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<br> a) Why is it necessary that&nbsp;<math>f_k(\lambda) \geq 0</math>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<span class="texhtml">''k'' = 0,1,2</span>?
  
a) Why is it necessary that&nbsp;<math>f_k(\lambda) \geq 0</math>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<span class="texhtml">''k'' = 0,1,2</span>?&lt;span style="line-height: 1.5em;" /&gt;
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b) Are the functions, <math> r_0(\lambda) \geq 0</math>, <math>g_0(\lambda) \geq 0</math>, and <math>b_0(\lambda) \geq 0</math>? If so, why? If not, why not?
  
b) Are the functions, <math> r_0(\lambda) \geq 0</math>, <math>g_0(\lambda) \geq 0</math>, and <math>b_0(\lambda) \geq 0</math>? If so, why? If not, why not?
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c) Derive an formula for the tristimulus vector <span class="texhtml">[''r'',''g'',''b'']<sup>''t''</sup></span> in terms of the tristimulus vector <span class="texhtml">''F'' = [''F''<sub>1</sub>,''F''<sub>2</sub>,''F''<sub>3</sub>]<sup>''t''</sup></span>.
  
c) Derive an formula for the tristimulus vector <math>[r, g, b]^t </math> in terms of the tristimulus vector <math> F=[F_1, F_2, F_3]^t </math>.
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d) Do functions <span class="texhtml">''f''<sub>''k''</sub>(λ)</span> exist, which meet these requirements? If so, give a specific example of such functions.  
  
d) Do functions <math> f_k(\lambda) </math> exist, which meet these requirements? If so, give a specific example of such functions.
 
 
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ECE Ph.D. Qualifying Exam

Communication, Networking, Signal and Image Processing (CS)

Question 5: Image Processing

August 2013



Question

Problem 1. (50 pts)


Problem 2. (50 pts)

Let r0(λ),  g0(λ) , and b0(λ) be the CIE color matching functions for red, green, and blue primaries at 700 nm, 546.1 nm, and 435.8 nm, respectively, and let [r,g,b] be the corresponding CIE tristimulus values. 

Furthermore, let f1(λ)f2(λ), and f3(λ) be the spectral response functions for the three color outputs of a color camera. So for each pixel of the camera sensor, there is a 3-dimensional output vector given by F = [F1,F2,F3]t, where

$ F_1 = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty}f_1(\lambda)I(\lambda)d\lambda $,

$ F_2 = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty}f_2(\lambda)I(\lambda)d\lambda $,

$ F_3 = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty}f_3(\lambda)I(\lambda)d\lambda $

where I(λ) is the energy spectrum of the incoming light and $ f_k(\lambda)\geq 0 $ for k = 0,1,2..

Furthermore, assume there exists a matrix, M, so that

$ \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} f_1(\lambda)\\ f_1(\lambda)\\ f_1(\lambda) \end{array}} \right] = {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} M \end{array}} \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} r_0(\lambda)\\ g_0(\lambda)\\ b_0(\lambda) \end{array}} \right] $


a) Why is it necessary that $ f_k(\lambda) \geq 0 $ for k = 0,1,2?

b) Are the functions, $ r_0(\lambda) \geq 0 $, $ g_0(\lambda) \geq 0 $, and $ b_0(\lambda) \geq 0 $? If so, why? If not, why not?

c) Derive an formula for the tristimulus vector [r,g,b]t in terms of the tristimulus vector F = [F1,F2,F3]t.

d) Do functions fk(λ) exist, which meet these requirements? If so, give a specific example of such functions.

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