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US 10,502,627 B2Granted
Color measuring device and color measuring method
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorsYasutaka Tanimura, Ryoji Bando
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Abstract
A color measuring device and a color measuring method according to the present invention includes an imaging unit, a first image of a color chart and a second image accompanied with the color chart are obtained by the imaging unit, the second image being a predetermined code indicating control information about the color measuring device, the control information is obtained based on the obtained second image, and operation of the color measuring device is controlled based on the obtained control information.
Claims10
A color measuring device comprising:
- a colorimetry unit that measures color;
- an imaging unit that takes an image;
- a movement unit that relatively moves a position of the colorimetry unit with respect to a sheet of a measurement object;
- an image obtainment processor that obtains a first image of a color chart and a second image accompanied with the color chart using the imaging unit, the color chart including a plurality of patches each of which is a region of a predetermined color, the second image being a predetermined code indicating control information about the color measuring device;
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- a controller that controls automatic operation of the color measuring device based on the predetermined code by controlling the colorimetry unit, the imaging unit, and the movement unit, for making color measurements,
- wherein the controller obtains the control information, based on the second image obtained by the image obtainment processor, and controls the automatic operation of the color measuring device, based on the obtained control information.
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A color measuring method for a color measuring device including:
- a colorimetry unit that measures color;
- an imaging unit that takes an image;
- a movement unit that relatively moves a position of the colorimetry unit with respect to a sheet of a measurement object;
- and a controller that automatically controls operation of the color measuring device based on a predetermined code by controlling the colorimetry unit, the imaging unit, and the movement unit, for making color measurements, the color measuring method comprising:
- an image obtainment processing step of obtaining a first image of a color chart and a second image accompanied with the color chart using the imaging unit, the color chart including a plurality of patches each of which is a region of a predetermined color, the second image being the predetermined code indicating control information about the color measuring device;
- an obtainment step of obtaining the control information based on the second image obtained in the image obtainment processing step;
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- a control step of automatically controlling operation of the color measuring device based on the control information obtained in the obtainment step.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.