Colour conversion apparatus and method thereof

A color conversion method includes determining a race by recognizing a skin region in an input image, selecting a preferred skin color to apply to the skin region based on a plurality of preferred skin colors preset per race, and correcting a color of the skin region using the selected preferred ski...

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Main Authors KYUNG, WANG-JUN, PARK, IN-HO, CHO, HEUI-KEUN, KIM, DAEUL, KIM, KYEONG-MAN, KIM, HYUNOL, SHIN, JAE-MIN, HA, YEONG-HO
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 10.10.2012
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
PHYSICS
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
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Summary:A color conversion method includes determining a race by recognizing a skin region in an input image, selecting a preferred skin color to apply to the skin region based on a plurality of preferred skin colors preset per race, and correcting a color of the skin region using the selected preferred skin color. Additionally, a color conversation apparatus includes a control unit to determine a race by recognizing a skin region in an input image input, and to select a preferred skin color to apply to the skin region, based on the plurality of the preferred skin colors stored in a storage unit, and a compensation unit to correct a color of the skin region using the preferred skin color selected by the control unit. Hence, the skin color per race can be adequately converted to the color which can satisfy the user.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20110189134