# US 2020/0400565 A1 · Color Tone Quantification Device For Glossy Color, Color Tone Measurement Device For Glossy Color And Color Tone Quantification Method For Glossy Color > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0400565 A1 - Document ID: US20200400565A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/977,650 - Filed: 2019-03-15 - Published: 2020-12-24 - Earliest claimed: 2018-03-16 - Assignees: Konica Minolta, Inc. - Applicants: Konica Minolta, Inc. - Inventors: Takumi ISHIWATA; Kishio TAMURA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200400565A1 ## CPC - G01J 3/46: Measurement of colour; Colour measuring devices, e.g. colorimeters (measuring colour temperature G01J5/60) - G01N 21/57: Measuring gloss - G01J 3/504: {Goniometric colour measurements, for example measurements of metallic or flake based paints} - G01N 21/27: using photo-electric detection (G01N21/31 takes precedence){; circuits for computing concentration (logarithmic circuits G06G7/24; photometric circuits in general G01J)} - G01J: MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRARED, VISIBLE OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY (light sources F21, H01J, H01K, H05B; investigating properties of materials by optical means G01N) - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) ## Abstract A color tone quantification device for a glossy color, in which the correlation with the color tone of the glossy color visually perceived by humans is further enhanced, is provided. The device comprises a coefficient calculation unit that calculates a coefficient calculated in consideration of a spatial distribution which is to be used to correct the chromaticity measured by a method including a specular reflection component obtained by measuring the reflection light obtained by reflection of measurement light to an area of an object; a chromaticity calculation unit that calculates an effective chromaticity obtained by weighting the chromaticity measured by the method including the specular reflection component with the coefficient calculated by the coefficient calculation unit; and an output unit that outputs the effective chromaticity as a stimulus value representing a glossy color of the area in a color space. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A color tone quantification apparatus for a glossy color, comprising: a coefficient calculation section that calculates a coefficient for use in correction of chromaticity measured in a mode including a specular reflection component, the chromaticity being obtained from measurement of reflected light that is measurement light which a region of an object is irradiated with and which is reflected off the region, the coefficient being calculated in consideration of a spatial distribution of the reflected light; a chromaticity calculation section that calculates effective chromaticity that is the chromaticity measured in the mode including the specular reflection component weighted by the coefficient calculated by the coefficient calculation section; and an output section that outputs the effective chromaticity as a stimulus value representing a glossy color of the region in a color space. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The color tone quantification apparatus for a glossy color according to claim 1, wherein the coefficient calculation section calculates the coefficient using an expression that makes the coefficient decrease when the reflected light includes more specular reflection component and makes the coefficient increase when the reflected light includes more diffuse reflection component. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The color tone quantification apparatus for a glossy color according to claim 1, wherein the coefficient calculation section calculates the coefficient using at least one of a height (H) of a peak, a height (B) of a base, and a spread (W) of the peak of lightness or reflection intensity in distribution information of the lightness or reflection intensity with respect to a light reception angle, the lightness or reflection intensity being obtained measurement of the reflected light that is the measurement light which the region of the object is irradiated with and which is reflected off the region. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The color tone quantification apparatus for a glossy color according to claim 3, further comprising: a peak calculation section that fits the distribution information to a function and determines at least one of the height (H) of the peak, the height (B) of the base, and the spread (W) of the peak of the lightness or reflection intensity. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The color tone quantification apparatus for a glossy color according to claim 4, wherein the function is a function selected from the group consisting of a Lorentz function, a Gaussian function, a Voigt function, and a pseudo-Voigt function. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The color tone quantification apparatus for a glossy color according to claim 3, wherein the coefficient calculation section calculates the coefficient using the spread (W) of the peak of the lightness or reflection intensity in the distribution information. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The color tone quantification apparatus for a glossy color according to claim 6, wherein the spread (W) of the peak is a half-value width of the peak of the lightness or reflection intensity in the distribution information. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The color tone quantification apparatus for a glossy color according to claim 1, further comprising: a glossiness value calculation section that calculates a glossiness value of the region, wherein the output section outputs the effective chromaticity and the glossiness value in combination, as the stimulus value representing the glossy color of the region in the color space. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The color tone quantification apparatus for a glossy color according to claim 8, wherein the glossiness value calculation section calculates, as the glossiness value, a ratio of a height or area of a peak of lightness or reflection intensity to a spread of the peak of the lightness or reflection intensity in distribution information of the lightness or reflection intensity with respect to a light reception angle, the lightness or reflection intensity being obtained from measurement of the reflected light that is the measurement light which the region of the object is irradiated with and which is reflected off the region. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The color tone quantification apparatus for a glossy color according to claim 1, wherein the output section generates a signal for reproducing, on a display device, an image having the glossy color represented by the stimulus value output by the output section. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) A color tone measurement apparatus for a glossy color, comprising: a goniophotometer that measures, at a plurality of light reception angles different from one another, radiant intensities of reflected light that is measurement light which a region of an object is irradiated with and which is reflected off the region; a colorimeter that measures chromaticity of the region onto which the measurement light is incident in the object; and the color tone quantification apparatus for a glossy color according to claim 1. ### Claim 12 A color tone quantification method for a glossy color, comprising: calculating a coefficient for use in correction of chromaticity measured in a mode including a specular reflection component, the chromaticity being obtained from measurement of reflected light that is measurement light which a region of an object is irradiated with and which is reflected off the region, the coefficient being calculated in consideration of a spatial distribution of the reflected light; calculating effective chromaticity that is the chromaticity measured in the mode including the specular reflection component weighted by the coefficient calculated in the calculating of the coefficient; and outputting the effective chromaticity as a stimulus value representing a glossy color of the region in a color space.