Patent ID: 8731248

Claim:
A method of correcting an eye circle on an image containing a face with at least one eye visible on the face and the eye circle being located beneath the eye, the method comprising: loading the image into a computing device having a processor, the processor executing the following steps: defining a core area of the image for correction, the core area being located substantially below a position of the eye in the image; defining a processing area being larger in area than the core area and including the core area, and defining a surrounding area as a remaining area of the processing area not being located within the core area; comparing an average brightness of the core area to an average brightness of the surrounding area; performing a smoothing process to blend the core area with the surrounding area to correct the eye circle when the average brightness of the core area is greater than the average brightness of the surrounding area by an amount greater than a first threshold; and outputting an enhanced image having the corrected eye circle.