Method and system for providing a self-adaptive image

1. A method for building a layered structure including a self-adaptive image, the method comprising:

depositing a first non-white ink layer on a substrate;

depositing a white ink layer over the first non-white ink layer; and

depositing a second non-white ink layer over the white ink layer, wherein the first non-white ink layer and the second non-white ink layer include an image, and the white ink layer transmits a fraction of light from the first non-white ink layer to the second non-white ink layer in a backlit transmission mode such that both the first non-white ink layer and the second non-white ink layer contribute to the color of the image in the backlit transmission mode, and the white ink layer reflects most light incident to the second non-white ink layer in a front lit reflection mode such that the second non-white ink layer provides a majority of the color to the image in the front lit reflection mode and the first non-white ink layer provides a minority of the color of the image in the front lit reflection mode.

2. The method of claim 1 , further including:

printing a first color profile sample on the substrate;

measuring color attributes associated with the first color profile sample while in a first display mode; and

computing, by executing an instruction with a processor, an upper layer color profile based on the attribute measurement.

3. The method of claim 2 , further including:

printing a second color profile sample as a first layer and the first color profile sample as a second layer;

measuring color attributes of the second layer while in a second display mode; and

computing, by executing an instruction with the processor, a lower layer color profile based on the attribute measurement of the second layer.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the step of depositing the first non-white ink layer includes printing the ink in accordance with the lower layer color profile.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the step of depositing the second non-white ink layer includes printing ink in accordance with the upper layer color profile.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first non-white ink layer has darker ink than the second non-white ink layer.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein depositing the white ink layer over the first non-white ink layer includes depositing the white ink layer directly on the first non-white ink layer, and wherein depositing the second non-white ink layer over the white ink layer includes depositing the second non-white ink layer directly on the white ink layer.

8. A system for building a layered structure including a self-adaptive image, the system comprising:

a printer configured to print white and non-white ink on media and

a processor to instruct the printer to:

deposit a lower non-white ink layer on the media;

deposit a white ink layer on the lower non-white ink layer; and

deposit an upper non-white ink layer on the white-ink layer, wherein the lower non-white ink layer and the upper non-white ink layer include an image, and the white ink layer transmits a fraction of light from the lower non-white ink layer to the upper non-white ink layer in a backlit transmission mode such that both the lower non-white ink layer and the upper non-white ink layer contribute to the color of the image in the backlit transmission mode, and the white ink layer reflects most light incident to the upper non-white ink layer in a front lit reflection mode such that the upper non-white ink layer provides a majority of the color to the image in the front lit reflection mode and the lower non-white ink layer provides a minority of the color of the image in the front lit reflection mode.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the printer includes a colorimetry measurement module for measuring colorimetry attributes of a profile sample.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein a transmission color profile is determined based on a measurement of colorimetry attributes of a profile sample associated with the lower ink layer and a first display mode.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the lower layer of the self-adaptive image is printed on the media in accordance with the transmission color profile.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein a reflective color profile is determined based on a measurement of colorimetry attributes of a profile sample associated with the upper ink layer and a second display mode.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the upper layer of the self-adaptive image is printed on the media in accordance with the reflective color profile.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium having programmed instructions stored thereon, which when read cause a machine build a layered structure having a self-adaptive image by at least:

printing a lower non-white ink layer on a substrate;

printing a white ink layer over the first non-white ink layer; and

printing an upper non-white ink layer over the white ink layer, wherein the lower non-white ink layer and the upper non-white ink layer include an image, and the white ink layer transmits a fraction of light from the lower non-white ink layer to the upper non-white ink layer in a backlit transmission mode such that both the lower non-white ink layer and the upper non-white ink layer contribute to the color of the image in the backlit transmission mode, and the white ink layer reflects most light incident to the upper non-white ink layer in a front lit reflection mode such that the upper non-white ink layer provides a majority of the color to the image in the front lit reflection mode and the lower non-white ink layer provides a minority of the color of the image in the front lit reflection mode.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the programmed instructions further cause the machine to:

print a color profiling target on the substrate;

measure colorimetry attributes of the layers in a first mode; and

determine an upper color profile based on the colorimetry measurement;

print the color profiling target only on the upper non-white ink layer;

measure colorimetry attributes of the upper layer in a second display mode; and

determine a lower color profile based on the colorimetry attributes of the upper layer.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the programmed instructions further cause the machine to:

print the lower ink layer of the self-adaptive image on the substrate in the lower color profile; and

print the upper ink layer of the self-adaptive image on the substrate in the upper color profile.