Image-based skin diagnostics
AssigneeL'oreal
InventorKyle Yeates
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Abstract
Examples of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for generating more accurate image(s) of a user via a camera of a consumer product (e.g., mobile phone, tablet, laptop, etc.) for subsequent use in, for example, computer implemented applications, such as skin diagnosis, facial recognition, cosmetic simulation, selection and/or recommendation, etc. Examples of the systems and methods improve image accuracy and quality by addressing issues relating to unpredictable and inconsistent lighting conditions, among others. In an example, the system includes a mobile computing device and an object with known lighting and/or color attributes (e.g., a reference). Such an object acts as a calibration device for images to be captured by the mobile computing device.
Claims20
A computer implemented method for accurate skin diagnosis, comprising:
- calibrating, by a computing device, one or more images of an area of interest associated with a subject;
- and
- determining a skin condition based on the one or more calibrated images.
A method, comprising:
- obtaining calibration data from a calibration device;
- generating, by a computing device, calibrated images by one of:
- calibrating a camera of a mobile computing device based on the calibration data and capturing one or more images of a user with the calibrated camera;
- or
- calibrating one or more images captured with the camera based on the calibration data.
A computer system, comprising:
- a user interface engine including circuitry configured to cause an image capture device to capture images of the user;
- a calibration engine including circuitry configured to calibrate the image capture device prior to image capture for generating calibrated images or to calibrate the images captured by the image capture device for generating calibrated images, said calibration engine obtaining calibration data from a calibration device;
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- a skin condition engine configured to determine a skin condition of the user based on the generated calibrated images image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.