公开(公告)号：US20090073465A1

公开(公告)日：2009-03-19

申请号：US11857572

申请日：2007-09-19

申请人： Robert J. Rolleston ,  Geoffrey J. Woolfe

发明人： Robert J. Rolleston ,  Geoffrey J. Woolfe

IPC分类号： G06K15/00

CPC分类号： H04N1/60 ,  G06T11/001

摘要： A method and system for controlling color output includes receiving a document containing a color image, producing a first output copy of the document using a first color processing path, receiving at least one natural language request to adjust the color output of the device, adjusting the color output of the device, and producing a second output copy of the document. The method and system further includes presenting natural language descriptions of the effects of color processing paths with or without sample palettes to the user either to solicit a suggestion from the user or present the user with choices based upon the natural language request received.

摘要翻译： 用于控制颜色输出的方法和系统包括接收包含彩色图像的文档，使用第一颜色处理路径产生文档的第一输出副本，接收至少一个自然语言请求以调整设备的颜色输出，调整 彩色输出，并产生文档的第二个输出副本。 所述方法和系统还包括向用户呈现具有或不具有样本调色板的颜色处理路径的效果的自然语言描述，以便从用户征求建议或基于接收到的自然语言请求向用户呈现选择。

公开(公告)号：US07352491B2

公开(公告)日：2008-04-01

申请号：US10641205

申请日：2003-08-14

申请人： Raja Bala ,  Gaurav Sharma ,  Robert J. Rolleston

发明人： Raja Bala ,  Gaurav Sharma ,  Robert J. Rolleston

IPC分类号： H04N1/40

CPC分类号： H04N1/603 ,  H04N1/6058

摘要： The system for selecting a best device for rendering a color document involves first determining the types of color data included in the color document to be printed. Once the type of color data has been determined, the color characteristics are matched against the strengths of the available output devices to obtain a list of devices best suited for this particular color print job. At least one device from the list of best devices is selected and the color document is rendered onto the selected device. Preferably, the types of color data involved are determined by the mix of defined colorimetry and undefined colorimetry in the color document. Alternatively, the types of color data are determined by analyzing the colorspaces in the document (i.e., RGB, CMYK, LAB, XYZ, etc.), and the embedded profiles, if any, in the document (e.g., sRGB, SWOPCMYK, Euroscale). In the instance wherein a number of devices match the criteria for selection, only those devices which honor embedded color profiles are selected for documents containing embedded profiles. Alternatively, only those devices are selected that produce a consistent rendering across multiple color spaces and profiles for documents with a mix of color spaces and profiles. Selecting the best device may also depend on whether the type of print job is considered to be Job-Balancing or Job-Splitting. With Job-Balancing, at least one of the metrics is used: (i) Intersection Gamut Volume, (ii) Gamut Similarity, or (iii) Mismatch Between Document Colors and Intersection Gamut for device selection. With Job-Splitting, at least one of these metrics are used: (i) Individual Gamut Volume, or (ii) Mismatch Between Document Colors and Device Gamut. Colorimetric definition of the selected colors can be retrieved from either an embedded source profile or by default and mapping the colors to the output gamut.

公开(公告)号：US5594557A

公开(公告)日：1997-01-14

申请号：US316968

申请日：1994-10-03

申请人： Robert J. Rolleston ,  Martin S. Maltz

发明人： Robert J. Rolleston ,  Martin S. Maltz

IPC分类号： B41J2/525 ,  H04N1/46 ,  H04N1/60 ,  G03F3/08

CPC分类号： H04N1/6033

摘要： A color printer calibration method for improving printer accuracy in regions of local non-linearity includes the steps of: a) starting with filled rectangular array of color mappings A.sub.0 mapping printer signals to device independent color space signals; b) empirically deriving a set of color mappings P.sub.i in an area of interest; c) using a set of planes defined by the color mappings of A.sub.0, and the set of empirically derived color mappings P.sub.i, identifying a new set of planes such that each point defined by A.sub.0 and each point defined by P.sub.i is located at the intersection of three planes, the intersection points of this expanded number of planes defining a set of points P.sub.i(expanded) that define a full rectangular array A.sub.1 of mappings including mappings A.sub.0, mappings P.sub.i and mappings P.sub.i(expanded) ; d) storing the mapping A.sub.1 for use in the creation of a new color space transformation LUT for use with the printer.

摘要翻译： 一种用于提高局部非线性区域中的打印机精度的彩色打印机校准方法包括以下步骤：a）从打印机信号映射到与设备无关的颜色空间信号的彩色映射A0的填充矩形阵列开始; b）经验地导出感兴趣区域中的一组颜色映射Pi; c）使用由A0的颜色映射定义的一组平面以及经验导出的颜色映射Pi集合，识别一组新的平面，使得由A0定义的每个点和由Pi定义的每个点位于 三个平面，该扩展数量的平面的交点定义一组点Pi（扩展），其定义包括映射A0，映射Pi和映射Pi（扩展）的映射的完整矩形阵列A1。 d）存储用于创建用于打印机的新颜色空间变换LUT的映射A1。

公开(公告)号：US08902220B2

公开(公告)日：2014-12-02

申请号：US13239894

申请日：2011-09-22

申请人： Robert J. Rolleston ,  Alan T. Coté ,  Neil R. Sembower ,  Steven J. Harrington ,  Pascal Valobra

发明人： Robert J. Rolleston ,  Alan T. Coté ,  Neil R. Sembower ,  Steven J. Harrington ,  Pascal Valobra

IPC分类号： G06F3/12

CPC分类号： G06T15/00 ,  G06F3/1208 ,  G06F3/1256 ,  G06F3/1285

摘要： A system and method for a pre-print, three-dimensional virtual rendering of a print piece is disclosed. A plurality of modular/pipelined architectural layers are managed, operated, and organized by a controller. A product definition is provided to a job ticket adaptation layer where it is transformed into a physical model. The physical model is then transformed into a display model via the product model layer. The display model is transformed into a scene that can be displayed on a graphical user interface as a three dimensional virtual rendering by a rendering layer, where the binding elements may further include 3D binding models as well as 2D textures on 3D surfaces to simulate 3D models.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于打印件的预打印，三维虚拟呈现的系统和方法。 多个模块化/流水线架构层由控制器进行管理，操作和组织。 产品定义被提供给作业单适配层，其中它被转换成物理模型。 然后，物理模型通过产品模型层转换为显示模型。 显示模型被转换成可以通过渲染层在图形用户界面上显示为三维虚拟渲染的场景，其中绑定元素还可以包括3D绑定模型以及3D表面上的2D纹理以模拟3D模型 。

公开(公告)号：US08861023B2

公开(公告)日：2014-10-14

申请号：US13023822

申请日：2011-02-09

申请人： Edul N. Dalal ,  Wencheng Wu ,  Robert J. Rolleston

发明人： Edul N. Dalal ,  Wencheng Wu ,  Robert J. Rolleston

IPC分类号： H04N1/60 ,  H04N1/54 ,  H04N1/62

CPC分类号： H04N1/54 ,  H04N1/603 ,  H04N1/628

摘要： What is disclosed is a novel system and method for determining and capturing the designer intended colors in an image so that the printer has an accurate color rendition target. The present method operates by capturing the monitor RGB values together with the monitor profile to get a representation of the intended image in a device-independent color space like L*a*b*. The teachings hereof work for vector graphics as well as raster images. Advantageously, this invention solves a real problem currently existing, for example, in the packaging print market, wherein colors produced from multiple spot colors with their overlays and blends are not well color managed.

摘要翻译： 公开的是用于确定和捕获图像中的设计者预期颜色的新型系统和方法，使得打印机具有准确的色彩再现目标。 本方法通过将监视器RGB值与监视器配置文件一起捕获来操作，以在与设备无关的颜色空间（如L * a * b *）中获得所需图像的表示。 这里的教学工作用于矢量图形以及光栅图像。 有利地，本发明解决了例如在包装印刷市场中存在的真实问题，其中由具有它们的覆盖物和共混物的多种专色产生的颜色不是很好的颜色管理。

公开(公告)号：US20130077113A1

公开(公告)日：2013-03-28

申请号：US13239908

申请日：2011-09-22

申请人： Robert J. Rolleston ,  Alan T. Coté ,  Neil R. Sembower ,  Steven J. Harrington ,  Pascal Valobra ,  Aanand Natarajan ,  Mahesh Neginhal

发明人： Robert J. Rolleston ,  Alan T. Coté ,  Neil R. Sembower ,  Steven J. Harrington ,  Pascal Valobra ,  Aanand Natarajan ,  Mahesh Neginhal

IPC分类号： G06K15/02

CPC分类号： G06K15/02 ,  G06F3/1208 ,  G06F3/1256 ,  G06F3/1285 ,  G06T11/40

摘要： A system and method for a pre-print, three-dimensional virtual rendering of a print piece is disclosed. A plurality of modular/pipelined architectural layers are managed, operated, and organized by a controller. A product definition is provided to a job ticket adaptation layer where it is transformed into a physical model. The physical model is then transformed into a display model via the product model layer. The display model is transformed into a scene that can be displayed on a graphical user interface as a three dimensional virtual rendering by a rendering layer, where the rendering includes one or more binding elements to satisfy the product definition. The modularity further enables different product description formats to be supported by only altering the job ticket adaption layer, and that different graphics rendering engines can be supported by altering only the rendering layer.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于打印件的预打印，三维虚拟呈现的系统和方法。 多个模块化/流水线架构层由控制器进行管理，操作和组织。 产品定义被提供给作业单适配层，其中它被转换成物理模型。 然后，物理模型通过产品模型层转换为显示模型。 显示模型被转换成可以在图形用户界面上显示的场景，作为渲染层的三维虚拟渲染，其中渲染包括一个或多个绑定元素以满足产品定义。 模块化进一步使不同的产品描述格式仅通过改变作业单适应层来支持，并且可以仅通过改变渲染层来支持不同的图形渲染引擎。

公开(公告)号：US08351075B2

公开(公告)日：2013-01-08

申请号：US12138846

申请日：2008-06-13

申请人： Frederic Roulland ,  Jutta K. Willamowski ,  Tommaso Colombino ,  David Martin ,  Jacki O'Neill ,  Karen M. Braun ,  Robert J. Rolleston ,  Mary Ann Sprague ,  Geoffrey Woolfe

发明人： Frederic Roulland ,  Jutta K. Willamowski ,  Tommaso Colombino ,  David Martin ,  Jacki O'Neill ,  Karen M. Braun ,  Robert J. Rolleston ,  Mary Ann Sprague ,  Geoffrey Woolfe

IPC分类号： H04N1/60

CPC分类号： H04N1/6058 ,  H04N1/603

摘要： A print mediator includes an interface module which serves as an interface for a document to be submitted for printing. The interface module communicates with an associated printing infrastructure for acquiring color rendering information for a print queue of the printing infrastructure. A reviewing application receives the acquired color rendering information and generates a visual representation of a document to be submitted for printing based thereon. Problems relating to color rendering by the printing infrastructure are detected and proposals for correction are presented to the submitter by the reviewing application. The user can review the proposals and accept or reject them as well as making annotations on the document. An analogous reviewing application is accessed by the print shop operator to review the document and submitter's annotations.

摘要翻译： 打印介质包括一个接口模块，用作要提交进行打印的文档的接口。 接口模块与相关联的打印基础设施通信，用于获取打印基础设施的打印队列的显色信息。 审查应用程序接收所获取的显色信息，并基于此产生要提交以进行打印的文档的视觉表示。 检测与打印基础设施的显色有关的问题，并通过评审应用程序向提交者呈现修正提案。 用户可以查看提案并接受或拒绝它们以及在文档上注释。 打印店操作员访问类似的审阅应用程序以查看文档和提交者的注释。

公开(公告)号：US08120812B2

公开(公告)日：2012-02-21

申请号：US10640835

申请日：2003-08-14

申请人： Gaurav Sharma ,  Raja Bala ,  Robert J. Rolleston

发明人： Gaurav Sharma ,  Raja Bala ,  Robert J. Rolleston

IPC分类号： G06F15/00

CPC分类号： H04N1/6058 ,  H04N1/603

摘要： A method for maintaining color consistency in an environment of networked devices is disclosed. The method involves identifying a group of devices to which a job is intended to be rendered; obtaining color characteristics from devices in the identified group; modifying the job based on the obtained color characteristics; and rendering the job on one or more of the devices. Modifications are computed by a transform determined by using the color characteristics of the output devices along with the content of the job itself. The method further maps colors in the original job to the output devices' common gamut, i.e., intersection of the gamuts of the individual printers wherein the color gamut of each device is obtained from a device characterization profile either by retrieving the gamut tag or by derivation using the characterization data in the profile.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于在网络设备的环境中维持颜色一致性的方法。 该方法涉及识别旨在呈现作业的一组设备; 从识别组中的设备获得颜色特征; 基于获得的颜色特性修改作业; 并在一个或多个设备上呈现作业。 通过使用输出设备的颜色特性以及作业本身的内容确定的变换来计算修改。 该方法进一步将原始作业中的颜色映射到输出设备的公共色域，即各个打印机的色域的相交，其中通过检索色域标签或通过衍生获得每个设备的色域，从设备表征简档 使用配置文件中的表征数据。

公开(公告)号：US07639401B2

公开(公告)日：2009-12-29

申请号：US11012994

申请日：2004-12-15

申请人： Raja Bala ,  Karen M. Braun ,  Robert J. Rolleston

发明人： Raja Bala ,  Karen M. Braun ,  Robert J. Rolleston

IPC分类号： H04N1/46 ,  G06K9/00

CPC分类号： H04N1/6033 ,  H04N9/3194

摘要： Provided herein are teachings directed to overcoming the problem of erroneous color reproduction on a color output device such as a color display. The teachings herein provide a method for correcting color image data input to a display device by displaying a target of color patches of known input values on the display device, and capturing an image of the target with a digital camera. This is followed by extracting camera signals from the image which corresponds to the color patches, and deriving a tone response calibration for the projector from the camera signals and the input values.

摘要翻译： 这里提供的是旨在克服彩色显示器等彩色输出装置上的错误色彩再现问题的教导。 本文的教导提供了一种通过在显示装置上显示已知输入值的色标目标并用数字照相机捕获目标图像来校正输入到显示装置的彩色图​​像数据的方法。 然后从相应于色块的图像中提取相机信号，并根据相机信号和输入值导出投影机的色调响应校准。

公开(公告)号：US07639260B2

公开(公告)日：2009-12-29

申请号：US11012993

申请日：2004-12-15

申请人： Raja Bala ,  Karen M. Braun ,  Robert J. Rolleston

发明人： Raja Bala ,  Karen M. Braun ,  Robert J. Rolleston

IPC分类号： G03F3/08 ,  G09G5/00 ,  G09G5/06 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06K9/40 ,  G06T1/00 ,  H04N1/46 ,  H04N1/60

CPC分类号： H04N1/6033 ,  H04N9/3194 ,  H04N9/69 ,  H04N17/02 ,  H04N17/04

摘要： Provided herein are teachings directed to overcoming the problem of erroneous color reproduction on a color output device such as a color display. The teachings herein provide a system and apparatus for correcting color image data input to a display device by displaying a target of color patches of known input values on the display device, and capturing an image of the target with a digital camera. This is followed by extracting camera signals from the image which correspond to the color patches, and deriving a tone response calibration for the projector from the camera signals and the input values.

摘要翻译： 这里提供的是旨在克服彩色显示器等彩色输出装置上的错误色彩再现问题的教导。 本文的教导提供了一种系统和装置，用于通过在显示装置上显示已知输入值的色块的目标，并用数字照相机捕获目标的图像来校正输入到显示装置的彩色图​​像数据。 然后从相应于色块的图像中提取相机信号，并根据相机信号和输入值导出投影机的色调响应校准。