Method and System for Face Image Enhancement Using Artificial Intelligence

An artificial intelligence (AI)-based imaging method for generating an enhanced image and/or video of an individual, the AI-based method comprising:

• receiving, at an imaging server comprising a server processor and a server memory, at least one image of an individual, the at least one image captured by a digital camera, and the at least one image comprising pixel data of at least a portion of a face of the individual;
• generating, by an image enhancement AI model based on one or more facial features of the individual, a graphically enhanced image of the individual, wherein the image enhancement AI model is trained with pixel data of a plurality of training images comprising images of individuals having facial features with a physical appearance of a previous state, and of other individuals having facial features with an improved physical appearance comprising target features, defining an aesthetically refined state as depicted in the pixel data and as defined by the training images by depicting within the pixel data idealized standards of a societal or professional standard of physical appearance when compared to the training images of the individuals having the facial features with the previous state, and wherein the image enhancement AI model is configured to output respective graphically enhanced images of the individuals, each graphically enhanced image having at least one image feature modified compared to an original image, and wherein the graphically enhanced image of the individual comprises a new image with at least one modified feature selected from the one or more facial features of the individual, the modified feature causing pixel data of the image of the individual to be enhanced or altered compared to the at least one image of the individual as originally received such that graphically enhanced image of the individual depicts an aesthetically refined state of the individual depicting pixel data having one or more of the idealized standards of the societal or professional standard of physical appearance as defined by the training images compared with a previous state of the individual;
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• rendering, on a display screen of a user computing device via an imaging application (app) configured to execute on a user computing device, the user computing device comprising a device processor and a device memory, the imaging app communicatively coupled to the imaging server, the graphically enhanced image, the graphically enhanced image depicting the enhanced or altered pixel data.

A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions of an AI-based imaging system, that when executed by one or more processors of an imaging server cause the one or more processors of the imaging server to:

• receive at least one image of an individual, the at least one image captured by a digital camera, and the at least one image comprising pixel data of at least a portion of a face of the individual;
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• when executed by the one or more processors of the imaging server or by one or more processors of a user computing device the instructions further cause the one or more processors of the imaging server or the one or more processors of the user computing device to:
• generate, by an image enhancement AI model based on one or more facial features of the individual, a graphically enhanced image of the individual, wherein the image enhancement Al model is trained with pixel data of a plurality of training images comprising images of individuals having facial features with a physical appearance of a previous state, and of other individuals having facial features with an improved physical appearance comprising target features, defining an aesthetically refined state as depicted in the pixel data and as defined by the training images by depicting within the pixel data idealized standards of a societal or professional standard of physical appearance when compared to the training images of the individuals having the facial features with the previous state, and wherein the image enhancement AI model is configured to output respective graphically enhanced images of the individuals, each graphically enhanced image having at least one image feature modified compared to an original image, and wherein the graphically enhanced image of the individual comprises a new image with at least one modified feature selected from the one or more facial features of the individual, the modified feature causing pixel data of the image of the individual to be enhanced or altered compared to the at least one image of the individual as originally received such that graphically enhanced image of the individual depicts an aesthetically refined state of the individual depicting pixel data having one or more of the idealized standards of the societal or professional standard of physical appearance as defined by the training images compared with a previous state of the individual;
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• render, on a display screen of a user computing device via an imaging application (app) configured to execute on a user computing device, the user computing device comprising a device processor and a device memory, the imaging app communicatively coupled to the imaging server, the graphically enhanced image, the graphically enhanced image depicting the enhanced or altered pixel data.