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Device and method for skin detection

  • US 10,242,278 B2
  • Filed: 11/24/2015
  • Issued: 03/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for skin detection comprising:

  • an illumination unit configured to project a predetermined illumination pattern onto a scene;

    an imaging unit configured to acquire an image of the scene;

    an evaluation unit configured to evaluate the acquired image by analyzing blur of edges of the imaged illumination pattern as reproduced in the image and detecting skin areas within the image based on the analysis of the blur of the edges and distinguishing the skin areas from non-skin areas within the image based on said analysis of the blur of the edges;

    a vital signs detector configured to detect vital signs of a subject within the scene based on image information from the detected skin areas within the acquired image; and

    a display device configured to display the detected vital signs.

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