Verification and extension of a camera-based end-user calibration method for projection displays

Author: Mikalsen Espen Bårdsnes   Hardeberg Jon Y.   Thomas Jean-Baptiste  

Publisher: Society for Imaging Science and Technology

ISSN: 2158-6330

Source: Conference on Colour in Graphics, Imaging, and Vision, Vol.2008, Iss.1, 2008-01, pp. : 575-579

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Abstract

We evaluate, analyse and propose improvements to a previously published end-user calibration method for projection devices (Bala and Braun, CIC 2006). We focus on the estimation of the displays tone response curve, using only an uncalibrated consumercamera. The results show that the method is accurate, depending on both the projector and the camera used. We found that the method is accurate enough for most end-user applications. A weakness of this method is the wrong estimation of the projectors black level, which significantly affects the estimation of the camera response curve.