摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable the estimation of an original pupil color of a subject person, in an image where an abnormality such as a red-eye or gold-eye occurs, and to enable formation of an image having a natural pupil color in an image correction by estimating the original pupil color from the image, thereby deciding the need for image correction. <P>SOLUTION: The skin color of the subject person is specified from an inputted image, regardless of whether an abnormality, such as a red-eye or gold-eye, has occurred, and this skin color is substituted in an approximating equation, based on the statistical result carried out in advance, thereby inferring the normal pupil color component from the skin color of the subject person. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI |