BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a perspective schematic view of a prior art ink desk;
FIG. 2 is a perspective schematic view of a prior art color bar control system for a print device;
FIG. 3 is a prior art flow chart illustrating the operation of the color image control system of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating operation of a print device including a color control system and a virtual ink desk embodying the invention;
FIG. 4
a is a perspective schematic view of the print device and virtual ink desk of FIG. 4;
FIG. 4
b is a flow chart illustrating operation of the print device including the color control system and the virtual ink desk;
FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration of an image capturing device configured for use with the virtual ink desk of FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is a schematic illustration of an illumination device suitable for use with the image capturing device of FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 is a view of a user interface screen of the virtual ink desk of FIG. 4;
FIG. 8 is a view of another user interface screen of the virtual ink desk of FIG. 4;
FIG. 9 is a flow chart illustrating operation of a print device including a color control system and a virtual ink desk embodying the invention;
FIG. 10 is a schematic illustration of a printed web illustrating an image capture arrangement;
FIG. 11 is a schematic illustration of a portion of the image capturing device of FIG. 5;
FIG. 12 is a flow chart illustrating operation of a print device including a color control system and a virtual ink desk embodying the invention;
FIG. 13 is a view of another user interface screen of the virtual ink desk of FIG. 4 showing a selected region of interest;
FIG. 14 is a view of another user interface screen of the virtual ink desk of FIG. 4 that shows the color adjustment controls for making changes in the L*a*b* color space;
FIG. 15 is a view of another user interface screen of the virtual ink desk of FIG. 4 that shows the color adjustment controls for making changes using CMYK density;
FIG. 16 is a view of another user interface screen of the virtual ink desk of FIG. 4 that shows a blobular inline conflict/color shift tool;
FIG. 16
a is a view of another user interface screen of the virtual ink desk of FIG. 4 that shows the blobular inline conflict/color shift tool;
FIG. 17 is a view of another user interface screen of the virtual ink desk of FIG. 4 that shows the selection of a region of interest from a second application such as ADOBE PHOTOSHOP;
FIG. 18 is a flow chart illustrating one possible disadumbration process;
FIG. 19 is a side schematic view of a portion of a printing press; and
FIG. 20 is a schematic sensor array circuitry system diagram.
Patent Application
20070216918
