US 8,908,932 B2 | Digital image processing using face detection and skin tone information

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US 8,908,932 B2

Digital image processing using face detection and skin tone information

Tech Center:

2600 Communications

Examiner:

Manav Seth

Art Unit:

2666 Digital Cameras; Image Analysis; Applications; pattern Recognition; Color and Compression; Enhancement and Transformation

Agent:

Hickman Palermo Truong Becker Bingham Wong LLP

Inventors:

Igor Barcovschi; Yury Prilutsky; Peter Corcoran; Eran Steinberg; Petronel Bigioi

Assignee:

FOTONATION LIMITED

Priority:

06/26/03

Filed:

01/23/13

Granted:

12/09/14

Expiration:

07/28/23

Abstract

A technique for processing a digital image uses face detection to achieve one or more desired image processing parameters. A group of pixels is identified that corresponds to a face image within the digital image. A skin tone is detected for the face image by determining one or more default color or tonal values, or combinations thereof, for the group of pixels. Values of one or more parameters are adjusted for the group of pixels that correspond to the face image based on the detected skin tone.

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