US5065234A
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Method and apparatus for correcting the color of a printed image
Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc
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Filing: 1990-06-06
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Granted: 1991-11-12
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Expires: 2010-06-06
Abstract
Abstract A color correction apparatus including a memory for storing a plurality of combinations of basic colors, each of the combinations of basic colors being obtained by combining a plurality of basic colors. Weighting information storage is provided for storing predetermined mixing ratios of the plurality of basic colors for intermediate colors to be obtained. A calculator is provided for calculating color image data corresponding to the input color image data by processing the combination of basic colors in relation to the mixing ratios.
Inventors
- 👤 Po-Chieh Hung
- 👤 Tatsuya Kaneniwa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 05:13
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/46; H04N1/56; H04N1/60; H04N1/6016; H04N1/6019
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
172 words
A color correction method comprising: providing a plurality of color patch images on a recording medium, each of said color patch images having a predetermined ratio of basic colors; generating basic color data, including measuring each of said color patch images; converting said basic color data into data in a distinctive color system, including storing said color system data, each of said stored color system data having a color system address corresponding to said predetermined ratio of said basic colors; and interpolating said color system data with a plurality of assumed points which are not directly corresponding to any of said color system data, wherein each of said assumed points has an assumed address which is determined in accordance with stored weighting data to provide said assumed address between a pair of color system addressed which are nearest to said assumed address, including determining an interpolated color value by interpolating between the color system data at said pair of color system addresses according to the weighting data that provided said assumed address.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
172 words
A color correction method comprising: providing a plurality of color patch images on a recording medium, each of said color patch images having a predetermined ratio of basic colors; generating basic color data, including measuring each of said color patch images; converting said basic color data into data in a distinctive color system, including storing said color system data, each of said stored color system data having a color system address corresponding to said predetermined ratio of said basic colors; and interpolating said color system data with a plurality of assumed points which are not directly corresponding to any of said color system data, wherein each of said assumed points has an assumed address which is determined in accordance with stored weighting data to provide said assumed address between a pair of color system addressed which are nearest to said assumed address, including determining an interpolated color value by interpolating between the color system data at said pair of color system addresses according to the weighting data that provided said assumed address.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
136 words
The color correction method of claim 1, in which the converting step converts the basic color data into data in the so-called L, u, V color system, where the general rules are represented by L*, u*, and V*, and the specific components converted to be stored are Li*, ui, and Vi*, where i varies from 1 to 4; and the interpolating steps includes interpolating according to the following equations: L.sub.m *=-(1/16)L.sub.1 *+(9/16)L.sub.2 *+(9/16)L.sub.3 *-(1/16)L.sub.4 * u.sub.m *=-(1/16)u.sub.1 *+(9/16)u.sub.2 *+(9/16)u.sub.3 *-(1/16)u.sub.4 * v.sub.m *=-(1/16)v.sub.1 *+(9/16)v.sub.2 *+(9/16)v.sub.3 *-(1/16)v.sub.4 * for two known addresses before and two known addresses after each assumed point, or alternatively, with three known addresses before and one known address after each assumed point, the following equations: L.sub.m *=(5/16)L.sub.1 *+(15/16)L.sub.2 *-(5/16)L.sub.3 *-(1/16)L.sub.4 * u.sub.m *=(5/16)u.sub.1 *+(15/16)u.sub.2 *-(5/16)u.sub.3 *-(1/16)u.sub.4 * v.sub.m *=*5/16)v.sub.1 *+(15/16)v.sub.2 *-(5/16)v.sub.3 *-(1/16)v.sub.4 *.
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