System for automatic color calibration

摘要

A system for automatic color calibration for a color display is provided having an assembly of a member adjacent the outer periphery of the screen of the display and a color measuring instrument coupled to the member. The system is particularly usefull at a site or node of a network of sites or nodes for distributing and controlling color reproduction. The color measuring instrument includes a sensor spaced from the screen at an angle with respect to the screen for receiving light from an area of the screen. Methods are also provided for maintaining calibration of a color display using a color measuring instrument. Apparatuses are further provided for checking the calibration of a color measurement instrument having a spectrograph for measuring color.