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Color measuring method and device

US6362849B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 24, 1998
Grant dateMar 26, 2002
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Expiry dateMar 24, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N17/02
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to apparatus for measuring color, the apparatus comprising: an acquisition system including a video camera and processing means organized to respond to the signals delivered by the camera to determine the tristimulus values of the color of the object in a reference colorimetric system by using a transfer matrix to transform the colorimetric system associated with said acquisition system into the reference colorimetric system, and to determine a correction function &Ggr; to correct the non-linearities of said acquisition system.

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