Swiss manufacturer Digital Information will unveil its SpectroPocket for Android at Ipex. This is a system for measuring single colour patches on different substrates using commercially available spectrocolourimetry and displaying the recorded colour values on any mobile Android device.
SpectroPocket for Android makes it possible for smartphones or tablet computers to connect directly to scanning spectrophotometers via an external USB interface. It is a compact, portable, box-shaped device with integrated software and rechargeable USB battery that connects directly to the spectral measuring device via USB. Communication between the SpectroPocket and the mobile Android device is transferred via Bluetooth technology. Spectral values are then interpreted and displayed on the Android smartphone or tablet computer using an Android App.
All display modes necessary can be viewed on the Android device: spectral remission values as figures and curves, as well as LAB, density, XYZ and RGB values. Colour differences between two measurements are shown as Delta E. Perfect colour densities derived from spectral measurements are calculated by the BestMatch function.
For further use on the web or in the Cloud, the entire series of measurements can be exported or imported as standard CxF (Color Exchange Format) format files, or transmitted to another Android device.
Currently, SpectroPocket for Android supports the i1 Pro, i1Pro 2, and ColorMunki Design scanning spectrophotometers from X-Rite.