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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2002
Douglas W. Couwenhoven, Fairport, NY (US);
Gustav Braun, Fariport, NY (US);
Kevin E. Spaulding, Spencerport, NY (US);
Geoffrey J. Woolfe, Penfield, NY (US);
Douglas W. Couwenhoven, Fairport, NY (US);
Gustav Braun, Fariport, NY (US);
Kevin E. Spaulding, Spencerport, NY (US);
Geoffrey J. Woolfe, Penfield, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of selecting a preferred colorant control signal vector for a color output device for reproducing a desired output color, the color output device producing output colors using four or more colorants, wherein the amount of each colorant is controlled by the colorant control signal vector, includes determining a device model for the color output device relating the colorant control signal vector to the corresponding output color; using the device model to determine a set of valid colorant control signal vectors whose corresponding output color substantially matches the desired output color; and selecting the preferred colorant control signal vector from the set of valid colorant control signal vectors using a cost function responsive to one or more cost attribute(s) that vary as a function of the colorant control signal vector.