Skin Detection in Images based on Pattern Matching Algorithms - A Review

Detection of skin in images is a very important clue in many image processing applications such as biometric system, medical imaging, face recognition and many more. An eye’s perception of human skin depends on sensing the color, texture, feel and many more factors. This paper is a survey paper. Some popular approaches that are used to identify human skin are endowed. To distinguish skin from the given image based on colors, various methods are discussed that are based on different color models. Based on the survey, a comparison of various methods is provided.