
Next Generation Camera Characterization Target
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In late 2015, Avian Rochester, LLC was awarded a one-year contract to develop the Next Generation Camera Calibration Target (NGT) for the Library of Congress. That contract was completed in late August 2016 with the deliver of 20 complete targets. Besides functionality for camera characterization, the most important feature of the NGT is that it be physically robust against minor handling typical in routine laboratory applications. Existing targets, in particular those consisting of diffuse paint, are highly susceptible to handling, and are easily and permanenty damaged when coming in physical contact with virtually anything. Such contact would minimally require the target to be recalibrated, and possibly force the target to be discarded and replaced. |
The NGT2 (cost-reduced version, available fall of 2019. Visit Digital Transitions Cultural Heritage to purchase.) has the following features and available options:
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The NGT (version 1) has the following additional features:
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![]() The NGT V1 cover is designed to be used as a support when making measurements using a hand held spectrophotometer. Proper alignment is critical to accurate measurements. | |
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The annotated NGT V2 target. The colors are arranged to facilitate a variety of imaging
applications, including smaller sub-targets as shown. - Familiar colors - Expanded neutral scale - Heritage colors Also shown are engraved row and columns labels, and individual serial numbers. The NGT V2 includes fiducial marks (indicated by green arrows) which will aid with some software packages when locating the patches for profile generation. | |
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- On October 2019, Dave Wyble presented the paper "Heading Down the Profiling Rabbit Hole" at the Joint CORM, CNC,CIE, and CIE-USNC meeting in Ottawa, Canada.(more)
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