Evaluating skin
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsShakith Devinda FERNANDO, Karl Catharina VAN BREE, Kiran Kumar THUMMA
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Abstract
According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus for evaluating skin of a subject. The apparatus comprises a processing unit configured to receive one or more images of the skin of the subject from an imaging unit, wherein the imaging unit is arranged to obtain images of the skin of the subject; process the one or more images to determine a skin type and/or a melanin index of the skin of the subject based on one or more characteristics of a structure of a pigment network of the skin; and output a first signal indicating the determined skin type and/or melanin index.
Claims15
An apparatus for evaluating skin of a subject, the apparatus comprising a processing unit configured to:
- receive one or more images of the skin of the subject from an imaging unit, wherein the imaging unit is arranged to obtain images of the skin of the subject;
- process the one or more images to determine a skin type and/or a melanin index of the skin of the subject based on one or more characteristics of a structure of a pigment network of the skin;
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- output a first signal indicating the determined skin type and/or melanin index.
A computer-implemented method for evaluating the skin of a subject, the method comprising:
- receiving one or more images of the skin of the subject from an imaging unit, with the imaging unit arranged to obtain images of the skin of the subject;
- processing the one or more images to determine a skin type and/or a melanin index of the skin of the subject based on one or more characteristics of a structure of a pigment network of the skin;
- and
- outputting a first signal indicating the determined skin type and/or melanin index
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