Patent ID: 8345114
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: G06K,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of enhancing an appearance of a face within a digital image, comprising using a processor in: acquiring a digital image of a scene including a face, including capturing the image using a lens and an image sensor, or receiving said image following capture by a device that includes a lens and an image sensor, or a combination thereof; identifying the face within the digital image; segmenting skin tone portions of the face from face features including one or two eyes or a mouth or combinations thereof; within the skin tone portions of the face, identifying one or more blemish regions that vary in luminance at least a threshold amount from non-blemished skin tone portions; smoothing luminance data of the one or more blemish regions to generate smoothed luminance data; generating an enhanced image including an enhanced version of the face that has original luminance data of the one or more blemish regions replaced with the smoothed luminance data and combined with original non-blemished skin tone portions; and displaying, transmitting, communicating or digitally storing or otherwise outputting the enhanced image or a further processed version, or combinations thereof; and determining certain non-skin tone pixels within one or more sub-regions that do not comprise a threshold skin tone, and removing, replacing, reducing an intensity of, or modifying a color of said certain non-skin tone pixels, or combinations thereof.