Google announces a new mechanism to improve ``skin color'' taken with a smartphone camera



Google announced the evolution of camera technology at the online event ``

Google I / O 2021 ''. Algorithms for Google's camera and image products, which are being newly developed, are said to be evolving so that people with dark skin can be photographed more beautifully.



New Google Camera Algorithms Target Improving Representation | Digital Trends
https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/google-photography-engineering-improvements-represent-bipoc-subjects/

At Google I / O 2021, Google declared, ``Make smartphone photography for everyone and build a more accurate and inclusive camera.'' Google has launched a new initiative to improve the algorithm and you can see the contents from the following movie.

(1) Building a More Equitable Camera | Google-YouTube


People tend to think that 'things captured by a camera are objective,' but in reality, the will and decisions of various people were reflected in the way the camera was created.



And in this decision there is little will of people of color.



So says Florian Koenigsberger, Google's product marketing manager.



Photographer Deun Ivory says, 'There is still the idea that 'black people don't deserve to be seen.'



For this reason, Google has advanced the project with the goal of `` showing the best results for people of color, including people with dark skin, for all Google cameras and image products ''. Working with experts who have taken thousands of photos so far ... ...



Diversify your dataset. We trained our algorithm on this dataset.



And improved the accuracy of the auto white balance adjustment and auto exposure adjustment algorithms.



We received feedback from many people and adjusted it to express people more accurately and beautifully.



The photo on the left was taken with the original camera, and the one on the right was taken with the new camera. On the left, the skin color of the part receiving the light is white, but on the right, it is slightly orange instead of white. This is because the conventional camera was built based on the idea that 'bright skin tone is good', but it was changed.



Traditionally, people of color have had to be creative when photographing. Google's attempt is described as an approach to ``change the behavior of the tool itself'' so that ``the person taking the picture does not have to devise how they look''.



The above technology will be reflected in Pixel smartphones to be announced in the future, and what we learned in building the tool will be shared with Android partners and the entire ecosystem.

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