Title
Consistent Image-Based Measurement And Classification Of Skin Color
Abstract
Little prior image processing work has addressed estimation and classification of skin color in a manner that is independent of camera and illuminant. To this end, we first present new methods for 1) fast, easy-to-use image color correction, with specialization toward skin tones, and 2) fully automated estimation of facial skin color, with robustness to shadows, specularities, and blemishes. Each of these is validated independently against ground truth, and then combined with a classification method that successfully discriminates skin color across a population of people imaged with several different cameras. We also evaluate the effects of image quality and various algorithmic choices on our classification performance. We believe our methods are practical for relatively untrained operators, using inexpensive consumer equipment.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1109/ICIP.2005.1530070
2005 International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Vols 1-5
Keywords
Field
DocType
image classification,image processing,ground truth,image quality
Computer vision,Pattern recognition,Color histogram,Computer science,Color balance,Demosaicing,Color correction,Artificial intelligence,RGB color model,Color normalization,False color,Color image
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1522-4880
6
0.74
References 
Authors
10
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Michael Harville136935.55
H. Harlyn Baker2337340.55
Nina Bhatti3597.81
Sabine Süsstrunk44984207.02