IEC 61966-5:2000

INTERNATIONAL IEC
STANDARD
61966-5
First edition
2000-10
Multimedia systems and equipment –
Colour measurement and management –
Part 5:
Equipment using plasma display panels
Systèmes et appareils multimédia –
Mesure et gestion de la couleur –
Partie 5:
Appareils utilisant des afficheurs à plasma

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INTERNATIONAL IEC
STANDARD
61966-5
First edition
2000-09
Multimedia systems and equipment –
Colour measurement and management –
Part 5:
Equipment using plasma display panels
Systèmes et appareils multimédia –
Mesure et gestion de la couleur –
Partie 5:
Appareils utilisant des afficheurs à plasma

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CONTENTS
Page
FOREWORD . 4

Clause
1 Scope . 6

2 Normative references. 6

3 Terms and definitions. 7
4 Letters and symbols. 8
5 Conditions. 8
5.1 Environmental conditions . 8
5.2 Conditions of measurements. 9
5.3 Input digital data . 10
6 Measurement equipment. 11
6.1 Spectroradiometer . 11
6.2 Colorimeter. 11
7 Spectral characteristics and intensity of the primaries and white . 12
7.1 Characteristics to be measured. 12
7.2 Measurement conditions . 12
7.3 Method of measurement . 12
7.4 Presentation of results . 12
8 Basic colorimetric characteristics . 13
8.1 Characteristics to be measured. 13
8.2 Method of calculation. 13
8.3 Presentation of results . 14
9 Tone characteristics. 15
9.1 Characteristics to be measured. 15
9.2 Measurement conditions . 15
9.3 Method of measurement . 15
9.4 Presentation of results . 16
10 Inter-channel dependency. 18
10.1 Characteristics to be measured. 18

10.2 Measurement conditions . 18
10.3 Method of measurement . 19
10.4 Presentation of results . 20
11 Spatial non-uniformity . 21
11.1 Characteristics to be measured. 21
11.2 Measurement conditions . 21
11.3 Method of measurement . 22
11.4 Presentation of results . 23
12 Temporal stability. 24
12.1 Short-term stability. 24
12.1.1 Characteristics to be measured. 24
12.1.2 Measurement conditions . 24

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12.1.3 Method of measurement. 24

12.1.4 Presentation of results . 24

12.2 Mid-term stability . 25

12.2.1 Characteristics to be measured. 25

12.2.2 Measurement conditions . 25

12.2.3 Method of measurement. 25

12.2.4 Presentation of results . 26

13 Surface reflection. 27

13.1 Characteristics to be measured. 27
13.2 Measurement conditions . 27
13.3 Method of measurement . 27
13.4 Presentation of results . 28
14 Display area ratio characteristics . 28
14.1 Characteristics to be measured. 28
14.2 Measurement conditions . 28
14.3 Method of measurement . 28
14.4 Presentation of results . 29
Annex A (informative) External colour control for colour management in open systems . 30
A.1 Introduction .30
A.2 Colour control in terms of basic and tone characteristics . 30
A.3 Colour control in terms of overall characteristics . 31
Bibliography . 34

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MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT –

COLOUR MEASUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT –

Part 5: Equipment using plasma display panels

FOREWORD
1) The IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) is a worldwide organization for standardization comprising
all national electrotechnical committees (IEC National Committees). The object of the IEC is to promote
international co-operation on all questions concerning standardization in the electrical and electronic fields. To
this end and in addition to other activities, the IEC publishes International Standards. Their preparation is
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Organization for Standardization (ISO) in accordance with conditions determined by agreement between the
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from all interested National Committees.
3) The documents produced have the form of recommendations for international use and are published in the form
of standards, technical specifications, technical reports or guides and they are accepted by the National
Committees in that sense.
4) In order to promote international unification, IEC National Committees undertake to apply IEC International
Standards transparently to the maximum extent possible in their national and regional standards. Any
divergence between the IEC Standard and the corresponding national or regional standard shall be clearly
indicated in the latter.
5) The IEC provides no marking procedure to indicate its approval and cannot be rendered responsible for any
equipment declared to be in conformity with one of its standards.
6) Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this International Standard may be the subject
of patent rights. The IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
International Standard IEC 61966-5 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 100:
Audio, video and multimedia systems and equipment.
The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
100/148/FDIS 100/166/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.
This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 3.
Annex A is for information only.
IEC 61966 consists of the following parts, under the general title: Multimedia systems and
equipment – Colour measurement and management:
Part 1: General
Part 2-1: Colour management – Default RGB colour space – sRGB
Part 3: Equipment using cathode ray tubes
Part 4: Equipment using liquid crystal display panels

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Part 5: Equipment using plasma display panels

Part 6: Equipment for use on digital data projections

Part 7-1: Colour printers – Reflective prints – RGB inputs

Part 7-2: Colour printers – Reflective prints – CMYK inputs

Part 7-3: Colour printers – Transparent prints

Part 8: Multimedia colour scanners

Part 9: Digital cameras
Part 10: Quality assessment – Colour image in network systems

Part 11: Quality assessment – Impaired video in network systems
The committee has decided that the contents of the base publication and its amendments will
remain unchanged until 2003. At this date the publication will be
• reconfirmed;
• withdrawn;
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
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MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT –

COLOUR MEASUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT –

Part 5: Equipment using plasma display panels

1 Scope
A series of methods and parameters for col
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