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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2016
DE Beers Uk Ltd, London, GB;
Alistair Fitch, Buckinghamshire, GB;
De Beers UK Ltd, London, GB;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for measuring a color parameter of a gemstone. The apparatus comprises a support structure for supporting the gemstone at a measurement location, an illumination system for illuminating the gemstone at the measurement location, an imaging device directed towards the measurement location for obtaining an image of the gemstone, and an image processor for analyzing the image of the gemstone. The image processor is configured to identify a set of stone pixels corresponding to the gemstone in the image and identify luminance and chrominance values for each stone pixel. A color vector is calculated from an expression of the chrominance values of the stone pixels in chrominance space, the color vector extending in chrominance space from stone pixels having a relatively high luminance value to stone pixels having a relatively low luminance value. This color vector is used in the determination of the color parameter.