Method for detecting skin color in a digital image
US6690822B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 20, 2000 |
| Grant date | Feb 10, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 25, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30201
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for detecting skin color in a digital image having pixels in an RGB color space generally includes the steps of performing statistical analysis of the digital color image to determine the mean RGB color values; then, if the mean value of any one of the colors is below a predetermined threshold, applying a transformation to the digital image to move skin colors in the image toward a predetermined region of the color space; and employing the transformed space to locate the skin color pixels in the digital color image. More specifically, if the mean value of any one of the colors is below a predetermined threshold, a non-linear transformation is applied to the digital image to move skin colors in the image toward a predetermined region of the color space. Then, depending on the preceding step, either the digital image or the transformed digital image is converted from the RGB space to a generalized RGB space to produce a gRGB digital image; skin color pixels are detected within the gRGB digital image; a first skin color image mask is formed based on the detected skin color pixels; a masked gRGB image is generated using the first skin color image mask; and finally the skin col…
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