Device and method for acquiring an image of a portion of the human body
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1. A device for acquiring an image of a portion of the human body, the device comprising:
- an enclosure provided with an opening large enough to receive an individual'"'"'s face, at least one light source which illuminates the enclosure, and a colorimetric calibration device which provides colorimetric calibration information for said image.
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Abstract
A device and a method for acquiring an image of a portion of the human body, which includes any body part, the face, the skin or the hair of an individual. The device includes an enclosure with an opening sufficiently large for receiving the portion of the human body. The enclosure can be spherical. The device can also include at least one light source to illuminate the enclosure. The device can further include a calibration device which can be colorimetric or spectral. The device can also include a camera and a positioning device to properly position the portion of the human body for the image acquisition.
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1. A device for acquiring an image of a portion of the human body, the device comprising:
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an enclosure provided with an opening large enough to receive an individual'"'"'s face, at least one light source which illuminates the enclosure, and a colorimetric calibration device which provides colorimetric calibration information for said image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A method of acquiring an image of a portion of the human body, comprising the steps of:
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placing said portion of the human body in an opening of an enclosure, said opening being large enough to receive an individual'"'"'s face;
calibrating at least one camera by performing with a calibration device one of a colorimetric calibration and a spectral calibration; and
acquiring at least one image of said portion of the human body with said at least one camera. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A device for acquiring an image of a portion of the human body, the device comprising:
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a spherical enclosure provided with an opening large enough to receive the portion of the human body, a light source which illuminates the enclosure, and a camera with a field of view which includes at least a portion of the opening. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78)
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79. A device for acquiring an image of a portion of the human body, the device comprising:
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an enclosure provided with an opening large enough to receive an individual'"'"'s face, at least one light source which illuminates the enclosure, and a spectral calibration device which provides spectral calibration information for said image. - View Dependent Claims (80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126)
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