Simulating Gloss of Curved Paper by Using the Point Spread Function of Specular Reflection

Norimichi Tsumura*, Kaori Baba*, and Shinichi Inoue**
*Department of Information and Image Sciences, Chiba University, CHIBA, JAPAN
**Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited, TOKYO, JAPAN

BBulletin of the Society of Photography and Imaging of Japan , Vol. 25 No. 2 pp. 25–30(2015).

Abstract
We propose a method that uses the point spread function of specular reflection(SR-PSF) to simulate paper gloss. The SR-PSF is defined as the impulse response of specular reflection, which is the distribution of light intensity reflected from microscopic facets on the surface of the paper. In this study, we used a flat sample holder and measured the SR-PSFs of six paper samples, each of which had a different level of specular gloss. We then used two different methods based on the measured SR-PSFs to simulate the gloss of curved paper. The results show that the gloss of curved paper can be adequately simulated by using the measured SR-PSF of that paper.

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