J4 ›› 2011, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (4): 118-123.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-2400.2011.04.021

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Multi-spectral image reproduction with color appearance matched

LUO Xuemei1;ZENG Ping1;WANG Ying2;ZHENG Haihong1
  

  1. (1. Research Inst. of Computer Peripherals, Xidian Univ., Xi'an  710071, China;
    2. School of Computer Science, Xi 'an Youdian Univ., Xi'an  710061, China)
  • Received:2010-12-22 Online:2011-08-20 Published:2011-09-28
  • Contact: LUO Xuemei E-mail:luoxuemei@xidian.edu.cn

Abstract:

To solve the problem that different viewing conditions results in different color appearances between a reproduced image and its original one during multi-spectral image reproduction, a new algorithm based on color appearance mapping for multi-spectral image reproduction is presented. Firstly, through the introduction of color appearance transformation, the color appearance description of the source spectral reflectance under the source viewing condition is obtained. Then through the construction of the reverse model, high dimensionality spectra under the destinated viewing condition is estimated. Finally, to improve the spectral precision of the reproduced image, based on the source spectra, the estimated spectra are corrected by the method of metameric correction, and the reproduced spectral image is obtained, which is mapped in color appearance and approached in spectral accuracy with the original image under the variable viewing condition. Experiments show that the perceptual color difference and the spectral inaccuracy between the reproduced multi-spectral image and its original one under different viewing conditions are small, the new method preserves the spectral information on the source spectra, and achieves equal perceptual reproduction.