Cross-Device Color Adjustment for Consistent Image Re-Formation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image forming systems struggle to accurately reproduce the color tone of an image formed by one apparatus using color adjustment data intended for another apparatus, leading to discrepancies in image quality when re-forming images across different devices.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system that includes a processor to create color adjustment data for a target image forming apparatus based on read data from the original apparatus, ensuring consistent color reproduction by applying the appropriate color profiles during image formation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If color adjustment data intended for one apparatus is used to form an image on another apparatus, then the image formation process can be simplified and cross-device re-formation becomes possible, but the color tone of the reproduced image deviates from the original color tone
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the color adjustment parameters by creating apparatus-specific color adjustment data tailored to each image forming apparatus's characteristics. The processor generates first color adjustment data for the first apparatus and second color adjustment data for the second apparatus, optimizing parameters like color profiles and adjustment values to match each device's unique color reproduction properties, thereby resolving the color tone deviation issue while maintaining cross-device re-formation capability
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a digital copy of the original image and applies appropriate color adjustment data to reproduce it on different apparatuses. By storing the original image data and generating device-specific color adjustment data, the system enables accurate color reproduction across multiple devices without requiring physical transfer of the original image, thus simplifying the re-formation process while maintaining color accuracy
2Manufacturing precision
If device-specific color adjustment data is created for each apparatus, then color tone accuracy is improved, but the complexity of the information processing system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The information processing system is designed to perform multiple functions: storing original image data, generating apparatus-specific color adjustment data, managing multiple image forming apparatuses, and handling re-formation requests. By creating a universal system that can adapt to different devices through a standardized interface and centralized data management, the complexity is distributed and managed efficiently, preventing exponential growth in system complexity while maintaining high color tone accuracy across multiple apparatuses
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AI summary
An information processing system includes a processor configured to, upon being instructed to form an image based on the same image data as a first image that was formed by a certain image forming apparatus, execute a mode to create first color adjustment data for another image forming apparatus on the basis of first read data obtained by reading the first image that was formed by the certain image forming apparatus, and cause the other image forming apparatus to form an image on the basis of the image data and the first color adjustment data.