잉크량 제한과 도트 가시성 순서에 기반한 6색 분리 방법

Six-Color Separation based on Limitation of Colorant Amount and Dot Visibility Ordering

  • 김중현 (경북대학교 전자전기컴퓨터학부) ;
  • 손창환 (경북대학교 전자전기컴퓨터학부) ;
  • 장인수 (경북대학교 전자전기컴퓨터학부) ;
  • 하영호 (경북대학교 전자전기컴퓨터학부)
  • Kim, Joong-Hyun (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Son, Chang-Hwan (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Jang, In-Su (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Ha, Yeong-Ho (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Kyungpook National University)
  • 발행 : 2007.11.25

초록

본 논문은 불필요한 잉크의 양을 줄이기 위하여 전체 잉크량 제한과 도트 가시성 순서에 기반한 6색 분리 방법을 제안한다. 첫 번째, 입력 RGB 이미지의 CIELAB 값이 컬러 혼합 모델을 이용하여 추정되고 미리 정한 색차 허용 범위 내의 CMYKlclm 색료의 모두 조합에 해당하는 CIELAB 값과 비교되어, 그 결과 초기 CMYKlclm 후보군이 선택된다. 그 다음, 전체 잉크량 제한이 과도하게 사용된 잉크량을 줄이기 위해 초기 CMYKlclm 후보군에 적용되고, 최후의 CMYKlclm 후보군이 C, M, Y, K, lc, lm의 도트 가시성 순서에 기반하여 어두운 영역에 사용된 묽은 사이안과 묽은 마젠타의 사용량을 줄임으로써 결정되어진다. 실험에서는 제안된 방법이 좋은 이미지 품질을 유지하면서 과도한 잉크 사용량을 줄인 것을 보여준다.

This paper proposes a six-color separation method of reducing unnecessary usage of colorants based on the limitation of total colorant amount and dot visibility ordering. First, the CIELAB values of input RGB image are estimated through the color-mixing model and compared with pre-calculated CIELAB values corresponding to all combination of CMYKlclm colorants with a constraint of color difference, thereby selecting initial CMYKlclm candidates. Next, the limitation on total colorant amount Is imposed on initial CMYKlclm candidates to remove the excessive amounts of colorants, and then final CMYKlclm candidates are determined by minimizing the usage of light cyan and light magenta in the dark region based on the dot visibility ordering of C, M, Y, K, lc, and lm. Through the experiment, the proposed method is shown to reduce the excessive amount of colorants with preserving good image quality.

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