Patent ID: 8212873

Claim:
A method of recording security images at a site, and, at a time subsequent to the recording of the security images, enhancing the security images for accuracy of reproduction and comprising the steps of: positioning a security camera at said site, with a predetermined field of view; positioning a test pattern containing precision color elements having known predetermined spectrophotometrical values, and having spectrophotometrically neutral grayscale elements, within said field of view of said security camera at said site; recording a scene at said site including said test pattern within said security camera's field of view; at a time subsequent to the recording of said images, viewing said recorded images through a system capable of adjusting image colour characteristics of said images, said system having at least a vectorscope for displaying colour hue and saturation characteristics of said test pattern; and adjusting image colour characteristics of said images to position at least Red, Green, and Blue primary colour areas in corresponding areas in the vectorscope display.