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US 9,001,328 B2Granted
Color processing apparatus and method thereof
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAtsushi Totsuka
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Abstract
A sample information input unit obtains spectral reflectances of color patches formed on a medium from a measuring device or storage unit. A media characteristic input unit inputs bi-spectral radiance factors of the medium from the storage unit. A computing unit computes bi-spectral radiance factors of the color patches based on the spectral reflectances of the color patches obtained by the sample information input unit and the bi-spectral radiance factors of the medium input by the media characteristic input unit.
Claims6
A color processing apparatus comprising:
- an obtaining section, configured to obtain, by using one or more processors, spectral reflectances of color patches formed on a medium, wherein the spectral reflectances of the color patches are measured under a condition in which light having an excitation wavelength is cut;
- a first inputting section, configured to input, by using one or more processors, bi-spectral radiance factors of the medium on which no color patch is formed, wherein the bi-spectral radiance factors represent spectral radiance factors of the medium in a predetermined wavelength range when monochromatic light is incident on the medium;
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- a computing section, configured to compute, by using one or more processors, bi-spectral radiance factors of the color patches formed on the medium based on the spectral reflectances of the color patches and the bi-spectral radiance factors of the medium,
- wherein the computing section extracts a spectral radiance of the medium when an incident wavelength is equal to a measurement wavelength from the bi-spectral radiance factors of the medium, computes spectral attenuations of color materials used to form the color patches based on the spectral radiance of the medium and the spectral reflectances of the color patches, and computes the bi-spectral radiance factors of the color patches based on the spectral attenuations of the color materials and the bi-spectral radiance factors of the medium.
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A color processing method comprising:
- using at least one processor to perform the steps of:
- obtaining spectral reflectances of color patches formed on a medium, wherein the spectral reflectances of the color patches are measured under a condition in which light having an excitation wavelength is cut;
- inputting bi-spectral radiance factors of the medium on which no color patch is formed, wherein the bi-spectral radiance factors represent spectral radiance factors of the medium in a predetermined wavelength range when monochromatic light is incident on the medium;
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- computing bi-spectral radiance factors of the color patches formed on the medium based on the spectral reflectances of the color patches and the bi-spectral radiance factors of the medium,
- wherein, in the computing step, a spectral radiance of the medium is extracted when an incident wavelength is equal to a measurement wavelength from the bi-spectral radiance factors of the medium, spectral attenuations of color materials used to form the color patches are computed based on the spectral radiance of the medium and the spectral reflectances of the color patches, and the bi-spectral radiance factors of the color patches are computed based on the spectral attenuations of the color materials and the bi-spectral radiance factors of the medium.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer-executable program for causing a computer to perform a color processing method, the method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining spectral reflectances of color patches formed on a medium, wherein the spectral reflectances of the color patches are measured under a condition in which light having an excitation wavelength is cut;
- inputting bi-spectral radiance factors of the medium on which no color patch is formed, wherein the bi-spectral radiance factors represent spectral radiance factors of the medium in a predetermined wavelength range when monochromatic light is incident on the medium;
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- computing bi-spectral radiance factors of the color patches formed on the medium based on the spectral reflectances of the color patches and the bi-spectral radiance factors of the medium,
- wherein, in the computing step, a spectral radiance of the medium is extracted when an incident wavelength is equal to a measurement wavelength from the bi-spectral radiance factors of the medium, spectral attenuations of color materials used to form the color patches are computed based on the spectral radiance of the medium and the spectral reflectances of the color patches, and the bi-spectral radiance factors of the color patches are computed based on the spectral attenuations of the color materials and the bi-spectral radiance factors of the medium.
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