Abstract:
A face beautification system and a method of face beautification. On embodiment of the face beautification system includes: (1) a coarse feature detector configured to generate an approximation of facial features in an image, (2) an edge-preserving filter configured to reduce distortions in the approximation, and (3) a feature enhancer operable to selectively filter a facial feature from said approximation and carry out an enhancement.
Abstract:
An image pyramid processor and a method of multi-resolution image processing. One embodiment of the image pyramid processor includes: (1) a level multiplexer configured to employ a single processing element to process multiple levels of an image pyramid in a single work unit, and (2) a buffer pyramid having memory allocable to store respective intermediate results of the single work unit.