Methods and apparatus for calibrating a color display
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1. A system of colorimetry of a sensor comprising:
- a color reference defining a mixture of a plurality of colorants, said mixture providing a spectral distribution of light rendered in a substantially uniform field upon a display;
a sensor for measuring color of said reference in one or more channels, in which each of said one or more channels has a spectral response function; and
one or more programs executable by a computer system for convolving the spectral response function of each of said one or more channels of said sensor with said spectral distribution defined by said reference to provide one or more values, determining when said one or more values corresponds to the measurement of color of said reference by said sensor to provide one or more color coordinates of said reference in a Standard Observer coordinate system, calculating ratios, as a function of wavelength, of values of one or more color matching functions of the Standard Observer to values of the spectral response function of one or more channels of said sensor, and storing said ratios in memory of the computer system.
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Abstract
Improved methods are provided for calibrating color on a color display coupled to a computer, which are useful for obtaining calibrated data in a virtual proof network for enabling different color devices to render consistent color. Methods involve user interactions with screens on the display to set color display parameters. An apparatus is also provided for calibrating a sensor which may be used for measuring color of a display in one or more of these methods.
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1. A system of colorimetry of a sensor comprising:
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a color reference defining a mixture of a plurality of colorants, said mixture providing a spectral distribution of light rendered in a substantially uniform field upon a display; a sensor for measuring color of said reference in one or more channels, in which each of said one or more channels has a spectral response function; and one or more programs executable by a computer system for convolving the spectral response function of each of said one or more channels of said sensor with said spectral distribution defined by said reference to provide one or more values, determining when said one or more values corresponds to the measurement of color of said reference by said sensor to provide one or more color coordinates of said reference in a Standard Observer coordinate system, calculating ratios, as a function of wavelength, of values of one or more color matching functions of the Standard Observer to values of the spectral response function of one or more channels of said sensor, and storing said ratios in memory of the computer system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus for calibrating a sensor for video display colorimetry comprising:
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a source that is spectrally variable and controlled by a computer to spectrally vary said source to provide light in different wavebands across at least the visible spectrum; a first sensor comprising a plurality of channels; a second sensor calibrated to enable CIE colorimetry whose calibration is traceable to a standards laboratory, wherein said first sensor and said second sensor receive light from said source; and said computer being operable to execute programs to at least;
control said source to provide said light in said different wavebands across at least the visible spectrum, receive data from said second sensor representing measured light from said source in said different wavebands, determine a relationship between said data and amounts of light provided by said source of said different wavebands so as to calibrate output of said source as a function of said wavebands, and calibrate said channels of said first sensor against said light from said calibrated source. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for calibrating a sensor for video display colorimetry comprising the steps of:
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providing a first sensor having one or more channels for detecting light and a second sensor calibrated to enable CIE colorimetry wherein the calibration of said second sensor is traceable to a standards laboratory; controlling a source with the aid of a computer to provide light that spectrally varies in different wavebands across at least the visible spectrum; measuring said light of said different wavebands from said source with the aid of said second sensor; determining a relationship between measurements of said light of said different wavebands by said second sensor and amounts of light provided by said source of said different wavebands to calibrate said light from said source; and calibrating spectral response functions of said channels of said first sensor against said light from said calibrated source. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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