US Patent 7233693 Methods and systems for computer analysis of skin image

Methods and systems for digitally evaluating skin conditions based on a skin image. A digital image of a surface of a human face is received from a camera set in an image capturing device. The surface is illuminated with white light and placed apart from the camera when the digital image is acquired by the camera. A plurality of kinds of analysis (e.g., evaluation of a skin color, evaluation of pigmented spots, evaluation of pores, and/or evaluation of wrinkles) is performed on the received digital image to produce a plurality of data representing skin conditions of the human body. The produced data are output to a display or a database.