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
DP Printers: Silver Halide and Thermal
Michael Shahin, Takashi Kitamura and Takao Abe
- High Resolution Thermal Transfer Technology (Micro DryTM 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
DP Standards
Jack Holm and Shin Ohno
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
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
Materials and Media
Steve Korol
DP Printers: Photo Quality Ink Jet
Larry Hanlon and Eiichi Suzuki
Image Processing for Digital Photography: Analysis, Enhancement, Compression and Security
Jan Allebach and Yoichi Miyake