ICC Display & 3D Print Meeting

MAY 06 2016

Color Gamut Mapping for 3D Printing

Speaker: Yuan-Peng Pi (皮遠韸)

Advisor: Pei-Li Sun (孫沛立)

Graduate Institute of Color and Illumination Technology

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

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 Personal Detail Yuan-Peng, Pi

EMAIL : fred71016@gmail.com

EDUCATION
 B.S. in Electronic and computer engineering, NTUST 2010-2014
 Master in Color & Illuminance technology, NTUST 2014- 2016

RESEARCH INTEREST
 Color imaging processing
 Cross-media color management system

RESEARCH PROJECT
 Color gamut mapping for full color 3D printing
 Color reproduction from textile and tile
 System implementation and development of a photo curable
Color 3D Additive Manufacturing Technique
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 PROJET® 460PLUS
PROFESSIONAL 3D PRINTER

Build envelope capacity 8 x 10 x 8 in (203 x 254 x 203 mm)

(W x D x H)
Color White (monochrome)CMY
Resolution 300 x 450 DPI
Build material VisiJet PXL
Layer thickness 0.004 in (0.1 mm)
Min. feature size 0.03 in (0.8 mm)
Max. vertical build speed 0.9 in/hour (23 mm/hour)

Number of print heads 2

Draft printing mode No
(monochrome)
Number of jets 604
Material recycling Yes
Automatic build platform Yes NO COLOR MANAGEMENT
cleaning
Integrated part cleaning Integrated

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 Display Printed

PROJET® 460PLUS
3D PRINTER

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 Find the
Gamut Psychophysical
Printer’s
Mapping Experiment
Gamut

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 Finding the Gamut
Testchart
TC-2.83

Image

Printed

Gamut : range of realisable colors

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 Printer’s Gamut Find the
Printer’s Gamut
Gamut Mapping Psychophysical
Experiment

PROJET® 460PLUS

sRGB

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 Model

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 Device Dependent Color Transformations

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 Device Independent Color Transformations

PCS

Profile Connection Space

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 ICC Profile

ICC profile is a set of data that characterizes a

color input or output device, or a color space.

characterizes a color characterizes a color

input device PCS output device

CIELAB or CIEXYZ

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 Printer with CMS
Input model

3D Printer
PCS

Source Destination
profile profile

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 PROJET® 460PLUS 3D PRINTER No CMS

 Do the adjustment on the 3D model’s texture

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 Texture

We are going to do

PCS
RGB to LAB
LAB to RGB
map

3D
Printer

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 We are Going to Do
Make the LUT for from PCS to RGB

After printed The color sent to the

printer from PC
L* = 60 R =?
a* = 70 G =?
b* = 60 B =?

Gamut Mapping
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 We are Going to Do
Make the LUT for from PCS to RGB Gamut Mapping

 Clipping

 Hue-angle Preserving Minimum ∆Eab Clipping (HPminDE)

 Chroma Dependent Sigmoidal Lightness Mapping and

Cusp Knee Scaling (SGCK)

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 Find the
Gamut Psychophysical
Printer’s
Mapping Experiment
Gamut

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 Color Management Method
Clipping

Find the minimum distence inside the printer’s gamut

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 Color Management Method
HPminDE

STEP 1 STEP 2

Find the hue angle

Find the minimum distence inside

the printer’s gamut
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 Color Management Method
SGCK

Step 1 Step 2
Lightness
Mapping
Adjustment

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 Color Management Method
SGCK -Lightness Adjustment

Output

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Input
 Color Management Method
SGCK -Lightness Adjustment

White Line
Before Adjustment sRGB

After Adjustment sRGB

Project 460 Plus

L*

Green Line
C*

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 Color Management Method
SGCK -Lightness Adjustment

White Line
30°
Before Adjustment sRGB

After Adjustment sRGB

Project 460 Plus

L*

optimization

Green Line
C*

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 Color Management Method
SGCK -Color Mapping

90% of the Printer’s

Gamut

Inside : Hold Still 𝑔𝑟

Outside : Do the Mapping 𝑂

𝑔𝑜

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 Color Management Method
SGCK -Color Mapping

Many colors look the same

after mapping

𝑂1
𝑂2 𝑂3

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 Color Management Method
SGCK -Color Mapping

50% of the Printer’s

Gamut

Inside : Hold Still 𝑔𝑟

Outside : Do the Mapping 𝑂

𝑔𝑜

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 Result Initial texture

Clipping HPminDE SGCK

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 Result Initial texture

Clipping HPminDE SGCK

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 Find the
Gamut Psychophysical
Printer’s
Mapping Experiment
Gamut

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 Psychophysical
Experiment

Monitor : EIZO ColorEdge SG232W

set to sRGB
12 observers

Ambient light condition was set in

the dark room

Color Viewing Light Booth

- D65

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 Psychophysical
Experiment - Pair Comparison Method
No CMS

Clipping

HPminDE

SGCK

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For 4 model
 2.50 2.50

2.00 2.00

1.50 1.50

1.00 1.00

0.50 0.50
scale values

scale values
0.00 0.00

-0.50 Result
-0.50

-1.00 -1.00

-1.50 -1.50

-2.00 -2.00

-2.50 -2.50

-3.00 -3.00
min DE HP min DE) SGCK minmin
DE+USM
DE HPHP
min DE+USM
min DE) SGCK+USM
SGCK minNo CMS
DE+USM HP min D

樣本一 樣本二 樣本三 樣本四 樣本一 樣本二 樣本三 樣本四

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 Conclusion

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 Conclusion
SGCK is the best method for the 3D printer

Monitor

No CMS

SGCK

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