KEYWORDS: Light emitting diodes, Calibration, Cameras, Color difference, Optical filters, Diodes, Digital cameras, Color reproduction, Eye, CIE 1931 color space
Development of a high accuracy color reproduction system requires certain instrumentation and reference for color
calibration. Our research led to development of a high fidelity color digital camera with implemented filters that realize
the color matching functions. The output signal returns XYZ values which provide absolute description of color. In order
to produce XYZ output a mathematical conversion must be applied to CCD output values introducing a conversion
matrix. The conversion matrix coefficients are calculated by using a color reference with known XYZ values and
corresponding output signals from the CCD sensor under each filter acquisition from a certain amount of color samples.
The most important feature of the camera is its ability to acquire colors from the complete theoretically visible color
gamut due to implemented filters. However market available color references such as various color checkers are enclosed
within HDTV gamut, which is insufficient for calibration in the whole operating color range. This led to development of
a unique color reference based on LED diodes called the LED Color Generator (LED CG). It is capable of displaying
colors in a wide color gamut estimated by chromaticity coordinates of 12 primary colors. The total amount of colors
possible to produce is 25512. The biggest advantage is a possibility of displaying colors with desired spectral distribution
(with certain approximations) due to multiple primary colors it consists. The average color difference obtained for test
colors was found to be ▵E≈0.78 for calibration with LED CG. The result is much better and repetitive in comparison
with the Macbeth ColorCheckerTM which typically gives ▵E≈1.2 and in the best case ▵E≈0.83 with specially developed
techniques.
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