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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2003
Applicant:
Tomoyuki Momma, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tomoyuki Momma, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Inforward, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and systems for digitally evaluating skin conditions based on a skin image. A digital image of a surface of a human face is received from a camera set in an image capturing device. The surface is illuminated with white light and placed apart from the camera when the digital image is acquired by the camera. A plurality of kinds of analysis (e.g., evaluation of a skin color, evaluation of pigmented spots, evaluation of pores, and/or evaluation of wrinkles) is performed on the received digital image to produce a plurality of data representing skin conditions of the human body. The produced data are output to a display or a database.