Patent ID: 8655068

Claim:
A method for correcting color of an image of a subject, comprising: providing a color correction system, comprising: a first color chart positioned proximal to said subject, wherein said first color chart and said subject are positioned in a field of view of a source image capture device at a source location; a second color chart identical to said first color chart and positioned proximal to a display unit, wherein said second color chart and said display unit are positioned in a field of view of a destination image capture device at a destination location; and a color correction unit operably connected to said display unit and said destination image capture device at said destination location, said color correction unit comprising at least one processor communicatively coupled to a non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions executable by said at least one processor, said instructions configured to correct said color of said image of said subject on said display unit at said destination location; capturing source image content of said subject and said first color chart by said source image capture device, wherein said source image capture device is configured to transmit said captured source image content of said subject and said first color chart from said source location to said color correction unit at said destination location via a network, and wherein said color correction unit is configured to send said captured source image content of said subject and said first color chart received from said source image capture device via said network, to said display unit at said destination location; displaying said received source image content of said subject and said first color chart on said display unit at said destination location; capturing destination image content of said second color chart and said displayed source image content of said subject and said first color chart by said destination image capture device; generating calibration parameters by said color correction unit by comparing said first color chart extracted from one of said captured destination image content and a combination of said received source image content and said captured destination image content, with said second color chart extracted from said captured destination image content; and correcting a color distortion of said received source image content of said subject displayed on said display unit at said destination location using said generated calibration parameters by said color correction unit to correct said color of said image of said subject on said display unit at said destination location.