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Feature extraction in beauty analysis

  • US 7,324,668 B2
  • Filed: 12/21/2001
  • Issued: 01/29/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of performing a skin analysis and maintaining a subject'"'"'s privacy, the method comprising:

  • receiving at least one image of at least one portion of a subject'"'"'s facial skin, wherein the at least one image includes facial features enabling substantial identification of the subject'"'"'s identity;

    identifying in the at least one image at least one skin condition, wherein during identifying, the at least one image is processed to identify substantially all visible occurrences of the at least one skin condition in at least one part of the at least one image;

    extracting from the at least one image at least one representation of the at least one skin condition, wherein the extracted representation includes a skin condition image devoid of substantially all facial features other than the at least one skin condition;

    storing information reflective of the at least one representation; and

    displaying the skin condition image such that the subject is substantially unidentifiable.

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