Abstract:
A rendering apparatus includes: a radiant-energy calculating device for determining a spectral radiance for each infinitesimal area of an object by using a spectral radiance of a light source irradiating the object, a spectral reflectance in the infinitesimal area of the object, and a spectral reflectance factor in a wide area of the object; a color-specification-value calculating device for calculating color specification values of a colorimetric system on the basis of the spectral radiance obtained for each infinitesimal area; a transforming device for transforming the color specification values into image data for displaying an image of the object; and a display device for displaying the image of the object on the basis of the image data.
Abstract:
A portable colorimeter for characterizing the optical properties of a colored surface and in particular a colored surface containing metallic or pearlescent particles, which employs three multiangular spectrophotometric measurements to derive color constants for the surface. The colorimeter is a compact integrated unit housing irradiation, detection, control, analysis and display means and employs three illumination angles, preferably -30°, O°, and 65°, and one detection angle, preferably 45°, all measured from the sample normal. The method includes determining the tristimulus values of the color of the sample surface from low resolution spectral reflectance data preferably using twelve detector elements.
Abstract:
A method for investigating visual appearance of a sample surface using a handheld measuring device is disclosed. A combined image (140) of a measurement area on the sample surface is obtained using at least one integrated light source and at least one integrated camera of the handheld measuring device and is displayed on a display device. The combined image is a combination of a first image (110) and a second image (120) under directional illumination. The first image (110) is acquired with a first measurement geometry, in which the observation direction is oriented at a first aspecular angle having an absolute value of at least 30°, and the second image (120) is acquired with a second measurement geometry, in which the observation direction is oriented at a second aspecular angle having an absolute value of not more than 15°. In this manner, the combined image provides a realistic color impression while ensuring that defects are well visible.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method of displaying an image of an effect coating having texture and color properties on an electronic display device, using measured color data and measured texture data as input to generate the image, wherein the textured image is displayed with visual color properties which are maintained on a prescribed level independent of possible variations in texture properties.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for determining an index for characterizing a quality of a matching color tone of a paint in relation to a color reference, characterized in that colorimetric coordinates of the paint and of the color reference are determined for a number of measuring geometries using a spectrophotometer, color differences are calculated from the colorimetric coordinates of the paint and of the color reference for each of the number of measuring geometries and are normalized, and a pre-established assignment rule is used for assigning a value on a scale to a group of characteristic values calculated from the normalized color differences in order to determine the index.
Abstract:
There is provided an illumination device from which an index can be obtained, the index appropriately reflecting intensity of a light beam guided to an object to be illuminated. A light source, a photodetector, and a support structure are provided in the illumination device. The light source emits light. The light source has light distribution in which a reference axis serves as an axis of symmetry or light distribution in which a plane including the reference axis serves as a plane of symmetry. A first light beam included in the light is guided to the object to be illuminated. A second light beam included in the light is guided to the photodetector. The photodetector detects intensity of the second light beam. The light source and the photodetector are supported by the support structure in positions and postures that allow the first light beam and the second light beam to be guided in an aforementioned manner. A traveling direction of the first light beam makes a first angle with the reference axis. A traveling direction of the second light beam makes a second angle with the reference axis. The second angle is the same as the first angle.
Abstract:
A specimen measuring device includes: a light source device that irradiates a specimen surface of a specimen with illumination light from multiple illumination units at a plurality of illumination angles; a spectral camera device that is arranged above the specimen surface, spectrally separates reflected light from the specimen surface, and acquires 2D spectral information through a single image capturing operation; and a calculating unit that calculates deflection angle spectral information of the specimen surface used to measure a measurement value of a certain evaluation item of the specimen using a change in an optical geometrical condition of an illumination direction and an image capturing direction between pixels in an X axis direction and a Y axis direction of the spectral information.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a computer implemented process for matching a paint to the visual appearance properties of a painted substrate surface comprising the steps of a) selecting a potentially matching first candidate paint based on a first paint recipe comprising one or more colour and/or effect imparting toners, b) applying the first candidate paint to a test panel to obtain a first painted test panel c) visually comparing the appearance properties of the painted substrate surface and the first painted test panel under more than one viewing angle, wherein the visual comparison comprises c1) selecting a visual appearance category wherein the appearance of the painted test panel most prominently deviates from the painted substrate, wherein the categories are selected from a number of pre-defined visual appearance categories displayed on an output device of a computer, c2) inputting the selected visual appearance category in an input device of the computer, c3) visually determining the visual appearance difference of the painted test panel and the painted substrate in the selected appearance category, d) entering the determined visual appearance difference in an input device of the computer, e) optionally, entering only the types of toners of the candidate paint in an input device of the computer, f) providing a paint recipe modification advice consisting an advice of increasing or reducing one or more of the toners in the recipe, or adding an additional toner to the recipe or, on an output device of the computer, wherein the computer software provides the modification advice on the basis of i) the entered visual appearance difference and ii) a database in which only visually determined appearance properties of available toners under two or more viewing angles are stored, with the aim to minimize the appearance difference, g) preparing a second candidate paint based on the recipe modification advice, h) applying the second candidate paint to a test panel to obtain a second painted test panel, and i) repeating steps c) to h) until the visual comparison in step c) indicates that the candidate paint sufficiently matches the appearance properties of the painted substrate surface.
Abstract:
A lighting device 10 that emits illumination light from two or more angular directions onto a sample surface 2 to be measured, an imaging optical lens 8, and a monochrome two-dimensional image sensor 4 are provided. This configuration provides a method and an apparatus that take a two-dimensional image of the sample surface 2 to be measured at each measurement wavelength and accurately measure multi-angle and spectral information on each of all pixels in the two-dimensional image in a short time. In particular, a multi-angle spectral imaging measurement method and apparatus that have improved accuracy and usefulness are provided.