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Color calibration of display devices
Assignee: Digital Light and Color Inc
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Filing: 1994-04-12
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Granted: 1996-01-09
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Expires: 2014-04-12
Abstract
Abstract Methods for calibrating a display device, for instance, a computer monitor, that transduces digital inputs to regions of perceived color. The brightness control is calibrated by (1) supplying to the display device digital inputs that produce a black area and an adjacent dark gray area; (2) adjusting the brightness control of the display so that the black area and the gray area are distinguishable; and (3) slowly reducing the brightness control to the point that the black area and the gray area are indistinguishable. Also, the digital-input-to-perceived-color transducing of the display device is calibrated by: (1) supplying digital inputs to produce a white area and one or more color patch areas each having a perceived color other than white; (2) overlaying on the white area one or more filter chips that each produce a desired reference color; and (3) conforming the perceived color of each color patch and the perceived color produced by the corresponding filter chip by adjusting the digital input for the color patch or the filter value of the filter chip.
Inventors
- 👤 Jonathan M. Sachs
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 14:50
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N17/00; H04N17/02; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S345/00; Y10S345/904
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
206 words
A method of setting a color computer monitor's gamma curve to a standard condition so that color images displayed on the monitor's screen from a file match color images produced on another medium from a copy of the same file, comprising the steps of displaying a uniform white area on the screen; displaying an array of discrete screen patches of gray in graduated shades adjacent to said white area on the screen; placing over the white area on the screen an overlay film bearing filter patches of predetermined graduated optical densities corresponding to the array of screen patches so that the white area provides illumination through the overlay film; visually comparing the screen patches with the illuminated filter patches one at a time; adjusting the display of each screen patch independently to match the corresponding filter patch without affecting the display of the white area or other screen patches; storing values indicative of the extent of adjustment necessary to conform each respective screen patch to the corresponding filter patch; and using the stored values to compensate the monitor's inherent gamma curve to achieve a better match between displayed color images from a file and images produced by another media from a copy of the same file.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
206 words
A method of setting a color computer monitor's gamma curve to a standard condition so that color images displayed on the monitor's screen from a file match color images produced on another medium from a copy of the same file, comprising the steps of displaying a uniform white area on the screen; displaying an array of discrete screen patches of gray in graduated shades adjacent to said white area on the screen; placing over the white area on the screen an overlay film bearing filter patches of predetermined graduated optical densities corresponding to the array of screen patches so that the white area provides illumination through the overlay film; visually comparing the screen patches with the illuminated filter patches one at a time; adjusting the display of each screen patch independently to match the corresponding filter patch without affecting the display of the white area or other screen patches; storing values indicative of the extent of adjustment necessary to conform each respective screen patch to the corresponding filter patch; and using the stored values to compensate the monitor's inherent gamma curve to achieve a better match between displayed color images from a file and images produced by another media from a copy of the same file.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of: printing half-tone areas on a transparent or translucent film to form said overlay film.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 2 wherein said overlay film is formed on transparent film, the method further comprising the step of adhering a strip of translucent tape to said film as a diffuser.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
61 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: simultaneously displaying on the screen a curve representing the uncompensated gamma curve of the monitor; and selecting a point on the screen curve corresponding to the color of one of the screen patches, and dragging the selected point up or down to adjust the color displayed in the corresponding screen patch.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said other media is a color printer.
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