EP0785672A1
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System for creating a device specific colour profile
Assignee: Eastman Kodak Co
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Filing: 1996-12-18
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2016-12-18
Abstract
Abstract A system that allows a user to tune a designated a color profile for a specific color input or output device thereby creating a device specific profile from a profile for a similar device or from a generic device profile. The color values associated with the device, either patches input to a scanner or patches output by a display or a printer, are measured using a colorimetric color measuring device. These measured values are used to adjust or tune the profile to produce a more accurate profile for the particular device. The adjustment includes curve fitting the measured color values and simulated color values to create a mapping from the measured values to the simulated values. The curve is used to adjust the profile. To account for gamut shifts the color values can be mapped into the gamut of the device during tuning curve creation. <IMAGE>
Inventors
- 👤 Michael Eastman Kodak Company Schwartz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 15:02
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/46; H04N1/56; H04N1/60; H04N1/603; H04N1/6033; G; G01; G01J; G01J3/00; G01J3/46; G01J3/52; G01J3/524; H04N1/6036
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
49 words
A method of adjusting a color output device characterization, comprising: printing a set of patches from test colors using the characterization; measuring colorimetric values of the patches; and remapping inputs to an output transformation of the characterization responsive to the colorimetric values and predicted values for the colorimetric values.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
58 words
A method of adjusting a color input device characterization, comprising: measuring colorimetric values from a set of test patches; scanning the patches and using the characterization to convert the scanned values to colorimetric form; and remapping outputs of an input transformation of the characterization responsive to the colorimetric scanned values and predicted values for the colorimetric scanned values.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
102 words
A method of adjusting a base profile designated for an output color device that includes an output profile and a simulation profile, comprising: selecting a set of test colors; generating color patches with the output color device using the test colors and the output profile; measuring colorimetric color values for the patches; producing simulation color values using the simulation transform and the test colors; determining a transform which maps the colorimetric color values to the simulation color values for each of the patches; and combining the transform, the base profile and an inverse of the transform to produce an adjusted base profile.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method as recited in claim 3, performing a gamut remapping to map the colorimetric color values into a gamut defined by the base profile.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
88 words
A method of adjusting a base profile designated for an output color device, comprising: selecting a color picture image; outputing the image with the output color device using the base profile; displaying the image for review by a user; interactively creating a modifying transform by the user which modifies the displayed image to visually match the picture image; determining an inverting transform that inverts the modifying transform; and combining the inverting transform, the base profile and the inverse of the inverting transform to produce an adjusted base profile.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
128 words
A method of adjusting inking levels in a profile designated for an output color device having at least four inks and a simulation transform, comprising: creating an intermediate profile by applying an inking transformation and an inverse of the inking transformation to input and output transforms; selecting a set of colors; generating a set of color patches from the set of colors with the output color device using the intermediate profile; measuring colorimetric color values for the patches; producing simulation color values from the set of colors using the simulation transform; determining a mapping transform which maps the colorimetric color values to the simulation color values for the patches; and combining the mapping transform, the intermediate transform and an inverse of the mapping transform into an adjusted profile.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
79 words
A method of adjusting a base input profile designated for a color input device, comprising: scanning a set of color patches; determining a base color values for the patches using the base input profile; measuring colorimetric color values of the patches; determining a mapping transform which maps the colorimetric color values to the base color values; and combining the mapping transform, the base input profile and an inverse of the mapping transform to produce an adjusted base input profile.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
66 words
A computed readable memory used to direct a computer to adjust a color device output profile by printing patches on an output device, measuring colorimetric values of the patches, creating a tuning transform responsive to the colorimetric values and colors predicted by a simulation transform of the output profile and using the tuning transform to adjust input, output and the simulation transforms of the device profile.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
78 words
A computer readable memory used to direct a computer to adjust a color device input profile by measuring colorimetric values of a set of patches, scanning the patches with an input device, using the profile to convert the scanned values to colorimetric form, creating a tuning transform responsive to the colorimetric values and colors predicted by an input transform of the profile and using the tuning transform to adjust the input and output transforms of the device profile.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
39 words
A method of adjusting a profile of a color device, comprising: generating output colors from test colors using the profile; creating a tuning transform using the output colors and the profile; and tuning the profile with the tuning transform.
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