In one embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes selecting a first color sample within a target area in a first image of a first object displayed by a display device; selecting a second color sample within a target area in a second image of a second object displayed in the display device; comparing the first color sample against the second color sample to determine a measure of color difference or a measure of color equivalence between the first color sample of the first object and the second color sample of the second object; and displaying the results of the comparison to a user in the display device. One or more of these functions may be performed with a processor.

Systems and methods here may be used for automated capturing and analyzing spectrometer data of multiple sample gemstones on a stage, including mapping digital camera image data of samples, applying a Raman Probe to a first sample gemstone under evaluation on the stage, receiving spectrometer data of the sample gemstone from the probe, automatically moving the stage to a second sample, using the image data, and analyzing the other samples.

A device such as a stylus may have a color sensor. The color sensor may have a color sensing light detector having a plurality of photodetectors each of which measures light for a different respective color channel. The color sensor may also have a light emitter. The light emitter may have an adjustable light spectrum. The light spectrum may be adjusted during color sensing measurements using information such as ambient light color measurements made with a color ambient light sensor that has a plurality of photodetectors each of which measures light for a different respective color channel. An inertial measurement unit may be used to measure the angular orientation between the stylus and an external object during color measurements. Arrangements in which the light emitter is modulated during color sensing may also be used. Measurements from the stylus may be transmitted wirelessly to external equipment.

The disclosure relates to an image sensor comprising pixels for acquiring color information from incoming visible light, wherein said image sensor comprising at least two pixels being partially covered by a color splitter structure comprising a first part and a second part, each of said first and second parts being adjacent to a dielectric part, each of said dielectric part having a first refractive index n.sub.1 (said first part having a second refractive index n.sub.2, and said second part having a third refractive index n.sub.3, wherein n.sub.1<n.sub.3<n.sub.2, and wherein according to a cross section, the first part of said color splitter structure has a first width W.sub.1, a height H and the second part of said color splitter structure has a second width W.sub.2, and the same height H, and wherein said color splitter structure has a first, a second and a third edges at the interfaces between parts having different refractive indexes, each edge generating beams or nanojets, and wherein said height H is close to a value Formul (I), where Θ.sub.B1 and Θ.sub.B3 are tan Θ.sub.B1 and are respectively radiation angles of a first and a third beams generated by said first and third edges, and wherein one of said at least two pixels records light associated with a first wavelength λ-.sub.1 and the other of said at least two pixels records light having a spectrum in which no or few electromagnetic waves having a wavelength equal to λ-.sub.1 are present, wherein said first wavelength λ-.sub.1 being either high or small in a range of visible light.

The disclosure relates to an image sensor comprising pixels for acquiring color information from incoming visible light, wherein said image sensor comprising at least two pixels being partially covered by a color splitter structure comprising a first part and a second part, each of said first and second parts being adjacent to a dielectric part, each of said dielectric part having a first refractive index n.sub.1 (said first part having a second refractive index n.sub.2, and said second part having a third refractive index n.sub.3, wherein n.sub.1<n.sub.3<n.sub.2, and wherein according to a cross section, the first part of said color splitter structure has a first width W.sub.1, a height H and the second part of said color splitter structure has a second width W.sub.2, and the same height H, and wherein said color splitter structure has a first, a second and a third edges at the interfaces between parts having different refractive indexes, each edge generating beams or nanojets, and wherein said height H is close to a value Formul (I), where Θ.sub.B1 and Θ.sub.B3 are tan Θ.sub.B1 and are respectively radiation angles of a first and a third beams generated by said first and third edges, and wherein one of said at least two pixels records light associated with a first wavelength λ-.sub.1 and the other of said at least two pixels records light having a spectrum in which no or few electromagnetic waves having a wavelength equal to λ-.sub.1 are present, wherein said first wavelength λ-.sub.1 being either high or small in a range of visible light.

An electronic device may include a light sensor system. The light sensor system may have a light source that emits light and a light detector that receives the emitted light after the emitted light has interacted with an external object. The light source may include a ring of light-emitting diodes or other light-emitting devices surrounding the light detector or may have light-emitting devices that are surrounded by a ring-shaped light detector. Polarizer structures may be incorporated into the light sensor system. Control circuitry in the device may control the light source so that different polarizations of light are emitted at different times. The control circuitry may process signals from the light detector that are gathered under different polarizations to discriminate between specular and non-specular reflections from the external object.

A color matching method and a color matching device are provided, the color matching method includes: S1, determining a target color; S2, judging whether color data of a sample is obtained, if yes, proceeding to step S3, and if not, proceeding to step S5; S3, measuring the color data of the sample and displaying a color on a substrate, and proceeding to step S4; S4, judging whether the color displayed on the substrate is consistent with the target color, and if not, proceeding to step S6, and if yes, proceeding to step S7; S5, selecting a color and emitting light consistent with a chromaticity value of the selected color onto the substrate and proceeding to step S6; S6, adjusting the color displayed on the substrate until an adjusted color displayed on the substrate is consistent with the target color, and proceeding to S7; and S7, storing data.

An integrating sphere (10) of the present disclosure includes a hollow member (1) and a diffusive coating (4), on the inner surface of the hollow member (1), configured to scatter and reflect light from a light source within the hollow member (1) to yield diffused light. The diffusive coating (4) is coated with a hydrophobic coating (5). The accuracy of optical measurements using the integrating sphere (10) is improved by suppressed moisture absorption of the integrating sphere (10) and suppressed fluctuations in the efficiency of the integrating sphere (10).

An information processing apparatus includes: a selection unit configured to select, based on a selection criterion, one or more first colorimetric regions in an image to be formed based on image data; an input/output control unit configured to receive a first user input for selecting one or more second colorimetric regions from the one or more first colorimetric regions selected by the selection unit; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a print job including information indicating the one or more second colorimetric regions and the image data, to an image forming apparatus.

A colorimetry device includes: a colorimetry unit including an irradiation unit including a substrate provided with a LED, and a light-receiving unit configured to receive reflected light that is light irradiated from the LED and reflected by the color chart image, the colorimetry unit being configured to perform colorimetry of the color chart image; a movement unit configured to cause the colorimetry unit to reciprocate along an intersecting direction; a calibration member provided in the intersecting direction; a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the LED or a temperature of the substrate; and a colorimetry device control unit configured to move the colorimetry unit by the movement unit to a calibration member and calibrate the colorimetry unit when determining that the colorimetry unit is to be calibrated for the colorimetry of the color chart image based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor.