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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
May. 17, 2012
Rodolphe Korichi, Saint Jean le Blanc, FR;
Sandrine Stephan, Beaugency, FR;
Rodolphe Korichi, Saint Jean le Blanc, FR;
Sandrine Stephan, Beaugency, FR;
LVMH RECHERCHE, Saint Jean de Braye, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for characterizing the tone of the skin or integuments. The apparatus comprises a digital camera or a digital photographic apparatus () allowing the capture of at least one digital image () of at least one determined skin zone (), said image being defined by a multiplicity of pixels (N) that is transmitted to a digital image processing device comprising means for splitting the digital image into three color planes: red, green, blue, termed R, G, B; The invention finds an industrial application in a method for assessing the whitening effect of a cosmetic product.