Color nonuniformity in projection-based displays: analysis and solutions

IEEE Trans Vis Comput Graph. 2004 Mar-Apr;10(2):177-88. doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2004.1260769.

Abstract

Large-area displays made up of several projectors show significant variation in color. In this paper, we identify different projector parameters that cause the color variation and study their effects on the luminance and chrominance characteristics of the display. This work leads to the realization that luminance varies significantly within and across projectors, while chrominance variation is relatively small, especially across projectors of same model. To address this situation, we present a method to achieve luminance matching across all pixels of a multiprojector display that results in photometrically uniform displays. We use a camera as a measurement device for this purpose. Our method comprises a one-time calibration step that generates a per channel per projector luminance attenuation map (LAM), which is then used to correct any image projected on the display at interactive rates on commodity graphics hardware. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first effort to match luminance across all the pixels of a multiprojector display.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Calibration
  • Color*
  • Colorimetry / methods*
  • Colorimetry / standards
  • Computer Graphics*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Image Enhancement / methods*
  • Image Enhancement / standards
  • Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Information Storage and Retrieval / methods*
  • Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • User-Computer Interface
  • Video Recording / methods