Fujitsu creates smartphone app to measure skin color

Japanese information technology company Fujitsu Laboratories has developed a new application system to measure skin colour over time accurately using a smartphone’s cameras and Color Frame.

According to the company, the new app helps the users to measure spots, dullness and pore size on the skin with ease, while the Color Frame helps fix the change in looks owing to the different lighting conditions such as incandescent or fluorescent illumination caused by different environments.

The company said that the user needs to take four photos using the outer camera; one around the cheekbone, beside the nose, beside the cheek and around the mouth.

Once the four photos are taken, the user needs to press the Analyze button; and the results are offered as scores.

Fujitsu said that the user can also see the analysed images, where in the first image shows the spots detected from the cheekbone shot, followed by shots beside the nose and cheek showcasing detected pores.

All the analysis conducted is saved in the history and can be used to compare results with previous measurements, thereby helping the user update the progress in the skin care regimen.

The company said the new application, which will be launched in the current year, has been designed for Japanese women and could be extended to other users, by collection of skin data from men and women with different racial characteristics.