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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2009
Applicant:
Hugh Phu Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Hugh Phu Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Imagination Technologies Limited, Kings Langley, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/73 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/735 (2013.01); G06K 9/00234 (2013.01); G06K 9/4642 (2013.01); H04N 5/235 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/23219 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for processing sensor data in an image processor that implements at least one image enhancement process, the method comprising: a) performing a skin tone detection operation to identify skin tone areas in the sensor data; b) selectively modifying at least one image enhancement process for the identified skin tone areas; and c) applying the at least one modified image enhancement process to the identified skin tone areas.