IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COLOR CONVERTING METHOD THEREOF
First Claim
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a scanning unit to scan an image and to output corresponding digital color coordinates;
a determining unit to determine a local color gamut, including the digital color coordinates, from a standard color gamut including a plurality of local color gamuts, based on a reference matrix computed from the standard color gamut and the digital color coordinates;
a matrix selecting unit to select a color conversion matrix that corresponds to the local color gamut, from color conversion matrices corresponding to the plurality of local color gamuts; and
a computing unit to compute LAB color coordinates based on the selected color conversion matrix and the digital color coordinates.
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a scanning unit to scan an image and to output corresponding digital color coordinates; a determining unit to determine a local color gamut including the digital color coordinates, based on a reference matrix computed from a standard color gamut, which includes the local color gamut, and the plurality of digital color coordinates; a matrix selecting unit to select a color conversion matrix that corresponds to the determined local color gamut; and a computing unit to compute LAB color coordinates based on the selected color conversion matrix and the digital color coordinates. A method of color conversion using the image forming apparatus is also provided.
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18 Claims
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1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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a scanning unit to scan an image and to output corresponding digital color coordinates; a determining unit to determine a local color gamut, including the digital color coordinates, from a standard color gamut including a plurality of local color gamuts, based on a reference matrix computed from the standard color gamut and the digital color coordinates; a matrix selecting unit to select a color conversion matrix that corresponds to the local color gamut, from color conversion matrices corresponding to the plurality of local color gamuts; and a computing unit to compute LAB color coordinates based on the selected color conversion matrix and the digital color coordinates. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A color converting method, comprising:
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scanning an image and outputting corresponding digital color coordinates; determining a local color gamut of a standard color gamut, based on a reference matrix computed from the standard color gamut and the digital color coordinates, wherein the standard color gamut comprises a plurality of local color gamuts, and the determined local color gamut comprises the digital coordinates; selecting a color conversion matrix that corresponds to the determined local color gamut, from color conversion matrices corresponding to the plurality of local color gamuts; and computing LAB color coordinates based on the selected color conversion matrix and the digital color coordinates. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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a determining unit to determine a local color gamut, including digital color coordinates of a scanned image, from a standard color gamut including a plurality of local color gamuts, based on a reference matrix computed from the standard color gamut and the digital color coordinates; a matrix selecting unit to select a color conversion matrix that corresponds to the local color gamut, from color conversion matrices corresponding to the plurality of local color gamuts; and a computing unit to compute LAB color coordinates based on the selected color conversion matrix and the digital color coordinates.
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15. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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a Gaussian mixture model (GMM) unit to apply a GMM more than once, to LAB color coordinates acquired by scanning a training sample image, and to provide color gamut characteristics of the training sample image; and an output unit to output the color gamut characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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a scanning unit to scan a training sample image; and an output unit to output LAB color coordinates grouped into local color gamuts, which are used when a piecewise regression is applied to the training sample image, if a GMM is applied to the LAB coordinates.
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Specification