Patent ID: 9311885
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: G09G,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image color estimation method for estimating a signal value (XYZ) of an XYZ colorimetric system that indicates a device-independent color of an image displayed on a display in which additive color mixture is not realized, from a tone value (R, G, B) of an RGB color specification system inputted to the display, the image color estimation method comprising: receiving a measurement signal value generated by a colorimeter from an image displayed on a display, via a probe of said colorimeter which is configured to interface with the display; and based on the measurement signal value, carrying out the following steps: a first calculation step of calculating a signal value (Rs, Gs, Bs) of the RGB color specification system based on a first display property and the tone value (R, G, B), wherein first and second components selected from the tone values (R, G, B) are 0 and the third component is not 0; a second calculation step of calculating an offset value (Ro, Go, Bo) that corresponds to respective components (Rs, Gs, Bs) in the signal value based on the first display property, a second display property, and the tone value (R, G, B), wherein the offset value corresponds to the difference between the signal value (Rs, Gs, Bs) of the RGB color specification system and the signal value when a first selected component of the components of the tone-values (R, G, B) is 0 and the second and third components thereof are not 0; a third calculation step of calculating a correction signal value (Rc, Gc, Bc) of the RGB color specification system by adding the offset value (Ro, Go, Bo) to the signal value (Rs, Gs, Bs), wherein the correction signal value is the signal value (Rs, Gs, Bs) of the RGB color specification system corrected by the offset value (Ro, Go, Bo); a fourth calculation step of converting the correction signal value (Rc, Gc, Bc) into the signal value (Xc, Yc, Zc) using a conversion matrix, as said estimated signal value (XYZ) of said XYZ colorimetric system; and outputting said output signal value to a colorimetric output display device, wherein the first display property is a relationship between, in a case where at least one component in the tone value (R, G, B) is a variable component, the variable component in the tone value (R, G, B) and a component that corresponds to the variable component in the signal value (Rs, Gs, Bs), and wherein the second display property is a relationship between, in a case where two invariable components in the tone value (R, G, B) are set to fixed values and a remaining variable component is varied, the variable component in the tone value (R, G, B) and a component that corresponds to the invariable component in the signal value (Rs, Gs, Bs).