Patent ID: 8591414

Claim:
A method for analyzing skin texture or pores of an examinee using an image of the skin of the examinee and a central processing unit (CPU), the method comprising: extracting, by using the CPU, R components, G components, and B components from the image with the CPU; extracting, by using the CPU, a pore image from the R components and one of the B components or G components by generating a difference image from the R components and one of the B components or one of the G components, and by subsequently removing furrows from the generated difference image to extract the pore image; generating, by using the CPU, a pore parameter pertaining to pore size from the pore image with the CPU; extracting, by using the CPU, a furrow image from the G components with the CPU; generating, by using the CPU, a furrow parameter pertaining to furrow width from the furrow image; extracting, by using the CPU, a ridge image from the pore image and the furrow image; generating a ridge parameter pertaining to ridge fineness and/or ridge shape from the ridge image; and analyzing, by using the CPU, the skin texture or pores using at least one of the pore parameter, the furrow parameter, and the ridge parameter.