Scanner calibration technique
CA 2264507 A1 · Owner: X-Rite Incorporated · Inventors: Granger, Edward M.
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An efficient technique for calibrating a scanner relative to a particular colorant set having N primary colorants. Once the scanner is calibrated the , scanner's device-dependent tristimulus values for an arbitrary color are transformed to a device-independent representation of the arbitrary color in a computationally efficient manner. The technique exploits the fact that the color space defined by the primary colorants can be advantageously partitioned, with each partition being represented by a transformation matrix that accurately characterizes the transformation for that partition of the space. The partitioning is characterized by a set of M key colors (in a specific embodiment, …
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- Filed August 27, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 27, 2017.
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