IP Library Granted Patent US 10,803,677
Granted Patent B2
US 10,803,677 · App. 16/398,242 · Granted Oct 13, 2020

Method and system of automated facial morphing for eyebrow hair and face color detection

Inventor: Mathew Powers (New York, NY)
G06T19/20G06K9/00248G06K9/00281G06T5/20G06T11/60
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Patent No.
US 10,803,677
App. No.
16/398,242
Granted
Oct 13, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one aspect, a computerized method useful for automated facial morphing for eyebrow hair and face color detection includes the step of obtaining a face image. The face image comprises a digital image of a frontal view of a user's face. The method includes the step of identifying a pair of eyebrows in the face image. The method includes the step of generating a brow-less image of the face image by removing the pair of eyebrows from the face image. The method includes the step of, with a digital image of the removed pair of eyebrows, detecting the eyebrow color. The method includes the step of creating a pixel table for an eyebrow candidate region. The method includes the step of defining the eyebrow candidate region as a set of pixels with a different color between the eyebrow color and a brow-less image color.

Claims (24)

1. A computerized method useful for automated facial morphing for eyebrow hair and face color detection comprising:

obtaining a face image, wherein the face image comprises a digital image of a frontal view of a user's face;

identifying a pair of eyebrows in the face image;

generating a brow-less image of the face image by removing the pair of eyebrows from the face image;

with a digital image of the removed pair of eyebrows, detecting the eyebrow color;

creating a pixel table for an eyebrow candidate region;

defining the eyebrow candidate region as a set of pixels with a different color between the eyebrow color and a brow-less image color;

for each pixel in the set of pixels:

determine an intensity value of the brow-less image and another intensity value of the face image, and

calculating a ratio of the intensity value of the brow-less image and another intensity value of the face image;

sorting all the ratios in a descending order and for each ratio:

writing the ratio, the intensity value of the brow-less image and the other intensity value of the face image into the pixel table; and

calculating an average skin color of the face image and an average eyebrow color of the face image.

2. The computerized method of claim 1 , wherein the digital image of the removed pair of eyebrows is used for eyebrow deformation and translation.

3. The computerized method of claim 2 , wherein the ratio comprises is calculated using: a brow-less pixel intensity/an original pixel intensity.

4. The computerized method of claim 3 , wherein the descending order of the pixel table is based on a darker pixel in the face image coming before a lighter pixel.

5. The computerized method of claim 4 , wherein a range of eye brow color in the pixel table is defined as the pixels between a start of the pixel table and the pixel that has an eighty percent (80%) ratio value.

6. The computerized method of claim 5 , wherein the skin color is defined as a mean of the brow-less pixels in the range.

7. The computerized method of claim 6 , wherein the eyebrow color is defined as the mean of the pixels of the face image in the range of the pixels between a start of the pixel table and the pixel that has an eighty percent (80%) ratio value.

8. The computerized method of claim 7 , wherein the start of the pixel table has the largest intensity ratio.

9. The computerized method of claim 8 , wherein the removing the pair of eyebrows from the face image further comprises:

identifying a location of the media canthus in each eye of the user's face.

10. The computerized method of claim 9 , wherein the removing the pair of eyebrows from the face image further comprises:

anchoring an eyebrow erasing process to the location of the medial canthus.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2024
From: POWERS, MATHEW
To: AEDIT, LLC
Reel/Frame 069616/0428 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62664271 · Apr 30, 2018
Provisional Application 62774864 · Dec 4, 2018
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