{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-js","path":"/blog/google-is-trying-to-make-its-image-processing-more-inclusive/","result":{"data":{"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"No Frills News"}},"contentfulNfnPost":{"postTitle":"Google is trying to make its image processing more inclusive","slug":"google-is-trying-to-make-its-image-processing-more-inclusive","createdLocal":"2021-05-19 14:31:13.716025","publishDate":"2021-05-18 00:00:00","feedName":"Image Recognition","sourceUrl":{"sourceUrl":"https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/18/22442515/google-camera-app-inclusive-image-equity-skintones"},"postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"<p>It’s a long-standing problem that dates back to the days of film: image processing tends to be tuned for lighter skin tones and not that of black and brown subjects.\nSpecifically, Google is making changes to its auto-white balance and exposure algorithms to improve accuracy for dark skin tones based on a broader data set of images featuring black and brown faces.\nWith these tweaks, Google aims to avoid over-brightening and de-saturating people of color in photos for more accurate representation.\nGoogle has also made improvements for portrait mode selfies, creating a more accurate depth map for curly and wavy hair types — rather than simply cutting around the subject’s hair.\nThe company says it still has much to do — and it has certainly stumbled in the past on the image recognition and inclusion front — but it’s a welcome step in the right direction.</p>"}}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"google-is-trying-to-make-its-image-processing-more-inclusive"}}}