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Imaging colorimetry: a new approach

Journal Article · · Applied Optics; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.30.004666· OSTI ID:5567239
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  1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 6006, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6006 (United States)
A new technique is described for the in-process measuring of the color content of images with pixel resolution, using commercially available devices. Color measurement is extremely important in the printing industry for assessing the quality of printed graphic images. Commercially available instruments designed to measure color, in process, have outputs that represent the average color content over specific areas of the printed surface. The color content of an image feature on the printed surface that may be important to consumers is then difficult to assess from these general readings. Instead of an average reading, the technique that we describe provides a color measurement of each pixel within the area of interest on the printing surface so that the color content of specific features can be evaluated.
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
5567239
Journal Information:
Applied Optics; (United States), Journal Name: Applied Optics; (United States) Vol. 30:32; ISSN 0003-6935; ISSN APOPA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English