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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2005
Applicants:
Thomas Malzbender, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Daniel G. Gelb, Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Malzbender, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Daniel G. Gelb, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention pertain to methods and apparatuses for quantifying properties of skin. In one embodiment, data that describes a set of images of skin is received. A plurality of the images comprising the set of images were taken under a different lighting condition. Surface normals are computed based on the data and the computed surface normals are utilized to enable quantifying a property of the skin for the purpose of evaluating the skin.