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software development & IT consulting

Elinext Group

Body Tan Scan Case Study

Body Tan Scan


Case Study
The customer wanted Elinext team to develop an application which will help users to make a picture of his or her skin, publish it online via Social Networks and have a reference guide on tan processes at hand. The mobile application had to read skin code, be capable to send to Facebook, Twitter, MySpace pictures of skin and comments to pictures.

Customer: Body Decor Inc. Project: Body Tan Scan Type: Innovative development, math algorithms,
mobile application development

Requirements: The customer wanted Elinext

team to develop an application which will help users to make a picture of his or her skin, publish it online via Social Networks and have a reference guide on tan processes at hand. The mobile application had to read skin code, be capable to send to Facebook, Twitter, MySpace pictures of skin and comments to pictures.

Challenge: The main challenge for our developers was to implement skin code recognition. They faced the following difficulties:
How to recognize where the skin is on the picture How to implement tan id range recognition especially for individuals with very dark skin How to optimize math algorithm so that it would be useful and had high performance.

had to study lots of pages of information before actually starting to develop the code. Developers investigated libraries that contain a lot of mathematical algorithms; however they decided that it will be hard for mobile devices to use such functions. They read a lot of materials about skin detection and chose one of the technologies Explicit Image Detection using YCbCr Space Color Model as Skin Detection by Jorge Alberto Marcial Basilio, Gualberto Aguilar Torres, Gabriel Sanchez Perez, L. Karina Toscano Medina , Hector M. Perez Meana from Seccion de Estudios de Posgrados e Investigacion Escuela Superior de Ingenieria Mecanica y Electrica Unidad Culhuacan Santa Ana and applied and optimized it for mobile phones.

Solution: To solve the first task our developers

Results: The development project outcome is an application for iPhone and iPad, Android and Android tablets, BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7 mobile platforms, available for download at app stores. The application has the following functionality:
Main screen: Make a picture

Elinext Group is a global supplier of software services and IT solutions for a wide array of industries, including advertising, accounting, banking, education, finance, healthcare, hospitality, real estate, retail, tourism and others. Elinext Groups companies specialize in custom software development, mobile development, web development, TV app development and game development. For more information, visit: www.elinext.com Copyright 2012 Elinext Group. All rights reserved

software development & IT consulting

Elinext Group

Body Tan Scan Case Study

Tan ID detection Sharing via Facebook, Twitter and MySpace

Schedule & Notes: Calendar & notes about your tan salons

Does & Don'ts: Information about how to behave yourself exposed to the sun Links to Tanning Info: Up-to-date information from different web sites 52 Weeks Specials: Built-in calendar which shows each weeks special Lotions: Information about lotions for your needs

Region: USA Industry: Fitness and Life Style Engagement model: Fixed cost model Technologies: C/Object C, MVC-pattern, Core
Data

Duration: 3 weeks Staff: 1 iOS developer, 1 Android developer, 1 BlackBerry developer, 1 Windows Phone 7 developer
BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7

Platforms: iPhone/iPad, Android/Android Tablet,

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Elinext Group is a global supplier of software services and IT solutions for a wide array of industries, including advertising, accounting, banking, education, finance, healthcare, hospitality, real estate, retail, tourism and others. Elinext Groups companies specialize in custom software development, mobile development, web development, TV app development and game development. For more information, visit: www.elinext.com Copyright 2012 Elinext Group. All rights reserved

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