image processing - skin detection in the YUV color space? -
can perform skin detection using set of rules (things x1 < y < x2 ) the short answer yes , can. however, luminance (y) irrelevant . it's chrominance (cbcr or uv) matters. one of cited papers in area this one (uncompressed ps file). i've implemented , seems work well. update: link above seems have become broken, here bibtex citation of paper: @article{767122, author={chai, d. , ngan, k.n.}, journal={circuits , systems video technology, ieee transactions on}, title={face segmentation using skin-color map in videophone applications }, year={1999}, month={jun}, volume={9}, number={4}, pages={551 -564}, keywords={h.261-compliant coder;chrominance component;complex background scene;face-segmentation algorithm;fast algorithm;foreground/background coding;head-and-shoulders view;human skin color;input image;luminance;perceptual quality;pixels;regularization processes;reliable algorithm;simulation results;spatial distribution characteristics;test im...