Spectrocolorimetric device and conversation rule setting method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10514300-B2
Application number	US-201615571441-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 14, 2016
Priority date	May 14, 2015
Publication date	Dec 24, 2019
Grant date	Dec 24, 2019

Abstract

Spectrocolorimetric device includes a light source, a light-receiving unit, a calculation unit, a storage unit, an acquisition unit, and a conversion unit. The light-receiving unit spectroscopically disperses reflected light generated on a surface and measures a spectroscopic spectrum relating to the reflected light. The calculation unit calculates a first spectral reflectance from the spectroscopic spectrum. The storage unit stores relationship information indicating a relationship between a reflectance and a reflectance difference for each wavelength. The acquisition unit acquires reflectance difference for each wavelength between the first spectral reflectance acquired using the spectrocolorimetric device and a second spectral reflectance acquired using a destination-of-conversion spectrocolorimetric device on the basis of the first spectral reflectance and the relationship information. The conversion unit converts the first spectral reflectance into the second spectral reflectance by adding or subtracting the reflectance difference for each wavelength acquired by the acquisition unit to or from the first spectral reflectance.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A spectrocolorimetric device comprising:
a light source;
a light-receiver which spectroscopically disperses reflected light generated on a surface of an object according to irradiation of the object with illumination light emitted from the light source and measures a spectroscopic spectrum relating to the reflected light;
a calculator which calculates a first spectral reflectance from the spectroscopic spectrum; a storage which stores relationship information indicating a relationship between a reflectance and a reflectance difference as a deviation component of reflectance for each wavelength;
an acquirer which acquires the reflectance difference for each wavelength between the first spectral reflectance acquired by measurement using the spectrocolorimetric device and a second spectral reflectance that can be acquired by measurement using a destination-of-conversion spectrocolorimetric device different from the spectrocolorimetric device on the basis of the first spectral reflectance and the relationship information; and
a converter which converts the first spectral reflectance into the second spectral reflectance by adding or subtracting the reflectance difference for each wavelength acquired by the acquirer to or from the first spectral reflectance.

2. The spectrocolorimetric device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the relationship information includes a relational formula representing a relationship between a reflectance and a reflectance difference for each wavelength, and
the acquirer acquires a reflectance difference for each wavelength by calculation using the first spectral reflectance and the relational formula.

3. The spectrocolorimetric device according to claim 2 , wherein the relationship is set on the basis of spectral reflectances acquired by measurement using the spectrocolorimetric device and the destination-of-conversion spectrocolorimetric device for each sample among a plurality of different samples of which reflectance is included within a width of a preset predetermined value range in at least a portion of a wavelength range in a to-be-measured wavelength range.

4. The spectrocolorimetric device according to claim 1 , wherein the relationship information includes a relational formula representing a relationship between a reflectance and a reflectance difference in each of a plurality of regions of reflectance for each wavelength.

5. The spectrocolorimetric device according to claim 4 , wherein the relationship is set on the basis of spectral reflectances acquired by measurement using the spectrocolorimetric device and the destination-of-conversion spectrocolorimetric device for each sample among a plurality of different samples of which reflectance is included within a width of a preset predetermined value range in at least a portion of a wavelength range in a to-be-measured wavelength range.

6. The spectrocolorimetric device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the relationship information includes a table indicating a plurality of combinations of a reflectance and a reflectance difference for each wavelength, and
the acquirer acquires a reflectance difference for each wavelength on the basis of the first spectral reflectance and the table.

7. The spectrocolorimetric device according to claim 6 , wherein the acquirer acquires a reflectance difference by an interpolation process using two or more combinations of a reflectance and a reflectance difference included in the table for each wavelength.

8. The spectrocolorimetric device according to claim 7 , wherein the relationship is set on the basis of spectral reflectances acquired by measurement using the spectrocolorimetric device and the destination-of-conversion spectrocolorimetric device for each sample among a plurality of different samples of which reflectance is included within a width of a preset predetermined value range in at least a portion of a wavelength range in a to-be-measured wavelength range.

9. The spectrocolorimetric device according to claim 6 , wherein the relationship is set on the basis of spectral reflectances acquired by measurement using the spectrocolorimetric device and the destination-of-conversion spectrocolorimetric device for each sample among a plurality of different samples of which reflectance is included within a width of a preset predetermined value range in at least a portion of a wavelength range in a to-be-measured wavelength range.

10. The spectrocolorimetric device according to claim 1 , wherein the relationship is set on the basis of spectral reflectances acquired by measurement using the spectrocolorimetric device and the destination-of-conversion spectrocolorimetric device for each sample among a plurality of different samples of which reflectance is included within a width of a preset predetermined value range in at least a portion of a wavelength range in a to-be-measured wavelength range.

11. The spectrocolorimetric device according to claim 10 , wherein the plurality of samples include a sample of which reflectance is within a width of the predetermined value range over the entire to-be-measured wavelength range.

12. The spectrocolorimetric device according to claim 11 , wherein the plurality of samples include a plurality of samples which are achromatic and have different spectral reflectances.

13. The spectrocolorimetric device according to claim 10 , wherein the plurality of samples include a plurality of samples which are achromatic and have different spectral reflectances.

14. A conversion rule setting method comprising:
(a) in a first spectrocolorimetric device and a second spectrocolorimetric device, measuring a spectral reflectance for each sample among a plurality of different samples of which reflectance is included within a width of a preset predetermined value range in at least a portion of a wavelength range in a to-be-measured wavelength range;
(b) in an arithmetic part, acquiring a relationship between a reflectance for each wavelength among a plurality of first spectral reflectances acquired by measurement relating to the plurality of different samples using the first spectrocolorimetric device and a plurality of second spectral reflectances acquired by measurement relating to the plurality of different samples using the second spectrocolorimetric device and a reflectance difference as a deviation component relating to the reflectance on the basis of a measurement result in (a); and
(c) in a setting part, setting a conversion rule for converting a spectral reflectance acquired by measurement using the first spectrocolorimetric device into a spectral reflectance acquired by measurement using the second spectrocolorimetric device on the basis of a relationship between a reflectance and a reflectance difference for each wavelength acquired in (b).

Assignees

• Konica Minolta Inc

Inventors

• Nagai Yoshiroh

Classifications

• G01J3/50

  using electric radiation detectors · CPC title

• G01J3/462

  Computing operations in or between colour spaces; Colour management systems · CPC title

• G01J3/02

  Details · CPC title

• G01J3/524

  Calibration of colorimeters · CPC title

• G01J3/0264

  Electrical interface; User interface · CPC title