DEVICE FOR DETECTING SKIN OF PEOPLE AND METHOD THEREOF

摘要

A device and a method for detecting a skin area of a person are provided to compare an image signal with a skin area of skin sample data where a skin of the person is sampled by using YCbCr color space, thereby reducing a time for a skin area detection. A first skin area detecting unit(310) detects an area included in a first skin area where a skin of a person is sampled among image signals applied from the outside. A second skin area detecting unit(320) detects an area included in a second skin area where a skin area of a person is set among the image signals. If an area included in both of the first and second skin areas is detected, a skin area processing unit(340) determines the area as a skin area of a person and extracts the detected skin areas. The first skin area detector comprises a first skin area storage(311) and a first skin area detector(312). The second skin area detector comprises a second skin area setup unit(321) and a second skin area detector(322). A white color area processing unit(330) comprises a white color area setup unit(331) and a white color area processor(332), and is disposed between the second skin area detecting unit and the skin area processing unit. When white color area processing is selected, the white color area processing unit processes a white color area included in a skin area of the detected image signal.