Skin Visualization Using Smartphone and Deep Learning in the Beauty Industry

Human skin visualization in the beauty industry with a smart-phone based on deep learning was discussed. Skin was photographed with a medical camera that could simultaneously capture RGB and UV images of the same area. Smartphone RGB images were converted into versions similar to medical RGB and UV images via a deep learning method called cycle-GAN, which was trained with the medical and the smartphone images. After converting the smartphone image into a version similar to a medical RGB image using cycle-GAN, the processed image was also converted into a pseudo-UV image via a deep learning method called U-NET. Hidden age spots were effectively visualized by this image. RGB and UV images similar to medical images can be captured with a smartphone. Provided the neural network on deep learning is trained, a medical camera is not required.