title: Image-based control of skin melanin texture.
abstract: We introduce a useful tool for controlling the skin melanin texture of facial photographs. Controlling the skin melanin texture is an important task in the reproduction of posters, TV commercials, movies, and so on. We used component maps of melanin, which were obtained by a previous method [J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 16, 2169 (1999)] as the first processing step. We propose to control the melanin texture continuously and physiologically, based on the analysis of 123 skin textures in our database. The physiological validity for the change of the melanin texture is confirmed by comparing the synthesized image with an ultraviolet image, which can be used to predict the change of melanin texture due to aging. The control processes are implemented on programmable graphics hardware, and real-time processing is achieved for a facial videostream.
authors.affiliation: Department of Information and Image Science, Chiba University, Japan. tsumura@faculty.chiba-u.jp
authors.forename: Norimichi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tsumura
authors.forename: Toshiya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakaguchi
authors.forename: Nobutoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ojima
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takase
authors.forename: Saya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okaguchi
authors.forename: Kimihiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyake
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008543:Melanins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D012867:Skin / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D008543:Melanins