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Diamond color measurement instrument based on image processing

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Publication Date2016-09-14
JournalProceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE
AuthorsHiroshi Takahashi, Srimanta Mandal, Mohammad Mahdi Alizadeh Toosi, Junjie Zeng, Wen‐Jwu Wang
InstitutionsGemological Institute of America

Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has developed a diamond color measurement instrument that can provide accurate and reproducible color measurement results. The instrument uses uniform illumination by a daylight-approximating light source; observations from a high-resolution color-camera with nearly zero-distortion bi-telecentric lens, and image processing to calculate color parameters of diamonds. Experiments show the instrument can provide reproducible color measurement results and also identify subtle color differences in diamonds with high sensitivity. The experimental setup of the prototype instrument and the image processing method for calculating diamond color parameters are presented in this report.

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