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Lawrence A. Taplin Research Interests

Lawrence A. Taplin
  • Spectral imaging,
  • Spectral-based Color Reproduction, and
  • Multi-ink Printing.

Master of Science, Color Science, Rochester Institute of Technology (2001)
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, University of Delaware (1996)

Location: 18-1067
Office: (585) 475-7188
Fax: (585) 475-4444

54 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623


Last Updated ( Friday, 08 February 2008 )

Theses

  • Taplin, L.A Spectral Modeling of A Six-color Inkjet Printer M.S. Thesis, R.I.T., Rochester, NY (2001)
  • Refereed Journal Articles

  • Chen, Y.; Berns, R. S.Taplin, L. A.; and Imai, F.H. A multi-ink color-separation algorithm improving image quality Journal of Imaging Science and Technology, in press. (2007)
  • Berns, R.S.; Taplin, L.A.; Imai, F.H.; Day, E.A.; Day, D.C. A Comparison of Small-Aperture and Image-Based Spectrophotometry of Paintings Studies in Conservation Volume 50, No 4 (2006)
  • Day, E.A.; Berns, R.S.; Taplin, L.A.; Imai, F.H. A Psychophysical experiment evaluating the color and the spatial-image quality of several multi-spectral image capture techniques J. Imag. Sci. Tech. 48, 99-110 (2004)
  • Day, E.A.; Taplin, L.A.; Berns, R.S. Colorimetric characterization of a computer-controlled liquid crystal display Color Res. Appl. 29, 365-373 (2004)
  • Chen, Y.; Berns, R.S.; Taplin, L.A. Six color printer characterization using an optimized cellular Yule-Nielsen spectral Neugebauer model J. Imag. Sci. Tech. 48, 519-528 (2004)
  • Berns, R.S.; Fernandez, S.R.; Taplin, R. Estimating black level emissions of computer-controlled displays Color Res. Appl. 28, 379-383 (2003)
  • Conference Proceedings

  • Smoyer, E.P.M.; Taplin, L.A.; Berns, R.S. Experimental Evaluation of Museum Case Study Digital Camera Systems IS&T's 2005 Archiving Conference, Washington, DC;April 26; p. 85-9 (2005)
  • Berns, R.S.; Taplin, L.A.; Nezamabadi, M.; Zhao, Y.; Okumura, Y. High-Accuracy Digital Imaging of Cultural Heritage without Visual Editing IS&T's 2005 Archiving Conference, Washington, DC;April 26; p. 91-95 (2005)
  • Zhao, Y.; Berns, R.S.; Okumura, Y.; Taplin, L.A. Improvement of Spectral Imaging by Pigment Mapping Thirteenth Color Imaging Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona;November; p. 40-45 (2005)
  • Chen, Y.; Berns, R.S.; Taplin, L.A. Improving the Color Constancy of Prints by Ink Design Thirteenth Color Imaging Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona;November; p. 159-16 (2005)
  • Berns, R.S.; Byrns, S.; Casadio, F.; Fledler, I.; Gallagher, C.; Imai, F.H; Newman, A.; Rosen, M.R.; Taplin, L.A. Rejuvenating the appearance of Seurat's A Sunday on La Grande Jatte - 1884 using colour and imaging science techniques - a simulation Proc. of the 10th Congress of the International Colour Association, Granada, Spain, pp. 1669-1672 (2005)
  • Taplin, L.A.; Berns, R.S Practical spectral capture systems for museum imaging Proc. of the 10th Congress of the International Colour Association, Granada, Spain, pp. 1287-1290. (2005)
  • Chen, Y; Berns, R.S.; Taplin, L.A. Exploring the color inconstancy of prints Proc. of the 10th Congress of the International Colour Association, Granada, Spain, pp. 657-660. (2005)
  • Zhao, Y.; Taplin, L.A.; Nezamabadi, M.; Berns, R.S. Using the Matrix R Method for Spectral Image Archives Proc. of the 10th Congress of the International Colour Association, Granada, Spain, pp. 469-472. (2005)
  • Mohammadi, M.; Nezamabadi, M.; Berns, R.S.; Taplin, L.A. A Prototype Calibration Target for Spectral Imaging Proc. of the 10th Congress of the International Colour Association, Granada, Spain, pp. 387-390 (2005)
  • Berns, R.S.; Taplin, L.A.; Nezamabadi, M.; Mohammadi, M.; Zhao, Y. Spectral imaging using a commercial color-filter array digital camera Proc. of The 14th Triennal ICOM-CC meeting, pp. 743-750 (2005)
  • Taplin, L.A.; Johnson, G.M. When Good Hues Go Bad CGIV 2004 -- Second European Conference on Color in Graphics, Imaging and Vision, Aachen, Germany;April; p. 348-352 (2004)
  • Mohammadi M.; Nezamabadi, M.; Berns, R.S.; Taplin, L.A. Spectral Imaging Target Development Based on Hiearchical Cluster Analysis Twelfth Color Imaging Conference: Color Science and Engineering Systems, Technologies, Applications Scottsdale, AZ;November 9; p. 59-6 (2004)
  • Chen, Y.; Berns, R.S.; Taplin, L.A. Extending Printing Color Gamut by Optimizing the Spectral Reflectance of Inks Twelfth Color Imaging Conference: Color Science and Engineering Systems, Technologies, Applications Scottsdale, AZ;November 9; p. 163-1 (2004)
  • Day, E.A.; Berns, R.S.; Taplin, L.A. ; Imai, F.H. A Psychophysical Experiment Evaluating the Color Accuracy of Several Multispectral Image Capture Techniques PICS 2003: The PICS Conference, An International Technical Conference on The Science and Systems of Digital Photography, including the Fifth International Symposium on Multispectral Color Science Rochester, NY;May 13; p. 199-204 (2003)
  • Berns, R.S.; Taplin L.A. ;Imai F.H.; Day E.; Day, D.C. Spectral Imaging of Matisse's Pot of Geraniums: A Case Study Eleventh Color Imaging Conference: Color Science and Engineering Systems, Technologies, Applications Scottsdale, Arizona;November 3; p. 149-15 (2003)
  • Rosen, M.R.; Taplin, L.A.; Imai, F.H.; Berns R.S.; Ohta, N. Answering Hunt's web shopping challenge: spectral color management for a virtual swatch in Proceedings of Ninth Color Imaging Conference: Color Science and Engineering, Systems, Technologies and Applications, IS&T, Springfield, pp. 267-273 (2001)
  • Taplin, L.A.; Berns, R.S. Spectral Color Reproduction Based on Six-Color Inkjet Output System The 9th Color Imaging Conference: Color Science and Engineering: Systems, Technologies, Applications Scottsdale, Arizona;November 6; p. 209-213 (2001)
  • Internal Reports

  • Berns, R.S.; Taplin, L.A. Evaluation of a Modified Sinar 54M Digital Camera at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC during April, 2005 MCSL Technical Report, July (2005)
  • Zhao, Y.; Taplin, L.A.; Nezamabadi, M.; Berns, R.S. Methods of Spectral Reflectance Reconstruction for A Sinarback 54 Digital Camera MCSL Technical Report, December (2004)
  • Berns, R.S.; Taplin, L.A.; Nezamabadi, M.; Zhao, Y. Modifications of a Sinarback 54 Digital Camera for Spectral and High-Accuracy Colorimetric Imaging: Simulations and Experiments MCSL Technical Report, June (2004)
  • Mohammadi, M.; Nezamabadi, M.; Taplin, L.A.; Berns, R.S. Pigment Selection Using Kubelka Munk Turbid Media Theory and Non-Negative Least Square Technique MCSL Technical Report, June (2004)
  • Imai, F.H.; Taplin, L.A.; Day, E.A. Comparative study of spectral reflectance estimation based on broad-band Imaging systems MCSL Technical Report, April (2003)
  • Imai, F.H.; Taplin, L.A.; Day, D.C.; Day, E.A.; Berns, R.S. Imaging at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. MCSL Technical Report, December (2002)
  • Imai, F.H.; Taplin, L.A.; Day, E.A. Comparision of the accuracy of various transformations from multi-band Images to reflectance spectra MCSL Technical Report, Summer (2002)
  • Patents

  • Berns, R.S.; Taplin, L.A.; Liang, T.Z. Spectral color reproduction with six color output US6698860, issued March 2. to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (2004)
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