US 12,307,721 B2
Imaging method and imaging apparatus
Hiroshi Matsumoto, Kanagawa (JP); Hiroki Taoka, Kyoto (JP); Chie Nishi, Kanagawa (JP); and Sachiko Takeshita, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed on May 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/664,045.
Application 17/664,045 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/038546, filed on Oct. 12, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-221255 (JP), filed on Dec. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0277488 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 7/64 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 11/20 (2006.01); G06V 10/56 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01)
CPC G06T 7/90 (2017.01) [G06T 7/0002 (2013.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 7/64 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 11/203 (2013.01); G06V 10/56 (2022.01); G06V 40/166 (2022.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30244 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging method, comprising:
capturing an image of a face of a person together with a correction device placed close to the face;
identifying a part, for which a color measurement is to be performed, in the image of the face;
acquiring a colorimetric value of the part; and
correcting the colorimetric value using an image of a three-dimensional shape provided in the correction device,
wherein the correcting is performed by referring to a predetermined range from an upper brightness level included in pixel information of the image of the three-dimensional shape.