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Process for calibrating electronic imaging devices

US6310698A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 10, 2000
Grant dateOct 30, 2001
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Expiry dateMay 10, 2020

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/4078
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for developing calibration curves and for calibrating a halftone imaging device to reproduce on an imaging medium gray scale values equal to input gray scale values entered in said imaging device. According to this method a calibration function representing a linear change in reproduced halftone dot size on said imaging medium as a function of input halftone dot size is developed by using the device to reproduce on an imaging medium at least two test input dot values representing two different % halftone dot sizes and determining a linear change between the input and the reproduced halftone dot sizes. The dot growth is used to predict dot changes for other % halftone dots and thus construct calibration curves which may be used to calibrate the imaging device.

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