CIE Division 8 - TC8-03: Survey of Gamut Mapping Papers

Hoshino (1994)

This patent deals with gamut expansion so as to extend the gamut of a printed image to be displayed on a CRT. The algorithm described here can be either implemented in CIELAB or CIELUV and is based on first extending L*, depending on the ratio of lightness ranges of the two gamuts, and then C*, again depending on the ratio of maximum chromas along a given line of constant lightness and hue angle. After this, further compensation is carried out to maintain the appearance of the image, e.g. the lightness of colours is also increased when their chroma was increased (i.e. to maintain their saturation).
 


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