PICS 1998: Image Processing, Image Quality, Image Capture, Systems Conference

 

Portland, Oregon
May 1998 , Volume 1 
ISBN / ISSN: 0-89208-211-9
433 pages

 

© 1998, The Society for Imaging Science and Technology

The following papers are included in this publication. 

DP SYSTEMS (Including Hybrid Systems)

R. Landholm, T. Damm and T. Hayakawa

• Consumer Needs for Digital Imaging
  Rab Govil; Caslon & Company pages 1-3.
• Image Storage Technologies and System Implications for Digital Cameras
  Thomas Yeh and Shyam Venkataraman; Questra Consulting, Rochester, New York pages 4-11.
• HyperPhoto: Pushing Back the Frontiers in Digital Imaging Print Systems
  Jim Mulhearn; Canon Information Systems Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales (Australia) pages 12-14.
• Direct Digital Output Silver Halide Color Media and the Market Response to this New Capability
  John F. Bacilek and Charles H. Whitfield; Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York pages 15-20.
• Digital Services of Photographs
  Nobuyoshi Nakajima, Shuichi Ohtsuka, Shoji Hara*; Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd,. Japan 
  *Fujifilm Software (California), Inc. pages 21-24.
• Short Wavelength Light Sources for Digital Image Printing
  Toshiro Hayakawa, Akinori Harada and Masami Hatori; Miyanodai Technology Development Center, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., (Japan) pages 25-28.
• Digital Color Printer for Photographic Paper Using LED Arrays
  Yoshitaka Ohta and Masayuki Inai; Konica Co., Tokyo Japan pages 29-32.

DP Systems (Including Hybrid Systems) cont.

Michael Kriss and Shigeharu Ochi

• Digital Imaging Technology In The Modern Crime Lab
  Barry D. Bullard; Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, Institute for Forensic Imaging, Indianapolis, Indiana pages 33-36.
• Using a Digital Camera for Colorimetry of Human Teeth
  Wencheng Wu, Jan P. Allebach and Mostafa Analoui*; School of ECE, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 
  *School of Dentistry, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana pages 37-42.
• Optimum Design of Spectral Characteristic of Light Source for an Optical Endoscope
  Hideaki Haneishi, Jungo Harigai, Norimichi Tsumura and Yoichi Miyake; Department of Information and Computer Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan pages 43-46.
• Estimation of Spectral Transmittance in Optical Microscopic Image and its Applications
  Masaru Takeya*,#, Norimichi Tsumura*, Hideaki Haneishi*, and Yoichi Miyake*; *Graduate School of Science and Technology, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan 
  #National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, Tsukuba, Japan pages 47-50.
• Image Quality of Digital Photography Prints—2: Dependence of Print Quality on Pixel Number of Input Camera
  Shin Ohno, Masayuki Takakura and Naoya Kato*; B&P Company, Sony Corporation (Japan) 
  *Corporate Laboratories, Sony Corporation (Japan) pages 51-55.
• Seamless Integration of Digital Cameras using TWAIN V1.7 and Microsoft STI Architecture
  John Melville; Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York pages 56-60.
• Flash Memory Options in Digital Cameras
  Ed Cuellar; SanDisk Corporation, Sunnyvale, California pages 61-61.

DP CAMERAS

Martin Parker and Yukio Okano

• The Mega-Pixel Digital Still Camera
  Takashi Soga and Kazuki Iwabe; Electronic Imaging Products Division, Fuji Photo Film Company, Ltd. (Japan) pages 62-63.
• The Development of 1M-Pixel Digital Still Camera
  Naruo Takizawa, Jun Takayama and Po-Chieh Hung; Central Research Laboratory, Konica Corporation, Tokyo, Japan pages 64-66.
• A Low-Cost Megapixel Digital Camera Using High-Performance In-Camera Image Processing
  Clay A. Dunsmore, Nobuyuki Mori, Shuji Asami, and Craig M. Smith; Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York pages 67-70.
• Design of Digital Cameras which Pursues Essence of "Camera"
  Tsuneaki Kadosawa and Yukichi Niwa; Imaging Business Group, Canon Inc., Tokyo, Japan pages 71-73.
• Influence of Image Enhancement Processing on SFR of Digital Cameras
  Yukio Okano; Sharp Corporation, Information Systems Labs. (Japan) pages 74-78.
• Color Sensitivity Selection for Electronic Still Cameras Based on Noise Considerations in Photographic Speed Maximization
  Andrew K. Juenger; Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts pages 79-83.
• 1.3 Mega Pixel CCD Image Sensor Characteristics in Long Exposure Time at Low Temperature
  Jin Murayama, Seishi Ikami*, Taizo Akimoto*; Fujifilm Microdevices Co., Ltd., Kurokawagun, Miyagi, Japan 
  *Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan pages 84-86.
• CMOS Image Capture for Digital Stills Cameras
  Don W. Lake; VLSI VISION, San Jose, California pages 87-90.

DP Printers: Photo Quality Ink Jet

Larry Hanlon and Eiichi Suzuki

• Optimal Design of Desktop Photo Printing Systems
  Evan Smouse; Inkjet Components Business Unit, Hewlett-Packard Co. pages 91-95.
• Image Prediction by an Inkjet Printing Simulator
  Atsushi Ushiroda and Takeshi Makita; Product Development Headquarters, Canon Inc., Kawasaki, Japan pages 96-99.

DP Printers: Silver Halide and Thermal

Michael Shahin, Takashi Kitamura and Takao Abe

• High Resolution Thermal Transfer Technology (Micro Dry^TM Technology)
  Ikuo Hibino; Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan pages 100-102.
• Laser Marking Characteristics of Thermo-Rewritable Marking Media
  Takashi Kitamura and Satoshi Arai; Image Science Department, Faculty of Engineering, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan pages 103-105.
• New Light Stability Technology in TA Paper
  Shojiro Sano, Kazumori Minami, Akira Igarashi and Masanobu Takashima; Fujinomiya Research Laboratories of Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Shizuoka, Japanpages 106-109.
• Thermal Dye Transfer Printing with Chelate Compounds
  Takao Abe, Shigeru Mano, Yorihiro Yamaya, and Kaori Fukumuro; Konica Corporation, Central Research Laboratory (Japan) pages 110-113.
• Image Quality Improvement by Clear Toner in Xerography
  Osamu Ide, Yasunari Kishimoto, Masayuki Kurimoto; Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan pages 114-117.

DP Scanners

Robert Gann and Kenji Toyoda

• Color Calibration of a Colorimetric Scanner Using Non-Linear Least Squares
  A. Ravishankar Rao and Frederick Mintzer; I.B.M., T. J. Watson Research Ctr., Yorktown Heights, New York pages 118-120.
• The Impact of UCR on Scanner Calibration
  Gaurav Sharma, Shen-ge Wang, Deepthi Sidavanahalli, and Keith Knox; Xerox Corporation, Webster, New York pages 121-124.
• High Quality A3/B size Color Image Scanner
  Seiichi Hirano; SEIKO EPSON Corporation (Japan) pages 125-126.

DP Standards

Jack Holm and Shin Ohno

• New Developments on Standards for the Permanence of Electronic Media
  Peter Z. Adelstein and Franziska S. Frey; Image Permanence Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York pages 127-132.
• Benchmarking of the ISO 12233 Slanted-edge Spatial Frequency Response Plug-in
  Don Williams; Imaging Research and Advanced Development, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York pages 133-136.

Image Quality

John McCann
McCann Imaging

• Forty Years with Hardcopy Noises
  Satoru Honjo; Honjo Research Laboratory (Japan) pages 137-139.
• Color Spaces and Image Quality
  John J. McCann and Michael Stokes*; McCann Imaging, Belmont, MA 
  *Hewlett Packard, Boise, Idaho pages 140-144.
• IQA: A One-Step Automatic Image Processing System
  Julian Bullitt and Jay Thornton; Image Science Laboratory, Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts pages 145-147.
• IQA: The Role of DCT Algorithms in Automatic, Image Processing
  Ibrahim Hajj-ahmad and Munib Wober; Image Science Laboratory, Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts pages 148-149.
• The Role of a Virtual Observer in an Automatic, Image Processing System
  Bror O. Hultgren; Polaroid Corporation, Image Science Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts pages 150-153.
• The Development of A Color Visual Difference Model (CVDM)
  Elaine W. Jin, Xiao-Fan Feng and John Newell; Imaging Sciences Engineering & Technology, Xerox Corp., Webster, New York pages 154-158.
• Does CIELUV Measure Image Color Quality?
  Andrew N Chalmers; Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Manukau Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand pages 159-164.

Measurement and Metrics

Edul Dalal

• Quantum Efficiency Considerations in the Comparison of Analog and Digital Photography
  Rodney Shaw; Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto, California pages 165-168.
• Evaluating the Overall Image Quality of Hardcopy Output
  Edul N. Dalal, D. René Rasmussen, Fumio Nakaya*, Peter A. Crean and Masaaki Sato*; Xerox Corporation, Webster, New York 
  *Fuji-Xerox Co., Ltd., Ebina, Japan pages 169-173.
• Image Quality Metrics: Applications and Requirements
  D. René Rasmussen, Peter A. Crean, Fumio Nakaya*, Masaaki Sato* and Edul N. Dalal; Xerox Corporation, Webster, New York 
  *Fuji-Xerox Co., Ltd., Ebina, Japan pages 174-178.
• An Inexpensive Micro-Goniophotometry You Can Build
  J.S. Arney and Hung Tran; Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York pages 179-182.
• Image Quality Metrics for Printers and Media
  Yair Kipman; KDY Inc., Nashua, New Hampshire pages 183-187.
• Image Quality of Digital Cameras
  Edward M. Granger; X-Rite, Inc., Grandville, MI pages 188-191.
• A Color Grain Ruler for the Measurement of Print Graininess
  Paul J. Kane and Robert E. Cookingham; Imaging Science Division, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York pages 192-195.
• The Perceived Image Quality of Reduced Color Depth Images
  Cathleen M. Daniels and Douglas W. Christoffel; Imaging Research and Advanced Development, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New Yorkpages 196-200.
• The Effect of Quantization Upon Modulation Transfer Function Determination
  R. B. Fagard-Jenkin, R. E. Jacobson and J. R. Jarvis; Imaging Technology Research Group, University of Westminster, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex, United Kingdom pages 201-205.

Materials and Media

Steve Korol

• Histograms Analysis of the Microstructure of Halftone Images
  J.S. Arney and Yat-Ming Wong; Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York pages 206-209.
• The Effects of Ink and Media Parameters on Offset Solid Ink and Xerographic Halftoned Image View Quality
  Steve Korol; Tektronix Color Printing and Imaging Division, Wilsonville, Oregon pages 210-215.

Image Quality and Photography

Robert Cookingham

• The Impact of Color Management Terminology on Image Quality
  Michael Stokes; Hewlett-Packard Company, Boise, Idaho pages 216-220.
• Factors Governing Print Quality in Color Prints
  Gabriel Marcu; Apple Computer, Cupertino, California pages 221-225.
• A New Metric for Color Halftone Visibility
  Qing Yu and Kevin J. Parker, Robert Buckley* and Victor Klassen*; Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 
  *Corporate Research & Technology, Xerox Corporation, Webster, New Yorkpages 226-230.

Evaluation Methodologies

James Bearss

• Absolute Graininess Thresholds and Linear Probability Models
  Peter G. Engeldrum; Imcotek, Winchester, MA pages 231-236.
• The Image Fidelity Assessor
  Christopher C. Taylor, Jan P. Allebach Zygmunt Pizlo*; Electronic Imaging Systems Laboratory, Purdue University, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, West Lafayette, Indiana 
  *Visual Perception Laboratory, Purdue University, Department of Psychological Sciences, West Lafayette, Indiana pages 237-241.
• Quantifying Perceptual Image Quality
  D. Amnon Silverstein and Joyce E. Farrell; Imaging Technology Department, Hewlett Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto, California pages 242-246.
• Tradeoff Between Aliasing Artifacts and Sharpness in Assessing Image Quality
  Michael A. Kriss; Center for Electronic Imaging Systems, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York pages 247-256.
• Psychophysical Metrics for Perceptible Image Quality
  Vitali V. Gavrik; Imaging Consultant, Cologne, Germany pages 257-260.
• Application of Quality Function Deployment (QFD) to Print Quality Assessment Activities
  Mashiho Yuasa; International Paper, Erie Pennsylvania pages 261-265.
• Subjective Evaluation of Physiological Fatigue in Video Data Terminal Operation
  Tetsuya Muraoka*, Noboru Nakashima**, Shizuo Mizushina# Hiroaki Ikeda# and Yoshifumi Shimodaira#; *Polytechnic University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan 
  **Hamamatsu Polytechnic College, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan 
  #Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan pages 266-270.

Capture and Display Media: Design, Uses and Image Permanence

J. Rodgers and S. Ikenoue

• The Important Roles of Inks and Media in the Light Fading Stability of Inkjet Prints
  Henry Wilhelm*, Mark H. McCormick-Goodhart** Joseph Holmes#; *Director of Research, Wilhelm Imaging Research, Inc., Grinnell, Iowa 
  **Conservation Analytical Lab/MSC, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 
  #Imaging and Color Management Consultant, Kensington, California pages 271-271.
• Quality Improvements in High-Intensity Fade Units
  D. F. Kopperl, J. M. Robbins, and M. Prichard; Eastman Kodak Company, Pilot Flow Division, Rochester, New York pages 272-272.
• Preventing Humidity Drift in Confined Storing Environment by a Humidity-Controlling Pack
  Sam Yamaryo, Y. Shibahara, H. K. Kishimoto, H. Iwano; Ashigara Research Laboratories, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan pages 273-273.
• Effects of Pollutant Vapors on Image Permanence
  Edward Zinn, Douglas W. Nishimura, and James M. Reilly; Image Permanence Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York pages 274-281.
• Photophysics and Photochemistry of Azomethine Dyes
  R. J. Berry, P. Douglas and M. S. Garley D. Clarke* and C. J. Winscom*; Chemistry Department, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea, United Kingdom 
  *Research Division, Kodak Ltd., Middlesex, United Kingdom pages 282-286.
• Application of Silver Halide Paper for Surface-Enhanced Raman Studies of Organic Compounds
  H. Gliemann, U. Nickel and S. Schneider; Institut für Physikalische Chemie I der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany pages 287-290.
• Experiments in Chemical Restoration of Resin Coated (RC) Photographic Papers
  Lincoln Ross; Photograph Conservator, Toronto, Canada pages 291-291.
• Structure of Ag Microclusters on the Surface of Silver Halide Crystals
  Igor K. Kudryavtsev, Sergey G. Zhukov, Leonid L. Aslanov; Chemical Dept., Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia pages 292-295.
• Comparing Image Qualities of Silver Halide Films and Digital Still Cameras
  Takafumi Noguchi, Hideto Ikoma, Shinpei Ikenoue; Ashigara Research Laboratories, Fuji Photo Film Co. (Japan) pages 296-298.
• Factors in Modern Color Reversal Films
  John D. Baloga; Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York pages 299-304.
• AgX Image Manipulation and Quality; Color Negative Film Technologies and their Correlation to Imaging Performance
  Drake M. Michno; Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York pages 305-305.

AgX Component Materials: Their Performance and Their Properties

D. Black and T. Tani

• A Systematic Study of Effect of Cyanine Dyes on Ionic Conductivities of AgBr Grains
  Hideo Furuuchi, Hiroyuki Asanuma, and Tadaaki Tani; Ashigara Research Laboratories, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., (Japan) pages 306-307.
• Short Red Spectral Sensitization of Emulsions for Color Negative Films
  Steven G. Link; Eastman Kodak Company, Imaging Research and Advanced Development, Rochester, New York pages 308-310.
• Holetrapping in Mixed Benzoxazolo-Benzimidazolo Carbocyanine Spectral Sensitized AgBrI (111) Tabular Microcrystals
  R.De Keyzer and P.Callant; Agfa-Gevaert N.V., Mortsel, Belgium pages 311-313.
• Partial Grain Development of an Epitaxially Sensitized Tabular Grain Emulsion
  Lyn Eshelman; Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York pages 314-316.
• Comparative Research of Silver Halide Tabular Crystals Formation Processes During Fine Emulsion Physical Ripening and During Gel Aging
  T.A. Larichev, E.I. Kagakin, E.V. Prosvirkina, L.V. Sotnikova, B.A. Sechkarev; State University of Kemerovo, Kemerovo, Russia pages 317-321.
• Chemical Modification of Gelatin Emulsion Light-Sensitive Layers by Glycidilamines
  P. M. Zavlin, L. L. Kuznetsov, I. G. Chezlov, N. K. Ryasinskaya; St. Petersburg Institute of Cinema & TV, St. Petersburg, Russia pages 322-325.
• Study on Characteristics of Nanometer-sized Silver Iodobromide Emulsion
  Xingpin Cui, Suwen Liu and Jun Yue; Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, P.R. China pages 326-328.
• The Effect of Polymeric Addenda on Dark Fading Stability of Cyan Indoaniline Dye
  0samu Takahashi, Hiroyuki Yoneyama, Kozo Aoki, Kazuhiko Furuya; Ashigara Research Laboratories, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (Japan) pages 329-331.
• A Study of Hydrogen Bond Activity of Oil Formers
  Takeshi Takii, Hiroshi Kita, Hirokazu Sato; Konica Corporation (Japan) pages 332-333.
• Some Unexpected Observations in Cyclovoltammetric Investigations of Chromogenic Coupling
  Peter Bergthaller and Ulrich Nickel*; Agfa-Gevaert AG, Research & Development, Leverkusen, Germany 
  *University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Erlangen, Germany pages 334-335.
• Radiochemical and Calorimetric Investigations of Photogelatins in the Presence of Additives
  Achim Winzer and Manfred Rother; Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Merseburg, Germany pages 336-339.

Image Processing: Halftoning

Jan Alleback and Yoichi Miyake

• Ink Relocation for Color Halftones
  Doron Shaked, Nur Arad, Andrew Fitzhugh*, and Irwin Sobel*; Hewlett Packard Laboratories, Israel 
  *Hewlett Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto, California pages 340-343.
• Application of Kubelka-Munk Theory in Device-independent Color Space Error Diffusion
  Shilin Guo and Guo Li; Hewlett-Packard Company, San Diego Site, Californiapages 344-348.
• A Construction Method of Digital Screen Sets: Realization of Moire-free Rational Tangent Screens by Using the Multi-unit Area Design Method
  Mitsuo Kaji*, Youichi Satou**, Johji Tajima#; *Tokyo Institute of Polytechnics Faculty of Engineering, Atsugi-City, Kanagawa-ken, Japan 
  **NEC Information Systems Co., Kawasaki-City, Kanagawa-ken, Japan 
  #NEC, C&C Media Laboratory, Kawasaki-City, Kanagawa-ken, Japan pages 349-357.
• Document Image Segmentation into Text, Continuous-Tone and Screened-Halftone Region by the Neural Networks
  Kazuaki Nakamura, Shinji Yamamoto, and Tetsuya Itoh*; Toyohashi Univ. of Tech. 
  *Minolta Co., Ltd. pages 358-361.

Image Processing for Digital Photography: Analysis, Enhancement, Compression and Security

Jan Allebach and Yoichi Miyake

• New Perspectives on Image Compression
  Michael Thierschmann, Reinhard Köhn, and Uwe-Erik Martin; LuRaTech GmbH, Berlin, Germany pages 362-366.
• Modulation Transfer Functions and Aliasing Patterns of CFA Interpolation Algorithms
  K. Topfer, J.E. Adams and B.W. Keelan; Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York pages 367-370.
• Fuzzy Controlled Fractal Interpolation Method for Image Resolution Enhancement
  Nobuhito Matsushiro and Yoshiyuki Nakajima; First Research Laboratory, OKI Data Corporation, Japan pages 371-373.
• A Watermark for Image Integrity and Ownership Verification
  Ping Wah Wong; Hewlett Packard Company, Cupertino, California pages 374-379.
• An Algorithm for Finding Parameter-Dependent Connected Components of Gray Images
  Yang Wang and Prabir Bhattacharya*; Computer Science Dept., Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri 
  *Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Univ. Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska pages 380-385.
• Improving Color Text Sharpness in Images with Reduced Chromatic Bandwidth
  Scott Daly*, Jack Van Oosterhout, and William Kress; Digital Imaging Department, Sharp Laboratories of America, Camas, WA 
  *Digital Video Department, Sharp Laboratories of America, Camas, WA pages 386-390.
• Color Gamut Analysis of Frequency Modulated Screen Reproduction
  Stephen Herron; Isis Imaging Corporation (Canada) pages 391-394.

Image Processing for Digital Photography: Tone and Color

Jan Alleback and Yoichi Miyake

• An Exposure Adjustment Algorithm Which Can Be Applied Concurrently with JPEG Image Coding
  James R. Boyack and Ibrahim Hajj-ahmad; Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, MA pages 395-398.
• Digital Processing of Scanned Negatives
  Qian Lin and Daniel Tretter; Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto, Californiapages 399-404.
• Printer-Specific Automatic Enhancement of Photographic Color Images
  Pekka Laihanen; Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland pages 405-408.
• A Color Consistency Algorithm Between Different Printers
  Tsung-Nan Lin and Joseph Shu; Epson Palo Alto Laboratory, Palo Alto, California pages 409-411.

Materials and Media

Steve Korol

• Computer Graphic Simulation of Light Reflection from Paper
  Morgan T. Schramm and Gary W. Meyer; Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon pages 412-423.

DP Printers: Photo Quality Ink Jet

Larry Hanlon and Eiichi Suzuki

• High Quality Imaging System for Color Inkjet Printers Using a Piezoelectric Print Head
  Kazumichi Shimada; Seiko Epson Corp. (Japan) pages 424-426.

Image Processing for Digital Photography: Analysis, Enhancement, Compression and Security

Jan Allebach and Yoichi Miyake

• Server-Side Image Processing using the World Wide Web
  Daniel Tretter and Andrew Patti; Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto, California pages 427-432.