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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
May. 29, 2007
Hila Nachlieli, Haifa, IL;
Gitit Ruckenstein, Haifa, IL;
Darryl Greig, Fishponds, GB;
Doron Shaked, Tivon, IL;
Ruth Bergman, Haifa, IL;
Carl Staelin, Haifa, IL;
Shlomo Harush, Nes-Ziona, IL;
Mani Fischer, Haifa, IL;
Hila Nachlieli, Haifa, IL;
Gitit Ruckenstein, Haifa, IL;
Darryl Greig, Fishponds, GB;
Doron Shaked, Tivon, IL;
Ruth Bergman, Haifa, IL;
Carl Staelin, Haifa, IL;
Shlomo Harush, Nes-Ziona, IL;
Mani Fischer, Haifa, IL;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods of face and skin sensitive image enhancement are disclosed. In one aspect, a face map that includes for each pixel of an input image a respective face probability value indicating a degree to which the pixel corresponds to a human face is calculated. A skin map that includes for each pixel of the input image a respective skin probability value indicating a degree to which the pixel corresponds to human skin is ascertained. The input image is enhanced with an enhancement level that varies pixel-by-pixel in accordance with the respective face probability values and the respective skin probability values. In another aspect, a facial content measurement value indicating a degree to which an input image contains human face content is ascertained. A tone-correction process is tuned in accordance with the facial content measurement value. The input image is enhanced in accordance with the tuned tone-correction process.