Video based color sensing device for a printing press control system
First Claim
1. A device to provide a substantially uniform lighting condition as perceived by a color sensing device for a control system in a printing press, comprising:
- a first lamp for generating light in at least a visible region of a light spectrum;
a second lamp for generating light in only an infrared region of the light spectrum;
a calibration target; and
means for capturing images in the visible and the infrared regions;
wherein the light output by the first lamp is adjustable to reduce unevenness in a first image captured by the capturing means in the visible region, and the light output by the second lamp is adjustable to reduce unevenness in a second image captured by the capturing means in the infrared region to thereby develop a substantially uniform lighting condition as perceived by a color sensing device.
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Abstract
A color sensing device of a printing press control system, having a plurality of lamp fixtures (100 and 102) for providing light in the visible region and the near infrared region of the spectrum to illuminate a viewing area (104), a camera assembly (108), the camera assembly having multiple channels to capture images in the visible region and the near infrared region, and at least one lens for generating the images, a calibration target (108) with a uniform light reflectance, a device for adjusting the distribution of the light so that image captured from said calibration target in each channel of the camera assembly is as even as possible, a device for applying a position related compensation process in order to obtain an image which corresponds to a position-invariant viewing condition, and a device for applying a camera value related compensation process in order to obtain an image under a standard viewing condition.
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70 Claims
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1. A device to provide a substantially uniform lighting condition as perceived by a color sensing device for a control system in a printing press, comprising:
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a first lamp for generating light in at least a visible region of a light spectrum; a second lamp for generating light in only an infrared region of the light spectrum; a calibration target; and means for capturing images in the visible and the infrared regions; wherein the light output by the first lamp is adjustable to reduce unevenness in a first image captured by the capturing means in the visible region, and the light output by the second lamp is adjustable to reduce unevenness in a second image captured by the capturing means in the infrared region to thereby develop a substantially uniform lighting condition as perceived by a color sensing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A device to provide a substantially uniform lighting condition as perceived by a color sensing device for a control system in a printing press, comprising:
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a first lamp for generating light in only a visible region of a light spectrum; a second lamp for generating light in at least an infrared region of the light spectrum; a calibration target; and means for capturing images in the visible and the infrared regions; wherein the light output by the first lamp is adjustable to reduce unevenness in a first image captured by the capturing means in the visible region, and the light output by the second lamp is adjustable to reduce unevenness in a second image captured by the capturing means in the infrared region to thereby develop a substantially uniform lighting condition as perceived by a color sensing device. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. A method of providing a substantially uniform lighting condition as perceived by a color sensing device for a control system in a printing press, comprising the steps of:
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providing first and second lamps, the first lamp producing light in at least a visible region of a light spectrum and the second lamp producing light in only an infrared region of the light spectrum; providing a camera for viewing images on at least two channels, at least one of the channels being in the infrared region and at least one of the channels being in the visible region; providing a calibration target; viewing a first image of the calibration target in a visible region of the light spectrum with the camera; reducing unevenness in the first image by adjusting the first lamp; viewing a second image of the calibration target in the infrared region of the light spectrum with the camera; and reducing unevenness in the second image by adjusting the second lamp. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66)
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67. A method of providing a substantially uniform lighting condition as perceived by a color sensing device for a control system in a printing press, comprising the steps of:
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providing first and second lamps, the first lamp producing light in only a visible region of a light spectrum, the second lamp producing light in at least an infrared region of the light spectrum; providing a camera for viewing images on at least two channels, at least one of the channels being in the infrared region and at least one of the channels being in the visible region; providing a calibration target; viewing a first image of the calibration target in a visible region of the light spectrum with the camera; reducing unevenness in the first image by adjusting the first lamp; viewing a second image of the calibration target in the infrared region of the light spectrum with the camera; and reducing unevenness in the second image by adjusting the second lamp. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69, 70)
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