurement information received from the portable skin measuring device 21 and transmit it to the server system 23. For example, if the value measured by the portable skin measuring device 21 is a current value or a voltage value, the mobile application 22 may convert the information into temperature, humidity, oil, or moisture values, respectively, .

The mobile application 22 can display the temperature, humidity, oil content, moisture, and the like received from the portable skin measuring device 21 on the screen to inform the user.

In addition, the mobile application 22 provides a user interface so that the user can use the skin management service provided by the server system 23.

The user interface provided by the mobile application 22 can have as many menus and screen designs as necessary, and is a component directly facing the user.

The server system 23 receives the user measurement information transmitted from the mobile application 22 and stores the user measurement information in the database 23-4 and provides various skin management services based on the collected user measurement information.

The server system 23 can provide services only to a user or a company that has joined the membership, but can differently handle the necessity of membership, such as differentiating the service provided according to membership.

The skin management service provided by the server system 23 can be configured in various ways, and basically includes a service for providing statistical / analysis information based on user measurement information and a service for providing statistical / Related products of the skin.

For this purpose, the server system 23 may include a skin history collection means 23-1, a skin history inquiry means 23-2, and a product recommendation means 23-3.

The skin history collection means 23-1 receives the user measurement information transmitted by the mobile application 22 of users through the communication network 13 and stores the received user measurement information in the database 23-4.

Based on the user measurement information stored in the database 23-4, the skin history inquiry means 23-2 obtains the measurement history, the number of times, the measured value, the fluctuation state of the measured value, the average measured value, And provides a variety of statistical information and analysis information to each user.

The commodity recommending means 23-3 recommends a skin-related commodity most suitable for each user based on user measurement information. To this end, the database 23-4 holds information on which skin characteristics the products of each company are suitable for.

That is, the user voluntarily measures and provides the surrounding environment information and the skin condition information of the user, and various information and product recommendation services matching the skin condition of the individual user are performed based on the information, Information can be provided again, and a virtuous cycle structure related to skin care can be formed.

Referring to FIG. 3, a description will be given of an embodiment in which a product is recommended using product information for each skin characteristic registered in a company.

The server system 23 stores the information collected from the user side and the information collected from the enterprise side in the database 23-4 and maintains it.

An example of information collected from the user side is user measurement information, and an example of information collected from the enterprise side is its product information. Such product information may consist of all the information for introducing the product, but in particular includes skin property information that each product can suitably be used.

For example, the manager of each company inputs the goods information of the company using the enterprise terminal 15, and while the goods enter the skin characteristic (skin dryness, dryness, moderate / complexity, intellectual property, Together with information about the place.

For this purpose, the server system 23 provides a business interface for the enterprise which allows each enterprise manager to input and manage product information for each skin characteristic, and the product information for each skin characteristic, input through the enterprise interface, And is stored and held in the database 23-4 of the system 23.

The server system 23 compares / analyzes the user measurement information and the skin characteristic information of each product to recommend products most suitable to the current skin condition of the user.

The user can confirm such product recommendation information through the mobile application 22 and use the appropriate product related to his / her skin condition, and the company can present the product suitable for the individual user.

Referring to FIG. 4, the server system 23 can provide enterprises with survey services for each user.

For this purpose, the server system 23 allows the administrator of each company to input the survey information to be performed on the users by using the enterprise terminal 15, and inputs the inputted survey information to the database 23-4. .

The server system 23 transmits the survey information to the users, and the users participate in the survey through the mobile application 22.

The responses of the users are transmitted to the server system 23, and the server system 23 stores the survey results in the database 23-4.

The server system 23 can manage the inquiry information that the administrator of each company has already entered, such as inquiry, modification, and deletion, and enables the user to inquire the results of the survey.

For this purpose, the server system 23 allows each company manager to input his / her survey information using the enterprise terminal 15, to manage or modify the previously inputted survey information, Provides a web interface for enterprise interface that allows you to query results.

Using these survey services, each company can communicate directly with individual users, collecting opinions of users about their products, and collect various information that they need.

Referring to FIG. 5, the server system 23 receives various company-related information such as promotional information, commodity information, news information, and store information of each commodity from each company, stores it in the database 23-4, And the like.

To this end, the server system 23 inputs various company-related information such as its promotional information, product information, news information, store information, and the like to each company manager using the enterprise terminal 15, And provides a business interface on the Web that allows you to manage your business.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a user interface screen 60 displayed by the mobile application 22. As shown in FIG.

On the screen 60, a user's profile picture 61 and various menus are displayed.

When the user selects the skin history inquiry menu 62, various statistical / analysis information related to the skin history such as the time, the number of times, the measurement value at the time of measuring the skin condition information and the skin condition, ).

When the item recommendation receiving menu 63 is selected, skin management information and product information suitable for the current skin condition can be confirmed.

By selecting the item search menu (64), it is possible to inquire products by various companies / characteristics. When the enterprise information search menu (65) is selected, various information related to the company such as news of each company, new product advertisement, .

When the user selects the participation participation survey menu 66, the user receives the survey information from the server system 23 and displays the survey information, And transmits the response to the server system 23.

The example shown in FIG. 6 is intended to facilitate understanding of the description, and the user interface can be configured in various ways as needed.

Referring to FIG. 7, a specific embodiment of the skin management system 20 according to the present invention will be described.

The server system 23 may be configured using a web server 71, a push server 72, a file server 73, a database management system 75, a database 23-4, and the like.

Web server 71 includes user member management unit 23-6, enterprise member management unit 23-7, skin history collection unit 23-1, skin history inquiry unit 23-2, 23-3, questionnaire information management means 23-8, survey progress means 23-9, product information management means 23-10, company information management means 23-11, bulletin board processing means 23 -12). ≪ / RTI >

The user membership management means 23-6 receives information necessary for membership registration from each user such as an ID and a password and stores the information in the database 23-4 so that users can inquire or modify their membership information So that it can be managed.

The corporate member management means 23-7 receives information necessary for membership registration from the company managers such as an ID and a password and stores the information in the database 23-4 and allows the company managers to inquire or modify their member information .

The skin history collecting means 23-1 receives the user measurement information transmitted from the mobile application 22 and stores the received user measurement information in the database 23-4. The skin history inquiry means 23-2 retrieves the database 23-4, And provides various statistical information and analysis information to each user such as measurement time, number of times, measured value, fluctuation state of measured value, average measured value, comparison with average value of other users, and the like .

The commodity recommending means 23-3 selects and recommends a skin-related commodity most suitable for each user based on the user measurement information stored in the database 23-4 and the commodity information per skin characteristic.

The questionnaire information management means 23-8 allows the enterprise manager to input the questionnaire information to be performed on the users, and can inquire, modify, and delete the questionnaire information inputted by the company manager And allow users to view the results of the survey.

The survey progress means 23-9 transmits the survey information stored in the database 23-4 to the users and transmits the survey result information received through the mobile application 22 of the users to the database 23- 4).

The product information management means 23-10 obtains information on the product information and information as to which skin characteristic of the product corresponds to various characteristics of the skin (extreme dryness, dryness, mild / moderate complexity, intellectual property, etc.) And stores it in the database 23-4.

Such product information can be transmitted to the user, and can be used as basic information for finding a product suitable for each user by the product recommendation means 23-3.

The company information management means 23-11 receives various company-related information such as promotional information, commodity information, news information, and store information of each commodity from each company manager, stores the information in the database 23-4, Such as modifying or deleting.

Corporate information can be various types of contents such as text, image, and video, and such company-related information is provided to users.

The bulletin board processing means 23-12 stores articles or contents uploaded to the bulletin board by users or business administrators in the database 23-4, and operates the bulletin board service using such information.

The push server 72 performs a function of pushing a message to each user and the file server 73 handles sharing, addition and download of file type information, Provide streaming service.

A database management system (DBMS) 75 manages access to the database 23-4.

The mobile application 22 includes a member management menu 22-1, a skin history inquiry menu 22-2, a survey participation menu 22-3, a product search menu 22-4, 5, a store inquiry menu 22-6, a news feed menu 22-7, a bulletin board menu 22-8, and the like.

The member management menu 22-1 allows the user to manage member information such as setting or modifying login information, and the skin history inquiry menu 22-2 allows the user to manage skin information such as the date and time It is possible to inquire various statistical analysis information related to management history.

The survey participating menu 22-3 can examine the ongoing survey event and participate in the survey, and the product search menu 22-4 allows the company to inquire the product information of each company.

The merchandise recommendation menu 22-5 allows the user to recommend items suitable for his / her own skin. The store inquiry menu 22-6 guides the store location of each company to a map, and the news feed menu 22- 7) shows various business related information such as news.

The bulletin board menu 22-8 makes the bulletin board service available.

The mobile application 22 and the server system 23 can provide a skin management service in cooperation with each other using various technologies. In addition, various functions can be configured in which the functions of the respective functions are handled by the server side and which functions are to be handled by the application.

It is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. to be.

11: mobile device 11-2: wireless communication part
11-2: second communication unit 13: communication network
15: Enterprise terminal 20: Skin management system
21: Portable skin meter 21-1: LED light source
21-2: Ambient environment sensor 21-3: Skin measurement sensor
21-4: wireless communication unit 21-5:
21-6: control unit 22: mobile application
23: server system 23-1: means for collecting skin history
23-2: skin history inquiry means 23-3: product recommendation means
23-4: Database 23-6: User Member Management Means
23-7: Corporate membership management means 23-8: Questionnaire information management means
23-9: Survey progress means 23-10: Product information management means
23-11: Corporate information management means 23-12: Bulletin board processing means
71: Web server 72: Push server
73: File server 74: Media server
75: DBMS

Claims (5)

A portable skin measuring device having an LED light source to be used for skin, at least one sensor for measuring the surrounding environment, and at least one sensor for measuring skin condition, and wirelessly transmitting the measured values of the respective sensors;
A mobile application running on a mobile device for transmitting measurements received from the portable skin meter as user measurement information and providing a user interface for a user to use skin management services; And
And a server system for receiving and storing user measurement information transmitted by the mobile application and providing the skin management service based on the received user measurement information,
Wherein the skin management service includes a service for providing statistical information related to user measurement information and a service for recommending skin related products of each company. The method according to claim 1,
The portable skin meter wirelessly communicates via the BLE,
The sensor for measuring the surrounding environment includes at least a temperature sensor and a humidity sensor, and the sensor for measuring the skin condition includes at least one of a sensor for measuring the oil content of the skin and a sensor for measuring moisture A skin care system using a portable skin measuring device. The method according to claim 1,
The server system includes product information management means for receiving and storing product information classified by skin characteristics from each company,
And analyzing the user measurement information and the skin characteristic information for each product to select a product to be recommended to each user. The method according to claim 1,
The server system comprises: a questionnaire information management means for receiving and storing survey information from each company and for allowing each company to inquire the survey result; And
And a survey progress means for providing the survey information input through the questionnaire information management means to each user, receiving a response to the survey information, and storing the response as a survey result. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the server system receives and stores contents for promoting companies and products from each company, and provides the contents to each user.

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