Patent Document ID: 7777915
Application ID: 11453353
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image control method using a color reproduction device to a reference color space mapping in conjunction with a color image capture device and an original document containing graphics, images and/or text, the method comprising the steps of: a. printing the original document with the color reproduction device to create a reproduced document of the original document; b. extracting an output virtual printing device data to facilitate a calibration process and creating an extracted virtual device document; c. scanning the reproduced document to produce a captured reproduced document with the color image capture device; d. segmenting the extracted virtual device document to create a set of ROI (region of interest); e. registering the captured reproduced document with the extracted virtual device document and locating, in a predetermined or automatic manner, a set of ROI values on both the captured reproduced document and the extracted virtual device document that are in registration in order to measure color values of the captured reproduced document in a set of ROI that are in registration with the extracted virtual device document; f. measuring the captured reproduced document with a colorimetric measurement device at the set of ROI to generate corresponding captured color values; g. relating the captured color values, colorimetric color values, and the extracted virtual device document having the virtual color values to create an accurate reference color space mapping, from the captured color values to the colorimetric color values, using the captured color values and the virtual color values that accurately define the digitized reproduced document based on human perception to quantify the appearance of the document before printing to allow remote verification of the reproduced document before printing.