All of us know that color conversions could be performed by linear system like RGB to YCbCr or by Non-linear system like in RGB to HSV. If we could get a linear system to convert RGB to HSV, What are the applications for such contribution?
1) Linear transforms are usually much faster to compute than non-linear transforms.
2) It's easier to chain together multiple linear transforms into a single linear transform.
3) It's often easier to see how the input color channels affect the output values when you have a linear matrix.
4) Partial derivatives are simple for linear transforms. Derivatives are used in understanding sensitivity, error propagation, and some forms of optimization. (CIECAM02 is an example of using optimization to improve a color transform.)