WO2013038852A1 - 測定方法、コンピュータプログラム、及び測定システム - Google Patents
測定方法、コンピュータプログラム、及び測定システム Download PDFInfo
- Publication number
- WO2013038852A1 WO2013038852A1 PCT/JP2012/070299 JP2012070299W WO2013038852A1 WO 2013038852 A1 WO2013038852 A1 WO 2013038852A1 JP 2012070299 W JP2012070299 W JP 2012070299W WO 2013038852 A1 WO2013038852 A1 WO 2013038852A1
- Authority
- WO
- WIPO (PCT)
- Prior art keywords
- measurement
- display
- content
- display device
- information
- Prior art date
Links
- 238000005259 measurement Methods 0.000 title claims abstract description 289
- 238000004590 computer program Methods 0.000 title claims abstract description 11
- 238000000691 measurement method Methods 0.000 title claims description 26
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 claims abstract description 65
- 230000003287 optical effect Effects 0.000 claims abstract description 58
- 230000008569 process Effects 0.000 claims abstract description 36
- 230000010365 information processing Effects 0.000 claims description 36
- 230000008859 change Effects 0.000 claims description 10
- 238000006243 chemical reaction Methods 0.000 claims description 6
- 230000004044 response Effects 0.000 claims description 6
- 238000001514 detection method Methods 0.000 claims description 4
- 238000004891 communication Methods 0.000 description 43
- 230000006870 function Effects 0.000 description 39
- 238000003860 storage Methods 0.000 description 36
- 238000012545 processing Methods 0.000 description 35
- 238000002360 preparation method Methods 0.000 description 16
- 238000010586 diagram Methods 0.000 description 12
- 238000007726 management method Methods 0.000 description 12
- 230000005540 biological transmission Effects 0.000 description 11
- 238000007639 printing Methods 0.000 description 5
- 239000004973 liquid crystal related substance Substances 0.000 description 4
- 230000015654 memory Effects 0.000 description 4
- 238000004364 calculation method Methods 0.000 description 3
- 238000013461 design Methods 0.000 description 2
- 238000005401 electroluminescence Methods 0.000 description 2
- 238000005516 engineering process Methods 0.000 description 2
- 235000019557 luminance Nutrition 0.000 description 2
- 238000004519 manufacturing process Methods 0.000 description 2
- 239000000203 mixture Substances 0.000 description 2
- 238000012935 Averaging Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000004913 activation Effects 0.000 description 1
- 239000000654 additive Substances 0.000 description 1
- 230000000996 additive effect Effects 0.000 description 1
- 239000003086 colorant Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000009826 distribution Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000000694 effects Effects 0.000 description 1
- 238000010295 mobile communication Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000012986 modification Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000004048 modification Effects 0.000 description 1
- 239000007787 solid Substances 0.000 description 1
- 230000003068 static effect Effects 0.000 description 1
- 238000012546 transfer Methods 0.000 description 1
Images
Classifications
-
- G—PHYSICS
- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
- G09G5/00—Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators
- G09G5/02—Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators characterised by the way in which colour is displayed
- G09G5/04—Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators characterised by the way in which colour is displayed using circuits for interfacing with colour displays
-
- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01J—MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRARED, VISIBLE OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY
- G01J1/00—Photometry, e.g. photographic exposure meter
- G01J1/42—Photometry, e.g. photographic exposure meter using electric radiation detectors
-
- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01J—MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRARED, VISIBLE OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY
- G01J3/00—Spectrometry; Spectrophotometry; Monochromators; Measuring colours
- G01J3/02—Details
- G01J3/0264—Electrical interface; User interface
-
- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01J—MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRARED, VISIBLE OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY
- G01J3/00—Spectrometry; Spectrophotometry; Monochromators; Measuring colours
- G01J3/46—Measurement of colour; Colour measuring devices, e.g. colorimeters
- G01J3/50—Measurement of colour; Colour measuring devices, e.g. colorimeters using electric radiation detectors
- G01J3/506—Measurement of colour; Colour measuring devices, e.g. colorimeters using electric radiation detectors measuring the colour produced by screens, monitors, displays or CRTs
-
- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01J—MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRARED, VISIBLE OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY
- G01J3/00—Spectrometry; Spectrophotometry; Monochromators; Measuring colours
- G01J3/46—Measurement of colour; Colour measuring devices, e.g. colorimeters
- G01J3/52—Measurement of colour; Colour measuring devices, e.g. colorimeters using colour charts
-
- G—PHYSICS
- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
- G09G5/00—Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators
- G09G5/02—Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators characterised by the way in which colour is displayed
-
- G—PHYSICS
- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
- G09G2320/00—Control of display operating conditions
- G09G2320/06—Adjustment of display parameters
- G09G2320/0666—Adjustment of display parameters for control of colour parameters, e.g. colour temperature
-
- G—PHYSICS
- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
- G09G2320/00—Control of display operating conditions
- G09G2320/06—Adjustment of display parameters
- G09G2320/0693—Calibration of display systems
-
- G—PHYSICS
- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
- G09G2340/00—Aspects of display data processing
- G09G2340/06—Colour space transformation
Definitions
- the technical content disclosed below relates to color management technology for display devices, and in particular, display light intensity that can be used for general purposes for display color management in various display devices having a display unit.
- the present invention relates to a measurement method, a computer program, and a measurement system.
- Color representation in a display device using an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or the like is based on additive color mixture, while color representation on a paper medium is based on subtractive color mixture. Even when the same color image is output by a printing device such as a printer, the color expression is different between the case where the same color image is output by a display device. Therefore, the output result in the printing apparatus may not match the color expression that can be confirmed on the display apparatus, and the user's desired result may not be obtained.
- Patent Document 1 As a conventional color management method, for example, there is a method in which an image for an adjustment target is displayed on a display device, and the color space is set subjectively by the user viewing the displayed image (Patent Document 1).
- Patent Document 1 a method that is manually set by the user and subjectively determines and sets errors in the surrounding environment, time, and physical condition, making it difficult to unify the color expression, and the work is very complicated. .
- a method is used in which an optical sensor is attached to the display device and calibration software is executed on a personal computer (Personal Computer, hereinafter referred to as a PC) to which the display device is connected.
- a PC Personal Computer
- the user designates the adjustment target value of the display device, and the calibration process is performed so that the PC matches the designated adjustment target value.
- a method is disclosed in which an optical sensor is attached to a liquid crystal panel of a display device, and calibration is automatically performed without manual operation by a user (Patent Document 2).
- tablet information terminal devices have become widespread, and these devices tend to be sufficiently large and high-definition as display devices.
- a tablet information terminal device as a display device, specifically, a DTP monitor, a photo viewer, or an electronic book reader.
- image data can be directly transmitted and output from the tablet information terminal device to the printing device by wireless communication. Therefore, the management of color expression in the tablet information terminal device is also increasing in importance.
- the tablet information terminal device itself has operation and output functions and calculation functions, and may not have a video input / output terminal.
- the task of manually displaying a large number of images for measurement which may be thousands or tens of thousands, places a great burden on the user.
- a calibration system dedicated to tablet-type information terminal devices that do not have video input / output terminals has been proposed.
- calibration is automatically performed by causing the tablet information terminal device itself to execute calibration software and controlling the optical sensor by another PC.
- This enables color management in a tablet information terminal device that does not have a video input / output terminal.
- the software is dedicated to a specific tablet type information terminal device. Since there are various types of tablet information terminal devices, it is difficult to prepare individual calibration software for all of them.
- the present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and measurement of display light intensity capable of measuring the color expression of a display device for general purposes regardless of the specifications of the display device, such as the presence or absence of video input / output terminals. It is an object to provide a method, a computer program that causes a computer to execute the measurement method, and a measurement system.
- the measurement device that is connected to the optical sensor and measures the display light intensity in the display device displays a plurality of different adjustment images on the display device, and the adjustment image is being displayed.
- a method of measuring light intensity in a display device sequentially using the optical sensor at a predetermined timing, wherein the measurement device determines content including an adjustment image and display timing of the content on the display device.
- a step of transmitting display control information to be controlled to the display device and a changing step of changing the content to be transmitted based on the display control information in accordance with the measurement timing of the optical sensor are performed.
- the measurement method according to the present invention is characterized in that the measurement device transmits, as the display control information, information for specifying an adjustment image included in content transmitted together.
- the measurement device intermittently transmits a content request to itself as the display control information, and transmits information instructing to display the received content.
- the measurement method according to the present invention is characterized in that the measurement device transmits, as the display control information, a time for displaying content or a waiting time until a next content request is transmitted.
- the measurement method according to the present invention is characterized in that the measurement device transmits information specifying a content to be requested next as the display control information.
- a measurement device that is connected to an optical sensor and measures display light intensity in a display device transmits and receives information to and from an information processing device that communicates with the measurement device, and the display device has a plurality of different adjustments.
- the method includes: displaying an image for measurement; and measuring the light intensity in the display device displaying each adjustment image using the optical sensor sequentially at a predetermined timing, wherein the measurement device is the information processing device. Instructing to transmit to the display device the content including the adjustment image and display control information for controlling the display timing of the content on the display device, in accordance with the measurement timing in the optical sensor, A change step of changing the content to be transmitted to the information processing apparatus based on the display control information is performed.
- the measurement method according to the present invention is characterized in that the information processing apparatus transmits, as the display control information, information for specifying an adjustment image included in content transmitted together.
- the information processing apparatus intermittently transmits a content request to itself as the display control information, and transmits information instructing to display the received content.
- the measurement method according to the present invention is characterized in that the information processing apparatus transmits, as the display control information, a time for displaying a content or a waiting time until a next content request is transmitted.
- the measurement method according to the present invention is characterized in that the information processing apparatus transmits information specifying a content to be requested next as the display control information.
- the measurement method according to the present invention includes a step in which the measurement device associates and stores information for specifying an adjustment image included in the transmitted content and a measurement result during display of the adjustment image included in the content. Furthermore, it is characterized by executing.
- the measurement method according to the present invention is characterized in that the measurement device further executes a step of generating color space information relating to conversion of the color space of the display device based on a measurement result.
- a computer program causes a computer connected to an optical sensor to display a plurality of adjustment images on a display device, and the light intensity in the display device that is displaying each adjustment image is sequentially measured by the optical sensor.
- a computer program causes a computer connected to an optical sensor to display a plurality of adjustment images on a display device, and the light intensity in the display device that is displaying each adjustment image is sequentially measured by the optical sensor.
- the computer is instructed to transmit to the display device content including an adjustment image and display control information for controlling display timing of the content on the display device.
- a measurement system displays a plurality of adjustment images on the display device connected to the display device, and the light intensity in the display device displaying each adjustment image is set to a predetermined value.
- a display light intensity measuring device provided with a means for connecting to an optical sensor for sequentially measuring each at a timing, wherein the measuring device includes content including images for adjustment, and the content on the display device Means for transmitting display control information for controlling the display timing to the display device, and means for changing the content to be transmitted based on the display control information in accordance with the measurement timing of the optical sensor, Means for receiving the content transmitted from the measuring device and the display control information, and the display control for receiving the received content. Characterized in that it comprises means for displaying on the basis of the distribution.
- a measurement system displays a plurality of adjustment images on the display device connected to the display device, and the light intensity in the display device displaying each adjustment image is set to a predetermined value.
- a measuring system comprising a display light intensity measuring device comprising means for connecting to an optical sensor that sequentially measures each at a timing, and an information processing device that communicates with the measuring device and the display device, wherein the measuring device comprises: Means for instructing the information processing apparatus to transmit to the display device content including an adjustment image and display control information for controlling display timing of the content on the display device; and measurement timing in the optical sensor. And a means for instructing the information processing apparatus to change the content to be transmitted based on the display control information.
- Means for receiving the transmitted content and the display control information from said information processing apparatus, the received content characterized in that it comprises a means for displaying on the basis of the received display control information.
- the plurality of adjustment images for measurement are transmitted as content to the display device by communication.
- Display control information is transmitted to the display device so that the display timing of the content including the adjustment image for measurement is controlled to match the measurement timing using the optical sensor.
- the optical sensor is controlled so as to sequentially measure each adjustment image, and the content of the content to be transmitted is changed according to the measurement timing by the optical sensor, or the content itself is Be changed.
- the adjustment image is an achromatic color or a plurality of chromatic colors having different luminances. Includes images displayed by specifying the background color.
- the content may be an HTML (HyperText Markup Language) file or a document file such as Adobe Flash (product of Adobe Systems, registered trademark).
- the communication protocol is assumed to be HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol), but is not limited thereto.
- the content and the display control information may be transmitted directly from the measuring device to the display device or may be transmitted to the display device via another information processing device.
- the measurement device Since the display control information includes information for specifying the adjustment image included in the content to be transmitted together, the measurement device must specify the adjustment image that should be displayed on the display device at each time point. Is possible. Thereby, the measurement timing of the display light intensity can be controlled.
- the display control information includes information that instructs the display device to intermittently transmit a content request to the measurement device.
- the content is changed to another adjustment image for the first time when measurement for the adjustment image that should be displayed on the display device is completed at each time point. Sent.
- the display control information includes information for instructing a content request transmission interval.
- the display control information includes information indicating a display time for designating a length for displaying the content, or a standby time until a content request is transmitted next to change to another adjustment image.
- the display time may be specified by absolute time.
- the display time and the waiting time are both substantially times when the adjustment image included in the content received by the display device should be displayed. If the time can be specified on the measurement device side, it can be matched with the measurement timing.
- Display control information includes information for specifying the content to be requested next.
- the content transmitted by the measuring apparatus may be the same name content even if the adjustment image changes, or may be different content for each adjustment image. In the case of different contents, it is possible to control switching of the contents to be displayed with the display control information and to control the contents of the adjustment image displayed on the display device.
- the information for specifying the transmitted content that is, the information for specifying each adjustment image that should be displayed on the display device, and the measurement result are stored in association with each other. As a result, it is possible to create information such as an ICC profile for color management based on the measurement result.
- the color space information is information on a color space possessed by each device such as a display device, and is information conforming to a standard such as an ICC profile of the ICC standard or WCS (Windows® (registered trademark) ® Color® System®). As a result, the color space information can be automatically obtained by the measuring apparatus.
- the color space information is, for example, a 3D-LUT, so that detailed color management can be performed.
- color space information corresponding to a part or all of the measured display devices may be generated using the results of measurement on a plurality of different display devices. Thereby, it is possible to generate not the color space information for each display device but average color space information applied to a certain group of the same kind and the same lot.
- a measurement image is received and displayed by a display device through communication, and switching of the adjustment image to be displayed is controlled in accordance with a display control instruction from the measurement device.
- the measurement timing used and the display timing of the adjustment image on the display device are appropriate.
- a video input / output terminal is not essential as a display device to be measured, and the color expression of the display device can be measured for a wide variety of devices.
- FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram schematically showing a usage image of the measuring apparatus in the first embodiment.
- 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a measurement system in Embodiment 1.
- FIG. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing a simplified function of the measurement system in the first embodiment.
- 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure executed in the measurement system in the first embodiment.
- 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure executed in the measurement system in the first embodiment.
- 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure executed in the measurement system in the first embodiment.
- 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of display control information according to Embodiment 1.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a measurement system in Embodiment 1.
- FIG. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing a simplified function of the measurement system in the first embodiment.
- 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure executed in
- FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure executed in the measurement system in the second embodiment.
- 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure executed in the measurement system in the second embodiment.
- 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure executed in the measurement system in the second embodiment.
- 10 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a measurement system in Embodiment 3.
- FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram schematically showing a usage image of the measuring apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment.
- a desktop PC is used as the measuring device 1, and the user attaches the optical sensor 2 connected by USB (Universal Serial Bus) on the display unit 32 of the information terminal device 3 (display device) that is the object of color management.
- a plurality of color control patches are displayed to cause the measurement apparatus 1 to perform measurement.
- the color patch includes a gray image.
- the measuring device 1 controls the display of the color patch on the display unit 32 of the information terminal device 3 by communication as described below.
- the measuring device 1 can automatically measure the display light intensity on the display unit 32 of the information terminal device 3 using the color patch.
- the display light intensity is a quantitative display of color, such as tristimulus values XYZ in the CIE1931 color system.
- Other color representation formats such as L *, a *, and b * in the CIELAB color space may be used.
- the information terminal device 3 to be measured is an operating system such as an iPad (product name, registered trademark), Android® (registered trademark), or BlackBerry® (registered trademark) that does not have a video input / output terminal. ).
- a mobile communication device such as a mobile phone or a game machine may be used. It may be a television receiver having a communication function.
- the device to be measured by the measuring device 1 only needs to be able to communicate with the measuring device 1 and may or may not have a video input / output terminal.
- it may be a desktop PC monitor having a video input / output terminal, that is, a display device connected to the PC. In this case, the measuring device 1 communicates with the PC to display the color patch on the display device.
- an electronic book reader or the like that does not have a communication function and has a USB interface may be used.
- measurement is possible if a PC for realizing the communication function is connected to the electronic book reader, and the UI (User Interface) of the web browser can be displayed on the electronic book reader on the PC.
- UI User Interface
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the measurement system in the first embodiment.
- the measurement system includes a measurement device 1, an optical sensor 2, and an information terminal device 3 that is a measurement target.
- the measuring device 1 uses a PC and includes a control unit 10, a storage unit 11, a temporary storage unit 12, an input / output unit 13, a communication unit 14, a reading unit 15, and a display unit 16.
- the measurement apparatus 1 is configured to include the display unit 16 (configuration that is connected to the display device). However, the display unit 16 may be omitted in performing the measurement.
- the control unit 10 controls each component using a CPU (Central Processing Unit). Further, the control unit 10 causes the PC to function as the measurement device 1 by reading the measurement program 1P and the Web server program 2P stored in the storage unit 11 into the temporary storage unit 12 and executing them.
- a CPU Central Processing Unit
- the storage unit 11 uses a hard disk.
- the storage unit 11 may use various other nonvolatile memories such as SSD (Solid State Drive).
- the storage unit 11 stores the above-described measurement program 1P and Web server program 2P, as well as a color patch 17.
- the storage unit 11 may store in advance Web content to be transmitted to the information terminal device 3 when functioning as a Web server. Further, information based on measurement results such as information used for calculation by the control unit 10 and ICC profile output by the control unit 10 by calculation is stored.
- the Web server program 2P may be configured to be included in the measurement program 1P.
- the temporary storage unit 12 uses a RAM such as SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) or DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory).
- the temporary storage unit 12 temporarily stores information generated by the processing of the control unit 10, for example, measurement information input from the optical sensor 2.
- the input / output unit 13 uses, for example, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface.
- the input / output unit 13 is connected to the optical sensor 2, and sends the control signal output from the control unit 10 to the optical sensor 2, and inputs the signal output from the optical sensor 2 to notify the control unit 10. .
- the input / output unit 13 is not limited to the USB interface.
- the communication unit 14 uses, for example, a LAN (Local Area Network) interface.
- the communication unit 14 is connected to the network 4.
- the communication unit 14 transmits and receives information via the network 4 based on a predetermined communication protocol. In the first embodiment, HTTP communication is performed, but the present invention is not limited to this.
- the control unit 10 transmits Web content to the information terminal device 3 via the communication unit 14.
- the reading unit 15 uses a disk drive.
- the reading unit 15 reads information recorded on the recording medium 5 such as a CD (Compact Disk), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), a BD (Blu-Ray (registered trademark) Disk), a flash memory, or a flexible disk.
- a measurement program 5P is recorded in the recording medium 5.
- the control unit 10 reads information recorded on the recording medium 5 by the reading unit 15 and stores the information in the storage unit 11 or the temporary storage unit 12.
- the measurement program 1P stored in the storage unit 11 may be a copy of the measurement program 5P read from the recording medium 5.
- the display unit 16 is a display device using a liquid crystal panel.
- the control unit 10 causes the display unit 16 to display the process or information obtained by the process.
- the optical sensor 2 is a colorimetric sensor and has a USB interface and is connected to the measuring apparatus 1.
- the measuring apparatus 1 can output a measurement start control signal to the optical sensor 2 via the input / output unit 13 and can input a measurement result signal from the optical sensor 2.
- the information terminal device 3 to be measured includes a control unit 30, a storage unit 31, a display unit 32, and a communication unit 33.
- the control unit 30 uses the CPU to control the storage unit 31, the display unit 32, and the communication unit 33 to operate as a PC. Then, the control unit 30 realizes a Web browser function by reading and executing the Web browser program 3P stored in the storage unit 31 in accordance with an operation by the operator.
- Storage unit 31 uses SSD. A hard disk may be used.
- the storage unit 31 stores various programs and information referred to by the control unit 30 and the above-described Web browser program 3P.
- the display unit 32 uses a touch panel type display using a liquid crystal panel.
- Organic EL Electro-Luminescence
- the control unit 30 causes the display unit 32 to display a UI (User Interface) of the Web browser.
- the communication unit 33 uses, for example, a wireless LAN interface.
- the communication unit 33 is connected to the network 4 via the access point 41 and transmits / receives information to / from the measurement apparatus 1 based on a predetermined communication protocol (HTTP communication).
- HTTP communication a predetermined communication protocol
- the network 4 is a LAN.
- a configuration via a communication network such as the Internet may be used.
- the access point 41 realizes connection with the network 4 by wireless communication.
- FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing a simplified function of the measurement system in the first embodiment.
- the measurement system mainly includes a function as the measurement engine 101 realized by the control unit 10 of the measurement apparatus 1 executing the measurement program 1P, a function as the Web server 102 realized by executing the Web server program 2P, and It is comprised by the function as the Web browser 301 implement
- the control unit 10 of the measuring device 1 controls the input / output of signals with the optical sensor 2 and the display timing of the color patches in the information terminal device 3 by the function of the measurement engine 101. Further, the control unit 10 realizes communication with the information terminal device 3 based on an instruction from the measurement engine 101 by the function of the Web server 102, creation of Web content, and transmission of Web content to the information terminal device 3. Processing such as transmission is performed. Specifically, the Web server 102 creates Web content based on HTTP 4.0. In addition, although the function of the Web server 102 in Embodiment 1 was set as the structure independent from the measurement engine 101, you may function as a part of measurement engine 101. FIG.
- the control unit 30 of the information terminal device 3 communicates with the measurement device 1 by the function of the Web browser 301.
- the control unit 30 causes the display unit 32 to display the color patch 34 based on the Web content received from the measurement apparatus 1 by the function of the Web browser 301.
- FIGS. 4 to 6 are flowcharts illustrating an example of a processing procedure executed in the measurement system according to the first embodiment.
- the measurement engine 101 instructs the Web server 102 to start (Step S101), and the Web server 102 starts (Step S102).
- the control unit 10 causes the measurement engine 101 to instruct the activated Web server 102 to create Web content for measurement preparation (Step S103), and the Web server 102 creates Web content for measurement preparation (Step S104). Note that the control unit 10 does not create Web content, but may only acquire Web content stored in advance in the storage unit 11 or another device.
- control unit 10 causes the display unit 16 included in the control unit 10 to display that the web browser 301 of the information terminal device 3 to be measured is activated and instructed to connect to the web server 102 of the measurement device 1 (step S105). ). Then, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the web server 102 is connected from the web browser 301 of the information terminal device 3 (step S106). When determining that the web browser 301 is not connected (S106: NO), the control unit 10 returns the process to step S106 and waits.
- the control unit 30 when the operator performs an operation according to the connection instruction displayed on the display unit 16 of the measuring device 1, the control unit 30 is activated as the Web browser 301 (step S201). Specifically, an icon or the like for connecting to a measurement preparation Web page (UI) is displayed on the display unit 32, and an operator performs an operation such as touching the icon. As a result, the Web browser 301 is activated.
- the control unit 30 When the control unit 30 is activated as the Web browser 301, it first requests the Web server 102 to transmit Web content for measurement preparation (step S202).
- control unit 10 of the measuring apparatus 1 determines that the Web server 102 is connected from the Web browser 301 (S106: YES), it transmits the Web content for measurement preparation that has been created (step S107).
- the control unit 10 determines whether or not the measurement start operation has been performed on the measurement preparation UI on the measurement engine 101 (or on the Web server 102) (step S108), and it is determined that the operation has not been performed. If so (S108: NO), the process returns to step S108 to wait until an operation is performed.
- the control unit 30 of the information terminal device 3 receives the measurement preparation web content transmitted from the web server 102 by the web browser 301 (step S203), and displays the measurement preparation UI based on the received web content. (Step S204).
- the measurement preparation UI includes a measurement start button. The operator can instruct the start of measurement by touching the measurement start button on the touch panel of the display unit 32.
- a measurement start button may be displayed on the display unit 16 of the measurement apparatus 1 and the measurement apparatus 1 may be operated to start measurement.
- the control unit 30 determines whether or not an operation has been performed on the measurement preparation UI (step S205). If the control unit 30 determines that no operation has been performed (S205: NO), the process returns to step S205. When it is determined that the operation has been performed (S205: YES), the control unit 30 transmits information on the operation content to the Web server 102 (step S206). The control unit 30 requests the web content for the color patch from the web server 102 (step S207). At this time, the Web content for measurement preparation may include display control information for requesting the Web content for a specific color patch when the measurement start button is touched on the UI. Specifically, the following HTML file name may be described in the header portion of an HTML (HyperText Markup Language) file. The measurement apparatus 1 displays on the display unit 16 an instruction to access a Web page for a specific color patch, and the operator tries to access the page specified from the UI of the Web browser 301. Also good.
- HTML HyperText Markup Language
- control unit 10 determines that the measurement start operation has been performed on the measurement preparation UI by detecting that the Web server 102 has received the operation content information and the content request transmitted from the Web browser 301. (S108: YES), in order to start measurement, the web server 102 is instructed to create and transmit color patch web content for displaying a color patch (step S109).
- the control unit 10 uses the Web server 102 to create Web content for the color patch based on the instruction (Step S110). Specifically, for example, the control unit 10 creates an HTML file in which only the background color is designated as the Web content for the color patch. Or the control part 10 is good also as a structure which has already produced the HTML file for every various color patches, memorize
- the control unit 10 transmits web content together with display control information described later by the web server 102 (step S111).
- the Web content transmitted from the Web server 102 includes display control information for controlling the display timing on the Web browser 301 to match the measurement timing using the optical sensor 2. Specifically, this is information for instructing the Web browser 301 to reload, and is based on the specification of HTML 4.0.
- FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of display control information according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 7 shows Web content for displaying color patches.
- the Web content is an HTML file based on the specification of HTML 4.0 as described above.
- the name of the Web content (HTML file) transmitted from the Web server 102 itself is information for specifying a patch (“Patch (255.000.000) .html”).
- the control unit 30 of the information terminal device 3 receives the web content as shown in FIG. 7 by the web browser 301 (step S208), and displays a color patch based on the received web content (step S209).
- the Web browser 301 it may be preferable to invalidate the conversion function of its own color space.
- Some existing Web browsers have a function of automatically converting a color space according to content. Depending on the purpose of the measurement, it is desirable that the color space conversion function is not effective, and this function may be disabled when displaying a color patch. To do.
- the invalidation instruction may be transmitted together with the measurement preparation Web content from the measurement apparatus 1 or may be transmitted together with the color patch Web content.
- control unit 10 of the measuring apparatus 1 determines that the color patch is a measurement target (S113: YES), it controls the optical sensor 2 to perform measurement (step S114).
- the measurement is preferably performed after waiting for about 1 second, for example. This is because the measurement is performed after the Web page based on the transmitted Web content, that is, the color patch is displayed and stabilized.
- a content request is transmitted from the Web browser 301 of the information terminal device 3 every time, for example, “3” seconds have elapsed based on the display control information.
- the control unit 10 determines whether the measurement is completed by the measurement engine 101 (step S115). When determining that the measurement is not completed (S115: NO), the control unit 10 transmits the current color patch Web content (step S116), returns the process to step S115, and waits for completion. When it is determined that the measurement has been completed (S115: YES), the control unit 10 advances the process to the next step S117.
- the control unit 30 requests transmission of the next Web content (HTML file) by reloading based on the display control information as described above (step S210). Then, the control unit 30 receives the web content transmitted in response to the content request (step S211). The control unit 30 determines whether or not the received Web content is a page indicating the end of measurement (step S212). If the control unit 30 determines that the page does not indicate the end of measurement (S212: NO), that is, while receiving the color patch Web content, the process returns to step S209, based on the received Web content. Repeat display and reload. Note that the process of step S212 does not need to be performed in detail. With the configuration in which the Web page indicating the end does not include the display control information to be reloaded as illustrated in FIG. 7, the control unit 30 does not proceed to the process of step S210, that is, does not reload.
- the measurement apparatus 1 can match the timing of completion of measurement with the timing until transmission of the next color patch Web content.
- the reload time in the Web browser 301 is set to be as short as “3” seconds as in the above-described example, thereby displaying the color patch 34 to be displayed. Can be changed efficiently, and the measurement time for all color patches can be shortened.
- the setting of the reload time is not limited to this, and it may be set longer than the time required for measurement so as to suppress the flickering of the screen, or may be set so that the display can be controlled at an appropriate timing.
- the control unit 10 displays the measurement result on the display unit 16 and also stores it in association with the color patch information specified in step S112. 11 (step S117).
- step S115 the control unit 10 may determine that the measurement has been completed after comparing the measurement result with the previous color patch. Specifically, the control unit 10 determines whether or not there is a color difference compared with the previous measurement result, and confirms that the color patch on the display unit 32 of the information terminal device 3 has actually changed. To determine that the measurement is complete. Moreover, the process of step S117 is not essential for the measuring apparatus 1. The control unit 10 of the measurement apparatus 1 may only output the measurement result to another information processing apparatus (not shown) by the measurement engine 101.
- control unit 10 determines whether or not all color patches to be measured have been measured (step S118). If the control unit 10 determines that all the color patches have not been measured (S118: NO), the control unit 10 returns the process to step S109 and changes / transmits the web content for other color patches (S109 to S111). Then, the processing (S112 to S115) for performing the subsequent measurement is performed. For example, when the measurement is performed by transmitting the HTML file in the example shown in FIG. 7, the Web server 102 changes the HTML file name in the META tag for reloading to “Patch (255.000.000) .html. ”To“ Patch (254.000.000) .html. ”, For example, to request Web content for another color patch and display the Web page.
- control unit 10 determines that all color patches have been processed (S118: YES)
- the control unit 10 transmits Web content indicating completion from the Web server 102 (step S119).
- the Web content transmitted from the Web server 102 does not need to include display control information for performing reloading. Thereby, the reloading in the Web browser 301 is stopped.
- control unit 30 of the information terminal device 3 determines that the web page indicates the end of measurement (S212: YES)
- the control unit 30 displays a web page indicating the end based on the received web content on the display unit 32 (step S213).
- the control unit 10 of the measurement apparatus 1 transmits the Web content indicating the end, and then appropriately processes the measurement result (step S120), generates color space information based on the measurement result, and stores it in the storage unit 11 ( Step S121), the process is terminated.
- the appropriate processing in step S120 includes, for example, classification of color patches by color.
- the control unit 10 may select the measurement result.
- the color space information in step S121 is, for example, a file indicating an adjustment target for emulation or an ICC profile. More specifically, when the display unit 32 of the information terminal device 3 is instructed to display, for example, 8-bit RGB (255,0,0) color (red), the display unit 32 actually In order to reproduce the displayed color, other display devices perform conversion such as displaying in RGB (1001,0,0) instead of RGB (1023,0,0) as a 10-bit RGB space, for example. Information. At this time, color space information for conversion on the display unit 32 may be created as a 3D-LUT having R, G, and B as dimensions.
- steps S121 and S122 are not essential for the measuring apparatus 1.
- Another information processing apparatus may appropriately perform processing and generate / store color space information using the result of the measurement apparatus 1.
- the measurement preparation UI displayed on the display unit 32 of the information terminal device 3 in step S204 may be displayed on the display unit 16 of the measurement device 1.
- the measurement preparation UI may be configured such that the operator can make settings related to measurement.
- a UI that accepts selection of the type of the information terminal device 3 and the type of the display unit 32 may be included.
- a UI may be included that accepts selection of whether to perform only measurement in the measurement apparatus 1 or to create an ICC profile after measurement.
- a UI that accepts selection of the type of ICC profile to be created may be included.
- the type of ICC profile here includes whether it is a 3D-LUT or not.
- the color patch for measurement is transmitted as Web content to the Web browser 301 of the information terminal device 3 and displayed.
- the display timing on the Web browser 301 is controlled by the control unit 10 of the measurement apparatus 1 so as to match the measurement timing. Therefore, even if the information terminal device 3 does not have a video input / output terminal, measurement for color management using color patches can be performed as long as the Web browser 301 can be executed.
- the function as the measurement engine 101 is basically the same as the procedure for performing measurement by displaying a color patch on a measurement target device (for example, the display unit 16) via a conventional video input / output terminal.
- the measurement engine 101 can perform processing without distinguishing whether the color patch is displayed on the measurement target device via the Web server 102 or the video input / output terminal. . Therefore, an excellent effect can be obtained in that the measurement software resource that has been used can be used.
- FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of the display control information in the first embodiment.
- the upper part of FIG. 8 shows the Web content before the change by the control unit 10 of the measuring apparatus 1, and the lower part shows the Web content after the change.
- control unit 10 of the measuring apparatus 1 cannot specify the transmitted content by a content request from the Web browser 301. Therefore, it is necessary to perform processing such as searching for characters in the Web page being transmitted by the Web server 102 and acquiring information for specifying the color patch in the BODY tag.
- FIGS. 7 and 8 are examples in the case where Web contents are created as an HTML file.
- the Web content created by the Web server 102 is not limited to an HTML file, and may be content using Adobe Flash (product of Adobe Systems, registered trademark).
- Embodiment 2 In the first embodiment, a measurement is performed on one information terminal device 3, the measurement result is stored, and when necessary, a process of creating color space information for the information terminal device 3 is performed. .
- the measurement is performed on a plurality of information terminal devices 3, the measurement results are averaged, and the color space information applied to the plurality of information terminal devices 3 is created.
- the configuration of the measurement system in the second embodiment is the same as the configuration in the first embodiment when considered as the measurement of each unit, and only the details of the processing procedure by the control unit 10 of the measurement apparatus 1 are different. Therefore, the hardware configuration is denoted by the same reference numerals in each component, and detailed description thereof is omitted, and the processing procedure will be described below.
- FIG. 9 to 11 are flowcharts showing an example of processing procedures executed in the measurement system according to the second embodiment. Among the processing procedures shown below, the same processing steps as those in the measurement system in Embodiment 1 are given the same step numbers, and detailed descriptions thereof are omitted.
- control unit 10 of the measurement device 1 When the control unit 10 of the measurement device 1 starts to execute the measurement program 1P, the control unit 10 activates the Web server 102 and executes measurement processing (steps S103 to S119) for the first information terminal device 3.
- the first information terminal device 3 activates the Web browser 301 based on the connection instruction displayed on the display unit 16 of the measurement device 1 (S201), requests Web content for measurement preparation (S202), and so on. Based on the Web content and the display control information transmitted from the Web server 102 of the measuring apparatus 1, the color patch 34 is automatically displayed on the display unit 32 in accordance with the measurement process (S203 to S213).
- the Web browser 301 ends (step S220). Specifically, the operator performs an operation for instructing the end using the UI of the Web browser 301 to end the operation. Thereby, the measurement in the 1st information terminal device 3 is complete
- the control unit 10 of the measurement apparatus 1 ends the measurement process for the first information terminal apparatus 3 (S119), and then determines whether the measurement process has been completed for all measurement objects (step S130). Specifically, the control unit 10 displays a screen for selecting whether or not to end the measurement on the display unit 16, and determines that the measurement process is ended when the operator selects the end.
- control unit 10 determines in step S130 that the measurement process has not been completed for all measurement targets (S130: NO) If the control unit 10 determines in step S130 that the measurement process has not been completed for all measurement targets (S130: NO), the control unit 10 returns the process to step S103, and the measurement process for the second and subsequent information terminal devices 3 is performed. Are executed (S103 to S119).
- step S130 the control unit 10 performs the measurement results for the plurality of information terminal apparatuses 3 that are measurement objects. Then, appropriate processing is performed (step S131).
- the measurement results may be selected, for example, by classification of color patches by color, or excluding specific measurement results.
- the measurement result for a specific information terminal device 3 is unique among all the information terminal devices 3 to be measured, the measurement result of the specific information terminal device 3 may be excluded from the next process. Good.
- the control unit 10 of the measuring device 1 processes the measurement result (S131), and then calculates an average value of the measurement results for the plurality of information terminal devices 3 (step S132). Based on the average value calculated in step S132, the control unit 10 generates color space information similarly applied to the plurality of information terminal devices 3 to be measured, and stores the color space information in the storage unit 11 (step S133). The process ends.
- step S133 is not essential for the measuring apparatus 1.
- Another information processing apparatus may generate and store color space information using the result of the measurement apparatus 1.
- the processing as described above is effective, for example, when the characteristics of the display unit 32 tend to vary depending on the manufacturing lot of the information terminal device 3.
- the measurement is performed for all the information terminal devices 3 and the respective color space information is obtained.
- the processing can be reduced rather than creating, and color space information that absorbs a certain degree of each characteristic can be obtained.
- control unit 10 of the measurement apparatus 1 performs the processes of FIGS. 4 to 6 of the first embodiment or the processes of FIGS. 9 to 11 can be set by the measurement apparatus 1. Desirably configured. Specifically, when the control unit 10 starts to execute the measurement program 1P, the control unit 10 displays a UI for selecting a measurement type on the display unit 16, and performs subsequent processing in accordance with the type selected by the operator. .
- a type of measurement first, is measurement for one information terminal device 3 performed to create and store color space information (FIGS. 4 to 6), or measurement for a plurality of information terminal devices 3?
- color space information to be created may be selectable to be an ICC profile, another adjustment target file, a 3D-LUT, or other.
- the communication between the measurement device 1 and the information terminal device 3 is performed based on HTTP 4.0 based on HTML 4.0.
- the communication is not limited to the communication shown in the first and second embodiments, but is compatible with the JSP (Java (registered trademark) Server Pages), the Adobe Flash (registered trademark) socket communication, or the HTML5 Websocket ⁇ ⁇ It is good also as a structure which communicates based on.
- JSP Java (registered trademark) Server Pages
- the Adobe Flash (registered trademark) socket communication or the HTML5 Websocket ⁇ ⁇ It is good also as a structure which communicates based on.
- the measuring apparatus 1 exhibits the functions of both the measurement engine and the web server.
- another information processing apparatus has the function of the Web server.
- the configuration of the measurement system in the third embodiment is the same as that in the first embodiment, except that a part of the functions of the measurement device 1 in the first embodiment is provided in another information processing apparatus. Therefore, in the third embodiment described below, the same reference numerals are given to the same components as those in the first embodiment, and a detailed description of each configuration is omitted.
- FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the measurement system in the third embodiment.
- the measurement system includes a measurement device 1b, an optical sensor 2, an information terminal device 3 that is a measurement target, and an information processing device 6.
- the measuring apparatus 1b includes a control unit 10, a storage unit 11, a temporary storage unit 12, an input / output 13, a communication unit 14, a reading unit 15, and a display unit 16 using a PC.
- the storage unit 11 of the measurement device 1b stores the measurement program 1P, but does not store the Web server program and color patches.
- the control unit 10 of the measurement device 1b reads the measurement program 1P into the temporary storage unit 12 and executes it, thereby causing the PC to function as the measurement device 1b that executes processing of the measurement engine.
- the information processing apparatus 6 includes a control unit 60, a storage unit 61, a temporary storage unit 62, and a communication unit 64 using a PC.
- Control unit 60 controls each component using a CPU. Further, the control unit 60 causes the PC to function as a Web server by reading out and executing the Web server program 6P stored in the storage unit 61 to the temporary storage unit 62.
- the storage unit 61 uses a hard disk.
- the storage unit 61 may use various other nonvolatile memories such as an SSD.
- the storage unit 61 stores the color patch 67 in addition to the above-described Web server program 6P.
- the storage unit 61 may store in advance Web content to be transmitted to the information terminal device 3 when functioning as a Web server.
- the temporary storage unit 62 uses a RAM such as SRAM or DRAM.
- the communication unit 64 uses a LAN interface, for example.
- the communication unit 64 is connected to the network 4.
- the communication unit 64 transmits / receives information based on a predetermined communication protocol via the network 4.
- HTTP communication is performed in correspondence with the communication unit 14 of the measuring apparatus 1b, other communication protocols may be used.
- the control unit 60 receives an instruction from the measurement device 1 b via the communication unit 64 and transmits Web content to the information terminal device 3.
- the function of the measurement system in the third embodiment is the same as that in the first embodiment.
- the function of the Web server 102 in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 3 is realized not by the measurement apparatus 1 but by the information processing apparatus 6, and the color patch from the measurement engine 101 realized by the measurement apparatus 1b via the network 4 The difference is that it accepts instructions such as display switching.
- the procedure of the measurement process in the third embodiment is the same as the predetermined procedure shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 of the first embodiment.
- the difference is that the transmission and reception of instructions between the measurement engine 101 and the Web server 102 is performed not via the measurement apparatus 1 but via the network 4.
- the activation instruction in step S101 and the web content creation instruction in step S103 by the control unit 10 illustrated in FIG. 4 are functions of the web server realized by the information processing apparatus 6 via the communication unit 14 and the network 4. It is a point sent to.
- the control unit 10 shown in FIG. 5 generates a color patch Web content creation and transmission instruction in step S109, and the content transmission request in the case of NO in step S115 is transmitted from the function of the measurement engine 101.
- a Web content transmission instruction indicating the end when the control unit 10 shown in FIG. 6 determines YES in step S118 is also sent from the function of the measurement engine 101 via the communication unit 14 and the network 4. It is transmitted to the function of the Web server realized by the processing device 6.
- the control unit 10 and the control unit 60 do not determine that the measurement has been completed unless the measurement is completed in all the target information terminal devices 3 in step S115. As a result, if the measurement is not completed for all the target information terminal devices 3, the change to the Web content for other color patches in step S109 is not instructed.
- the Web contents for the color patch are distinguished from each other by associating with the information for identifying the plurality of information terminal devices 3 to be measured, and a plurality of functions of the measurement engine 101 and the Web server 102 are asynchronously executed in parallel. It may be.
- the HTML file name (for example, “Patch (255.000.000) .html”) corresponding to the web content for the color patch may be changed for each of the plurality of information terminal devices 3 to be measured ( For example, “001 # Patch (255.000.000) .html” and “001” at the beginning is identification information of the information terminal device 3).
- the adjustment target file and the ICC profile created in the first to third embodiments can be used as reference data for emulating the display color of the display device (information terminal device 3) to be measured, for example.
- emulation you may use an application that has an emulation function such as Photoshop® (trade name of Adobe®, registered trademark), or color adjustment provided by the manufacturer of the display device such as Color®Navigator® (product name of Nanao Co., Ltd.). (Color management) application may be used.
Landscapes
- Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Spectroscopy & Molecular Physics (AREA)
- General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
- Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
- Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
- Controls And Circuits For Display Device (AREA)
- Testing, Inspecting, Measuring Of Stereoscopic Televisions And Televisions (AREA)
- Facsimile Image Signal Circuits (AREA)
- Color Image Communication Systems (AREA)
- Devices For Indicating Variable Information By Combining Individual Elements (AREA)
Abstract
Description
調整用画像は、輝度の異なる無彩色又は複数の有彩色の画像である。背景色を指定することにより表示される画像を含む。
コンテンツはHTML(HyperText Markup Language )ファイル、又はAdobe Flash (アドビシステムズ社の製品、登録商標)のようなドキュメントファイルであってもよい。通信プロトコルは、HTTP(HyperText Transfer Protocol )が想定されるが、これに限られない。
なお、コンテンツ及び表示制御情報は、測定装置から表示装置へ直接的に送信される構成でも、他の情報処理装置を介して表示装置へ送信される構成としてもよい。
なお、表示制御情報には、コンテンツ要求の送信間隔を指示する情報が含まれている。送信間隔を、前記光学センサを用いた1つの調整用画像での測定に要する測定時間よりも短い時間間隔とすることにより、複数の調整用画像を用いた測定に要する時間を短縮化することが可能である。又は、送信間隔を測定に要する時間よりも長くすることにより、調整用画像の表示更新により画面がちらつく場合などに、これを抑制することが可能である。
図1は、実施の形態1における測定装置1の使用イメージを概略的に示す概念図である。測定装置1にはデスクトップ型PCを用い、ユーザは、USB(Universal Serial Bus)で接続された光学センサ2を、カラーマネジメントの対象である情報端末装置3(表示装置)の表示部32上に取り付け、複数のカラーコントロールパッチ(調整用画像。以下、カラーパッチという)を表示させて測定装置1に測定を実行させる。カラーパッチには、グレー画像も含まれる。なお、測定装置1は、以下に説明するように、通信により情報端末装置3の表示部32におけるカラーパッチの表示を制御する。したがって、ビデオ入出力端子を有しない情報端末装置3であっても、測定装置1はカラーパッチを用いて自動的に情報端末装置3の表示部32における表示光強度を測定することができる。ここで表示光強度とは、色を定量的に表示したものであり、CIE1931 表色系における三刺激値XYZなどのことである。CIELAB色空間におけるL*、a*、b*などの他の色表現形式であってもかまわない。
情報端末装置3の制御部30は、Webブラウザ301により、図7に示したようなWebコンテンツを受信し(ステップS208)、受信したWebコンテンツに基づきカラーパッチを表示する(ステップS209)。
実施の形態1では、1台の情報端末装置3に対して測定を行なって測定結果を記憶し、必要な場合に、当該情報端末装置3用の色空間情報を作成する処理を行なう構成とした。これに対し実施の形態2では、複数の情報端末装置3に対して測定を行ない、測定結果を平均化して、複数の情報端末装置3に適用する色空間情報を作成する構成とする。
実施の形態1及び2では、測定装置1が測定エンジン及びWebサーバの双方の機能を発揮した。実施の形態3では、Webサーバの機能を他の情報処理装置が備える構成とする。
10 制御部
101 測定エンジン
102 Webサーバ
11 記憶部
1P 測定プログラム
13 入出力部
14 通信部
2 光学センサ
3 情報端末装置
30 制御部
301 Webブラウザ
32 表示部
33 通信部
Claims (16)
- 光学センサと接続し、表示装置における表示光強度を測定する測定装置が、前記表示装置に複数の異なる調整用画像を表示させ、各調整用画像を表示中の前記表示装置における光強度を、所定のタイミングで夫々順次前記光学センサを用いて測定する方法であって、
前記測定装置が、
調整用画像を含むコンテンツ、及び前記表示装置での前記コンテンツの表示タイミングを制御する表示制御情報を、前記表示装置へ送信するステップと、
前記光学センサにおける測定タイミングに合わせて、送信するコンテンツを前記表示制御情報に基づき変更する変更ステップと
を実行することを特徴とする測定方法。 - 前記測定装置は、
前記表示制御情報として、共に送信されるコンテンツに含まれる調整用画像を特定する情報を送信すること
を特徴とする請求項1に記載の測定方法。 - 前記測定装置は、前記表示制御情報として、自身へのコンテンツ要求を間欠的に送信し、受信したコンテンツを表示することを指示する情報を送信し、
前記変更ステップは、
一の調整用画像の表示中における測定終了を検知する検知ステップと、
測定終了を検知した場合に、前記表示装置からのコンテンツ要求に応じて他の調整用画像を含むコンテンツに変更するステップと
を更に含むことを特徴とする請求項1又は2に記載の測定方法。 - 前記測定装置は、前記表示制御情報として、コンテンツを表示する時間、又は次のコンテンツ要求を送信するまでの待機時間を送信すること
を特徴とする請求項1又は2に記載の測定方法。 - 前記測定装置は、前記表示制御情報として、次に要求すべきコンテンツを特定する情報を送信すること
を特徴とする請求項3又は4に記載の測定方法。 - 光学センサと接続し、表示装置における表示光強度を測定する測定装置が、該測定装置と通信する情報処理装置と情報を送受信し、前記表示装置に複数の異なる調整用画像を表示させ、各調整用画像を表示中の前記表示装置における光強度を、所定のタイミングで夫々順次前記光学センサを用いて測定する方法であって、
前記測定装置が、
前記情報処理装置へ、調整用画像を含むコンテンツ、及び前記表示装置での前記コンテンツの表示タイミングを制御する表示制御情報を前記表示装置へ送信することを指示するステップと、
前記光学センサにおける測定タイミングに合わせて、前記情報処理装置へ、送信するコンテンツを前記表示制御情報に基づき変更させる変更ステップと
を実行することを特徴とする測定方法。 - 前記情報処理装置は、
前記表示制御情報として、共に送信されるコンテンツに含まれる調整用画像を特定する情報を送信すること
を特徴とする請求項6に記載の測定方法。 - 前記情報処理装置は、前記表示制御情報として、自身へのコンテンツ要求を間欠的に送信し、受信したコンテンツを表示することを指示する情報を送信し、
前記変更ステップは、
一の調整用画像の表示中における測定終了を検知する検知ステップと、
測定終了を検知した場合に、前記情報処理装置に、前記表示装置からのコンテンツ要求に応じて他の調整用画像を含むコンテンツに変更させるステップと
を更に含むことを特徴とする請求項6又は7に記載の測定方法。 - 前記情報処理装置は、前記表示制御情報として、コンテンツを表示する時間、又は次のコンテンツ要求を送信するまでの待機時間を送信すること
を特徴とする請求項6又は7に記載の測定方法。 - 前記情報処理装置は、前記表示制御情報として、次に要求すべきコンテンツを特定する情報を送信すること
を特徴とする請求項8又は9に記載の測定方法。 - 前記測定装置が、
送信したコンテンツに含まれる調整用画像を特定する情報と、前記コンテンツが含む調整用画像の表示中の測定結果とを対応付けて記憶するステップを更に実行すること
を特徴とする請求項1乃至10のいずれかに記載の測定方法。 - 前記測定装置が、
測定結果に基づき、前記表示装置の色空間の変換に係る色空間情報を生成するステップを更に実行すること
を特徴とする請求項1乃至11のいずれかに記載の測定方法。 - 光学センサと接続するコンピュータに、複数の調整用画像を表示装置に表示させ、各調整用画像を表示中の前記表示装置における光強度を、夫々順次前記光学センサで測定する処理を実行させるコンピュータプログラムにおいて、
コンピュータに、
調整用画像を含むコンテンツ、及び前記表示装置での前記コンテンツの表示タイミングを制御する表示制御情報を、前記表示装置へ送信するステップと、
前記光学センサにおける測定タイミングに合わせて、送信するコンテンツを前記表示制御情報に基づき変更するステップと
を実行させることを特徴とするコンピュータプログラム。 - 光学センサと接続するコンピュータに、複数の調整用画像を表示装置に表示させ、各調整用画像を表示中の前記表示装置における光強度を、夫々順次前記光学センサで測定する処理を実行させるコンピュータプログラムにおいて、
コンピュータに、
調整用画像を含むコンテンツ、及び前記表示装置での前記コンテンツの表示タイミングを制御する表示制御情報を、前記表示装置へ送信することを他へ指示するステップと、
前記光学センサにおける測定タイミングに合わせて、送信するコンテンツを前記表示制御情報に基づき変更することを他へ指示するステップと
を実行させることを特徴とするコンピュータプログラム。 - 表示装置と、該表示装置に接続して複数の調整用画像を前記表示装置に表示させ、各調整用画像を表示中の前記表示装置における光強度を、所定のタイミングで夫々順次測定する光学センサと接続する手段を備える表示光強度の測定装置とを含む測定システムであって、
前記測定装置は、各調整用画像を含むコンテンツ、及び前記表示装置での前記コンテンツの表示タイミングを制御する表示制御情報を、前記表示装置へ送信する手段と、
前記光学センサにおける測定タイミングに合わせて、送信するコンテンツを前記表示制御情報に基づき変更する手段と
を備え、
前記表示装置は、
前記測定装置から送信されたコンテンツ及び前記表示制御情報を受信する手段と、
受信したコンテンツを、受信した表示制御情報に基づき表示する手段と
を備えることを特徴とする測定システム。 - 表示装置と、該表示装置に接続して複数の調整用画像を前記表示装置に表示させ、各調整用画像を表示中の前記表示装置における光強度を、所定のタイミングで夫々順次測定する光学センサと接続する手段を備える表示光強度の測定装置と、該測定装置及び前記表示装置と通信する情報処理装置とを含む測定システムであって、
前記測定装置は、各調整用画像を含むコンテンツ、及び前記表示装置での前記コンテンツの表示タイミングを制御する表示制御情報を前記表示装置へ送信することを前記情報処理装置へ指示する手段と、
前記光学センサにおける測定タイミングに合わせて、送信するコンテンツを前記表示制御情報に基づき変更することを前記情報処理装置へ指示する手段と
を備え、
前記表示装置は、
前記情報処理装置から送信されたコンテンツ及び前記表示制御情報を受信する手段と、
受信したコンテンツを、受信した表示制御情報に基づき表示する手段と
を備えることを特徴とする測定システム。
Priority Applications (7)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
CN201280044578.6A CN103827955B (zh) | 2011-09-15 | 2012-08-09 | 测定方法以及测定系统 |
AU2012309705A AU2012309705B2 (en) | 2011-09-15 | 2012-08-09 | Measurement method, computer program, and measurement system |
EP12831533.0A EP2757550B1 (en) | 2011-09-15 | 2012-08-09 | Measurement method, computer program, and measurement system |
US14/344,703 US10311828B2 (en) | 2011-09-15 | 2012-08-09 | Method, computer program, and system for measuring display light intensity of a display device |
JP2012536124A JP5651702B2 (ja) | 2011-09-15 | 2012-08-09 | 測定方法、コンピュータプログラム、及び測定システム |
RU2014111284/08A RU2599342C2 (ru) | 2011-09-15 | 2012-08-09 | Способ измерения, компьютерная программа и измерительная система |
US16/390,265 US10607566B2 (en) | 2011-09-15 | 2019-04-22 | Method, computer program, and system for measuring display light intensity of a display device |
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
JP2011-202101 | 2011-09-15 | ||
JP2011202101 | 2011-09-15 |
Related Child Applications (2)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
US14/344,703 A-371-Of-International US10311828B2 (en) | 2011-09-15 | 2012-08-09 | Method, computer program, and system for measuring display light intensity of a display device |
US16/390,265 Continuation US10607566B2 (en) | 2011-09-15 | 2019-04-22 | Method, computer program, and system for measuring display light intensity of a display device |
Publications (1)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
---|---|
WO2013038852A1 true WO2013038852A1 (ja) | 2013-03-21 |
Family
ID=47883088
Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
PCT/JP2012/070299 WO2013038852A1 (ja) | 2011-09-15 | 2012-08-09 | 測定方法、コンピュータプログラム、及び測定システム |
Country Status (7)
Country | Link |
---|---|
US (2) | US10311828B2 (ja) |
EP (1) | EP2757550B1 (ja) |
JP (1) | JP5651702B2 (ja) |
CN (1) | CN103827955B (ja) |
AU (1) | AU2012309705B2 (ja) |
RU (1) | RU2599342C2 (ja) |
WO (1) | WO2013038852A1 (ja) |
Cited By (1)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
WO2017047418A1 (ja) * | 2015-09-16 | 2017-03-23 | コニカミノルタ株式会社 | 画像信号発生装置およびディスプレイ測定装置 |
Families Citing this family (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
TWI720813B (zh) * | 2020-02-10 | 2021-03-01 | 商之器科技股份有限公司 | 醫療影像用行動裝置顯示器亮度校正系統與方法 |
US11636828B1 (en) * | 2022-02-28 | 2023-04-25 | Freedom Scientific, Inc. | System and method for automatically adjusting a color filter of an interface |
Citations (4)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
JPH1049092A (ja) | 1996-05-20 | 1998-02-20 | Ricoh Co Ltd | 非線形性計算方法、ガンマ補正方法、及び、プログラム記録媒体 |
JPH11338443A (ja) * | 1998-05-27 | 1999-12-10 | Fujitsu Ltd | 端末装置、表示装置の入出力特性測定方法および入出力特性算出装置、表示装置のプロファイル生成方法およびその装置、表示装置の調整方法およびその装置、並びに記録媒体 |
WO2010119588A1 (ja) * | 2009-04-16 | 2010-10-21 | シャープ株式会社 | 輝度特性測定方法、輝度特性測定装置、その信号処理システムおよびこの信号処理システムを備える表示装置 |
JP2010250060A (ja) | 2009-04-15 | 2010-11-04 | Nanao Corp | 表示装置、表示システム、コンピュータプログラム、記録媒体及び補正方法 |
Family Cites Families (10)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US7728845B2 (en) | 1996-02-26 | 2010-06-01 | Rah Color Technologies Llc | Color calibration of color image rendering devices |
US20020198963A1 (en) * | 2001-06-21 | 2002-12-26 | Wu Alex C. | Method of timer based download and playback scheme for internet browser |
CN1482592A (zh) * | 2003-04-21 | 2004-03-17 | 伟诠电子股份有限公司 | 显示器自动调整系统 |
JP2005024690A (ja) * | 2003-06-30 | 2005-01-27 | Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display Ltd | ディスプレイ装置およびディスプレイの駆動方法 |
TWI248288B (en) * | 2004-11-16 | 2006-01-21 | Avision Inc | Method for calibrating brightness of image |
KR20070029393A (ko) * | 2005-09-09 | 2007-03-14 | 삼성전자주식회사 | 표시 장치의 제조 장치 및 방법 |
US8223113B2 (en) * | 2007-12-26 | 2012-07-17 | Sharp Laboratories Of America, Inc. | Methods and systems for display source light management with variable delay |
TWI427615B (zh) * | 2009-07-14 | 2014-02-21 | Hannstar Display Corp | 具有自動調整亮度的顯示裝置與其操作方法 |
CA2733860A1 (en) * | 2011-03-11 | 2012-09-11 | Calgary Scientific Inc. | Method and system for remotely calibrating display of image data |
US20130027418A1 (en) * | 2011-07-27 | 2013-01-31 | Igor Tryndin | Image Reproduction Device Calibration |
-
2012
- 2012-08-09 RU RU2014111284/08A patent/RU2599342C2/ru not_active IP Right Cessation
- 2012-08-09 JP JP2012536124A patent/JP5651702B2/ja active Active
- 2012-08-09 EP EP12831533.0A patent/EP2757550B1/en active Active
- 2012-08-09 CN CN201280044578.6A patent/CN103827955B/zh active Active
- 2012-08-09 WO PCT/JP2012/070299 patent/WO2013038852A1/ja active Application Filing
- 2012-08-09 AU AU2012309705A patent/AU2012309705B2/en not_active Ceased
- 2012-08-09 US US14/344,703 patent/US10311828B2/en active Active
-
2019
- 2019-04-22 US US16/390,265 patent/US10607566B2/en active Active
Patent Citations (4)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
JPH1049092A (ja) | 1996-05-20 | 1998-02-20 | Ricoh Co Ltd | 非線形性計算方法、ガンマ補正方法、及び、プログラム記録媒体 |
JPH11338443A (ja) * | 1998-05-27 | 1999-12-10 | Fujitsu Ltd | 端末装置、表示装置の入出力特性測定方法および入出力特性算出装置、表示装置のプロファイル生成方法およびその装置、表示装置の調整方法およびその装置、並びに記録媒体 |
JP2010250060A (ja) | 2009-04-15 | 2010-11-04 | Nanao Corp | 表示装置、表示システム、コンピュータプログラム、記録媒体及び補正方法 |
WO2010119588A1 (ja) * | 2009-04-16 | 2010-10-21 | シャープ株式会社 | 輝度特性測定方法、輝度特性測定装置、その信号処理システムおよびこの信号処理システムを備える表示装置 |
Cited By (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
WO2017047418A1 (ja) * | 2015-09-16 | 2017-03-23 | コニカミノルタ株式会社 | 画像信号発生装置およびディスプレイ測定装置 |
JPWO2017047418A1 (ja) * | 2015-09-16 | 2018-07-05 | コニカミノルタ株式会社 | 画像信号発生装置およびディスプレイ測定装置 |
Also Published As
Publication number | Publication date |
---|---|
JPWO2013038852A1 (ja) | 2015-03-26 |
JP5651702B2 (ja) | 2015-01-14 |
US10311828B2 (en) | 2019-06-04 |
CN103827955A (zh) | 2014-05-28 |
US20140354614A1 (en) | 2014-12-04 |
AU2012309705A1 (en) | 2014-04-03 |
CN103827955B (zh) | 2016-04-06 |
EP2757550B1 (en) | 2023-08-23 |
US10607566B2 (en) | 2020-03-31 |
US20190244585A1 (en) | 2019-08-08 |
RU2599342C2 (ru) | 2016-10-10 |
EP2757550A1 (en) | 2014-07-23 |
EP2757550C0 (en) | 2023-08-23 |
EP2757550A4 (en) | 2015-01-28 |
RU2014111284A (ru) | 2015-10-20 |
AU2012309705B2 (en) | 2015-12-10 |
Similar Documents
Publication | Publication Date | Title |
---|---|---|
US20200159486A1 (en) | Control method and control apparatus for apparatus including short range wireless communication module | |
EP2610858A1 (en) | Display device and method of calibrating color | |
US20080208967A1 (en) | Method and System for Improved Internet Color | |
JP2010187089A5 (ja) | ||
US10182172B2 (en) | Image processing apparatus configured to transmit notification data to mobile terminal | |
US10607566B2 (en) | Method, computer program, and system for measuring display light intensity of a display device | |
EP2315198A1 (en) | Display apparatus, display apparatus system and resolution control method thereof | |
US8675228B2 (en) | Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and computer readable medium | |
CN111050010B (zh) | 图像形成系统和图像形成装置 | |
EP2820558B1 (en) | Remote user interface providing apparatus and method | |
EP2043085A2 (en) | Method for controlling display and display system using the same | |
KR20110030324A (ko) | 인쇄 설정 지원 장치, 인쇄 설정 지원 방법 | |
JP5988357B2 (ja) | 操作学習装置及び操作学習方法 | |
KR20140098552A (ko) | 포인터 표시 제어 방법 및 포인터 표시 방법과 그 방법이 적용되는 장치 | |
JP2018077918A5 (ja) | 通信方法、通信システム、及びプログラム | |
EP3451686A1 (en) | Automatic logout method using bluetooth low energy communication and image forming apparatus for executing same | |
EP2273486A2 (en) | Method and system for characterizing color display monitor output | |
US11822833B2 (en) | System, method, and control method | |
CN117812423A (zh) | 显示设备、图像参数调节方法和计算机可读存储介质 | |
JP6450232B2 (ja) | データ送信装置、表示システム、及びコンピュータプログラム | |
JP5909993B2 (ja) | 印刷制御システム及びプログラム | |
JP6186911B2 (ja) | 表示装置の設定装置、表示装置の設定方法およびプログラム | |
JP2023075858A5 (ja) | ||
CN115344339A (zh) | 显示器控制方法、电子设备及计算机可读存储介质 | |
JP2021170807A5 (ja) |
Legal Events
Date | Code | Title | Description |
---|---|---|---|
ENP | Entry into the national phase |
Ref document number: 2012536124 Country of ref document: JP Kind code of ref document: A |
|
WWE | Wipo information: entry into national phase |
Ref document number: 201280044578.6 Country of ref document: CN |
|
121 | Ep: the epo has been informed by wipo that ep was designated in this application |
Ref document number: 12831533 Country of ref document: EP Kind code of ref document: A1 |
|
WWE | Wipo information: entry into national phase |
Ref document number: 14344703 Country of ref document: US |
|
NENP | Non-entry into the national phase |
Ref country code: DE |
|
ENP | Entry into the national phase |
Ref document number: 2012309705 Country of ref document: AU Date of ref document: 20120809 Kind code of ref document: A |
|
WWE | Wipo information: entry into national phase |
Ref document number: 2012831533 Country of ref document: EP |
|
ENP | Entry into the national phase |
Ref document number: 2014111284 Country of ref document: RU Kind code of ref document: A |