TEETH LOCATING AND WHITENING IN A DIGITAL IMAGE
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1. A method for changing the color of teeth in a digital image, said method comprising:
- locating the position of a mouth region in said digital image;
defining a correction zone associated with said mouth region;
calculating the probability that at least one pixel in said correction zone represents a tooth; and
changing the color of said at least one pixel by an amount that is proportional to said probability.
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Abstract
A method for changing the color of teeth in a digital image is disclosed herein. An embodiment of the method comprises locating the position of a mouth region in the digital image; defining a correction zone associated with the mouth region; calculating the probability that at least one pixel in the correction zone represents a tooth; and changing the color of the at least one pixel by an amount that is proportional to the probability.
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1. A method for changing the color of teeth in a digital image, said method comprising:
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locating the position of a mouth region in said digital image; defining a correction zone associated with said mouth region; calculating the probability that at least one pixel in said correction zone represents a tooth; and changing the color of said at least one pixel by an amount that is proportional to said probability. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for changing the color of teeth in a digital image, said method comprising:
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locating lips in said digital image; calculating the probability that at least one pixel between said lips represents a tooth; changing the color of said at least one pixel by an amount that is proportional to said probability. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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