A testing device for determining the chromaticity setting of television monitors is described. It consists of a housing adapted to be placed against the surface of a cathode-ray tube and includes a reference white light. Optical means are provided for presenting an image of the reference light and that of the cathode-ray tube over distinct areas of a diffusing medium, together with ocular means for simultaneous viewing of these areas for comparison.
An instrument and method for optically calibrating and balancing low level luminances of lighted instrument panel displays within the operator station of a vehicle is described which comprises a self-contained, calibrated luminance source and a beamsplitter for combining and juxtaposing an image of the calibrated luminance source with an image of the luminance from a lighted instrument panel display to be calibrated or balanced, whereby the images may be compared in luminance, the lighted instrument panel display being adjustable in intensity using the vehicle instrument panel light trim capability.
The invention applies a viewing system used for reproduction or proofing based on the colorimetric analysis, the characteristics of which are based on the fact that the external conditions affecting the visual color impression of the screen image or other non-reflecting image and of the reflecting image the same. Furthermore, as all the colors in the images have the same chromaticity and luminance, the internal charcteristics of the images do not distort the total color impression, either. In the viewing system the screen or other non-reflecting image (1) is placed behind a uniformly illuminated, usually medium gray, viewing plane (4). The viewing plane is provided with an opening of the same size and shape as the reflecting image, through which viewer sees a part of the screen or other non-reflecting image, and another opening for the reflecting image (6).
