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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2006
Hyun-hwa OH, Yongin-si, KR;
Du-sik Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Jung-bae Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Young-shin Kwak, Suwon-si, KR;
Chang-yeong Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Seok-cheol Kee, Seoul, KR;
Hyun-hwa Oh, Yongin-si, KR;
Du-sik Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Jung-bae Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Young-shin Kwak, Suwon-si, KR;
Chang-yeong Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Seok-cheol Kee, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing a conversion of a skin color of an input image into a preference color by applying face detection and skin color detection is disclosed. The method includes: detecting a face area from the input image; detecting a skin area from the input image; judging a common area between the face area and the skin area as a face; extracting a skin color from the input image with reference to the skin color in the judged face; and converting the extracted skin color into an image-adaptive skin color.