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Method and apparatus for determining color transformation coefficients

US5978107A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 2, 1995
Grant dateNov 2, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 2, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/603
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of determining lattice point data of a look-up table for transforming input color coordinates into colorant coordinates of a color image output device, or of reconstructing the same by using a differentiable-continuous function. An input-output characteristic of the device is determined by using a differentiable-continuous function based on discrete transformation pairs, and coefficients of color transformation that uses a look-up table or a continuous function is determined based on the thus-determined differentiable-continuous function.

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