Facsimile and static presentation processing – Natural color facsimile – Image reproduction
Patent
1993-04-27
1996-04-16
Rogers, Scott A.
Facsimile and static presentation processing
Natural color facsimile
Image reproduction
358504, 358518, 358519, 358523, H04N 150, H04N 156, H04N 160
Patent
active
055088260
ABSTRACT:
A Self Calibrating Color Printer. The present invention enables color printers to accurately reproduce color images despite variations in ink, paper or the printing system. The calibrated printer includes a movable optical sensor assembly which first calibrates itself by measuring an included known color gamut located within the movement range of the sensor assembly. Once calibrated, the sensor assembly measures a color print test pattern newly printed by a movable color print head of the printer. An analog-to-digital converter transforms electrical signals from the sensor assembly to sensor values in digital form, enabling a printer control processor to process the measured data, thereby producing two look-up tables stored in memory: first, a color correction look-up table which adjusts image color values to account for the ink/paper variations, and second, an error diffusion look-up table which spreads color value errors at a given pixel to its neighbors. Once the printer control processor creates these two look-up tables and, the printer is able to process image data, and control the print head via its associated print head electronics to faithfully reproduce the image onto paper. The moveable sensor and associated gamut and print test pattern of the present invention provide an accurate, inexpensive and durable apparatus for calibrating any digital color printer. The Self Calibrating Color Printer disclosed and claimed in this patent applications provides an advanced, accurate and relatively inexpensive instrument for true reproduction of detailed color images.
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Yeung King-Wah W.
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