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+/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
+ * Copyright 2012 The MITRE Corporation                                      *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");           *
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.          *
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at                                   *
+ *                                                                           *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                            *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software       *
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,         *
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  *
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and       *
+ * limitations under the License.                                            *
+ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
+
+#include <opencv2/imgproc/imgproc.hpp>
+
+#include <openbr/plugins/openbr_internal.h>
+
+using namespace cv;
+
+namespace br
+{
+
+/*!
+ * \ingroup transforms
+ * \brief Make a mask over skin in an image
+ * \br_link http://worldofcameras.wordpress.com/tag/skin-detection-opencv/
+ * \author Josh Klontz \cite jklontz
+ */
+class SkinMaskTransform : public UntrainableTransform
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+    void project(const Template &src, Template &dst) const
+    {
+        Mat m;
+        cvtColor(src, m, COLOR_BGR2YCrCb);
+        std::vector<Mat> mv;
+        split(m, mv);
+        Mat mask = Mat(m.rows, m.cols, CV_8UC1);
+
+        for (int i=0; i<m.rows; i++) {
+            for (int j=0; j<m.cols; j++) {
+                int Cr= mv[1].at<quint8>(i,j);
+                int Cb =mv[2].at<quint8>(i,j);
+                mask.at<quint8>(i, j) = (Cr>130 && Cr<170) && (Cb>70 && Cb<125) ? 255 : 0;
+            }
+        }
+
+        dst = mask;
+    }
+};
+
+BR_REGISTER(Transform, SkinMaskTransform)
+
+} // namespace br
+
+#include "imgproc/skinmask.moc"