SKIN COLOR EVALUATION METHOD, SKIN COLOR EVALUATION APPARATUS, SKIN COLOR EVALUATION PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM WITH THE PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON

摘要

In a skin color evaluation method for evaluating skin color from an input image including a face region, there are included a division step for dividing an entire face region of the image into predetermined regions according to first feature points formed of at least 25 areas that are set beforehand and second feature points that are set by using the first feature points, a skin color distribution evaluation step for performing evaluation by generating a skin color distribution based on average values using at least one of L*, a*, b*, Cab*, and hab of a L*a*b* color system, tri-stimulus values X, Y, Z of an XYZ color system, and the values of RGB, hue H, lightness V, chroma C, melanin amount, and hemoglobin amount and performing evaluation based on measured results with respect to the regions divided in the dividing step, and a screen generation step for displaying the measured results or evaluation results on a screen.