Process and system for defining and visually depicting colors from the components of arbitrary color models
First Claim
1. A system for determining a coordinate set for visual depiction onto a computer monitor of a process color having at least one spot color applied to it, said system comprising:
- means for defining the process color into process color components and percentage values;
means for defining the at least one spot color into spot color components and percentage values;
means for converting said process color components and their percentage values into a coordinate set values for visual depiction;
means for determining said coordinate set values of said at least one spot color components;
means for applying percentages to said coordinate set of values of said at least one spot color components according to said percentage values for said at least one spot color components;
means for determining a value for said percentages of said at least one spot color components layered onto said coordinate set of values converted from said process color components; and
means for converting said determined value for said percentages of said at least one spot color components layered onto said coordinate set of values converted from said process color components into said coordinate set.
5 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A process and system for depicting a combination of process colors and spot colors on a radiant light source such as a computer monitor screen. The invention provides a user-definable “meta-ink” color which is made up of the components of the process colors and the spot colors. Shade values are assigned to each of these components to create the meta-ink color. This meta-ink color then replaces the document color for visual depiction on the radiant light source. This process and system provides a more accurate depiction of the representation of the printed image.
48 Citations
39 Claims
-
1. A system for determining a coordinate set for visual depiction onto a computer monitor of a process color having at least one spot color applied to it, said system comprising:
-
means for defining the process color into process color components and percentage values; means for defining the at least one spot color into spot color components and percentage values; means for converting said process color components and their percentage values into a coordinate set values for visual depiction; means for determining said coordinate set values of said at least one spot color components; means for applying percentages to said coordinate set of values of said at least one spot color components according to said percentage values for said at least one spot color components; means for determining a value for said percentages of said at least one spot color components layered onto said coordinate set of values converted from said process color components; and means for converting said determined value for said percentages of said at least one spot color components layered onto said coordinate set of values converted from said process color components into said coordinate set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
-
-
6. A system for visually depicting a document having at least one spot color applied onto a document process color on a computer monitor screen, said system comprising:
-
means for defining the document process color; means for defining each of at least one spot colors to be applied onto the document process color; means for applying shade values to each of said document process color; means for applying shade values to each of said at least one spot colors; means for defining a new color based on the shade values applied for each of said document process color and for each of said at least one spot color; and means for applying said defined mew new color to a document depicted visually on a computer monitor screen. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
-
-
12. A process for digitally depicting a document having a combination of process colors and spot colors on a computer monitor screen, said process comprising the steps of:
-
defining the process colors; defining the spot colors; assigning shade values to each of said process colors; assigning shade values to each of said spot colors; defining a color based on the combination of said assigned shade values for each of said process colors and for each of said spot colors;
andapplying said defined color to the document visually depicted on the computer monitor screen; and wherein at least one of the above said steps is performed using a computer. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
-
-
18. A system for digitally defining a color formed from at least two color models, said system comprising:
-
means for selecting at least one color component from a first color model; means for selecting at least one additional color component from at least one other color model; and means for assigning percentages to each of said selected color components from said first color model and from said at least one other color model to create a user-defined color.
-
-
19. A method comprising:
-
selecting at least one color component from a first color model; selecting at least one additional color component from at least one other color model; assigning shade values to each of the selected color components from the first color model and from the at least one other color model to create a user-defined color; and wherein at least one of said selecting and assigning is performed using a computer.
-
-
20. A system comprising:
-
a document production process represented in composite form which is to be rendered on a first rendering device with one or more colors from a first set of color models; means for creating one or more user-defined meta-ink colors; means for creating one or more approximations of the document production process by approximating the document production process in composite form with the one or more user-defined meta-ink colors, wherein the one or more approximations of the document production process are capable of being rendered by a second rendering device; and means for creating one or more intermediate representations of the document production process in composite form by approximating the document production process. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
-
-
23. A system comprising:
-
a document production process including one or more document colors; a first rendering device capable of rendering documents in accordance with a first set of color models; a second rendering device capable of rendering documents in accordance with a second set of color models; and a meta-ink color capable of being used by the second rendering device in rendering an approximation of the document production process, the meta-ink formed, at least in part, by assigning shade values to a component of a color in the first set of color models and to a component of a color in the second set of color models. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
-
-
27. A method comprising:
-
accepting a production process document which is to be rendered on a printing press with a first set of one or more color models; creating an intermediate composite representation of the production process document by approximating the production process document in composite form with a second set of one or more color models capable of being rendered by a computer display; and rendering an accurate depiction of the production process document on the computer display based on the intermediate composite representation of the production process document; and wherein at least one of said accepting, creating and rendering is performed using a computer. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
-
-
33. A system comprising:
-
a first set of one or more graphical user interface (GUI) components configured to receive an indication regarding at least one color component from a first color model; a second set of the one or more GUI components configured to receive an indication regarding at least one additional color component from at least one other color model; and a third set of the one or more GUI components configured to assign shade values to each of the selected color components from the first color model and from the at least one other color model to create a user-defined color. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
-
Specification