Profile creation configuration file

• US 20080123948A1
• Filed: 11/29/2006
• Published: 05/29/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Monotype Imaging (Monotype Imaging Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Monotype Imaging (Monotype Imaging Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: De Baer, Dirk C.
• Application Number:
  US11/605,256
• Publication Number:
  US 20080123948A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/167
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/603 controlled by characteristics of the picture signal generator or the picture reproducer

Abstract

An apparatus, computer product and method for configuring a color management system profile used to gamut map image data to the gamut capabilities of an output device is disclosed. The method executes the steps of deriving a first look-up table that is used to convert a device-dependent color space into a device-independent color space, creating an object list including a plurality of objects, wherein the object list is interpreted by a computer application with reference to a configuration object to generate a second look-up table that is used to convert the device-independent color space into a different set of values within the same device-independent color space, storing the second look-up table, configuring a profile that accesses the second look-up table, wherein the configured profile is associated with an output device, performing gamut mapping using the associated, configured profile on the image data, and outputting the gamut mapped image data to an output device.

Claims

1. A method for configuring a color management system profile used to gamut map image data to the gamut capabilities of an output device, comprising:

deriving a first look-up table that is used to map color values in a first device-dependent color space to color values in a device-independent color space;

creating an object list comprising a plurality of objects, wherein the object list is interpreted by a computer application with reference to a configuration object to generate a second look-up table that is used to map the color values in the device-independent color space into a different set of color values within the same device-independent color space;

storing the second look-up table;

configuring a profile that accesses the second look-up table, wherein the configured profile is associated with an output device;

performing gamut mapping using the associated, configured profile on the image data; and

outputting the gamut mapped image data to an output device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the creating the object list comprises:

accessing a user interface; and

building a procedure by inserting object lists that are interdependent and arranged in a non-hierarchical structure.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the procedure performs a particular function in the generation of the second look-up table.

4. A computer product stored on a computer-readable medium for configuring a color management system profile used to gamut map image data to the gamut capabilities of an output device, the computer product causing a computer to perform the steps of:

deriving a first look-up table that is used to map colors values in a first device-dependent color space to color values in a device-independent color space;

creating, based on input from a user, an object list comprising a plurality of objects, wherein the object list is interpreted by a computer application with reference to a configuration object to generate a second look-up table that is used to map colors values in the device-independent color space to a different set of color values within the same device-independent color space;

storing the second look-up table;

configuring a profile that accesses the second look-up table, wherein the configured profile is associated with an output device;

performing gamut mapping using the associated, configured profile on the image data; and

outputting the gamut mapped image data to an output device.

5. An apparatus for configuring a color management system profile used to gamut map image data to the gamut capabilities of an output device comprising:

means for deriving a first look-up table that is used to map colors values in a first device-dependent color space to color values in a device-independent color space;

means for creating, based on input from a user, an object list comprising a plurality of objects, wherein the object list is interpreted by a computer application with reference to a configuration object to generate a second look-up table that is used to map colors values in the device-independent color space to a different set of color values within the same device-independent color space;

storage means for storing the second look-up table;

means for configuring a profile that accesses the second look-up table, wherein the configured profile is associated with an output device; and

gamut mapping means for performing gamut mapping using the associated, configured profile on the image data; and

an output means for outputting the gamut mapped image data to an output device.