Method to Estimate Surface Gloss
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220065781A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17008356

    申请日:2020-08-31

    Applicant: DATACOLOR INC.

    Abstract: As described herein, a method has been developed to estimate the gloss of a black or dark sample using a color measurement system. In such a system, when measuring a higher gloss sample, more illumination light reflected from the sample surface will be directed away from the receiving sensor, and thus less signal will be detected. Using a derived sensor-signal to surface-gloss relationship, the surface gloss of a sample can be calculated by applying the measurements of the sample to the signal to gloss relationship to obtain a more accurate gloss measurement of a sample under analysis.

    Spectrum recovery in a sample
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10768098B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-08

    申请号:US16428490

    申请日:2019-05-31

    Applicant: DATACOLOR INC.

    Inventor: Zhiling Xu

    Abstract: A method and a system are provided for obtaining improved spectra recovery results of a measurement of a sample through the use of a calibration matrix obtained from calibration measurement values using at least one illumination source. By calculating the reflectance spectrum of a collection of calibration samples across several rounds of measurements and cascading the results, an improved calibration matrix can be used to convert the sample measurement values to more accurate results.

    SPECTRUM RECOVERY IN A SAMPLE
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190301940A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-03

    申请号:US15939044

    申请日:2018-03-28

    Applicant: Datacolor Inc.

    Abstract: A method and a system are provided to measure transmittance or reflectance of a color specimen by using a transformation matrix obtained from the measurement values of a series of known transmittance or reflectance calibration color standards and multiple flashes from different illumination sources. A color spectrum can be determined with reduced error by calculating the reflectance spectra of an object using measurement matrices obtained under at least two illuminants and the transformation matrix.

    INSTRUMENT MONITORING
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230280212A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-07

    申请号:US17687005

    申请日:2022-03-04

    Applicant: DATACOLOR INC.

    CPC classification number: G01J3/524 G01J3/501

    Abstract: A method has been developed to monitor the aging of an illuminator (such as a lamp) and the interior sphere wall in a sphere-based color measurement instrument. This monitoring process or method is configurable to independently monitor the aging of the illuminator as well as the aging of the interior surface of a color measurement device using standard calibration measurements already present in the color measurement device.

    System and method to standardize whiteness calibration and measurement

    公开(公告)号:US11287376B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-29

    申请号:US16513236

    申请日:2019-07-16

    Applicant: DATACOLOR INC.

    Abstract: By way of overview and introduction, various embodiments of the apparatus, systems and methods described herein are directed improved approaches to aligning and standardizing different total spectral radiance factor shapes measured with different instruments. Furthermore, in one or more configurations and approaches, the disclosure presented herein is directed to obtaining a whiteness calibration value for use in sample measurements without the need of UV filter adjustments.

    RE-CALIBRATING COLOR MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS BASED ON USER-MADE COLOR SELECTIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20200080893A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-12

    申请号:US16129283

    申请日:2018-09-12

    Abstract: In one example, an initial transform is stored for converting wavelength channel responses of a color measurement instrument to color readings. The initial transform is set in-factory by a manufacturer of the color measurement device. A color selection of a sample is subsequently retrieved from a database, where the color selection was made by an end user in response to a color reading by the color measurement instrument using the initial transform. An adjustment to the initial transform is calculated using the color selection. The adjustment is then sent to the color measurement instrument for use in making future color measurements.

    SPECTRUM RECOVERY IN A SAMPLE
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190391071A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-26

    申请号:US16428490

    申请日:2019-05-31

    Applicant: DATACOLOR INC.

    Inventor: Zhiling Xu

    Abstract: A method and a system are provided for obtaining improved spectra recovery results of a measurement of a sample through the use of a calibration matrix obtained from calibration measurement values using at least one illumination source. By calculating the reflectance spectrum of a collection of calibration samples across several rounds of measurements and cascading the results, an improved calibration matrix can be used to convert the sample measurement values to more accurate results.

    COLOR SEARCH USING A SMARTPHONE AND A REFERENCE COLOR CHART

    公开(公告)号:US20190279400A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-12

    申请号:US15915815

    申请日:2018-03-08

    Applicant: Datacolor Inc.

    Inventor: Zhiling Xu

    Abstract: A method is provided for identifying colors across illuminants using a processor configured by code executing therein, the method comprising capturing a sample image with an image recording device, the image including pixels resenting a color sample under analysis and a color reference chart. The processor is also configured to execute comparing the color values of pixels representing the color reference chart of the sample image to the pixel values corresponding to a plurality of entries within a plurality of color reference datasets to determine the color reference having the closest match of sample captured in the image. The reference identifier of the color that is the closest match to the sample is then output for further use.

    MULTI-AGENT TRAINING OF A COLOR IDENTIFICATION NEURAL NETWORK

    公开(公告)号:US20190279023A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-12

    申请号:US16421060

    申请日:2019-05-23

    Applicant: DATACOLOR INC.

    Inventor: Zhiling Xu

    Abstract: Various embodiments of the systems and methods described herein are directed towards training an artificial neural network to identify color values of a sample by providing image data obtained through multiple image capture devices under a plurality of lighting conditions. The present invention also includes using a pre-trained neural network to identify the color values of a sample having an unknown color value by capturing an image of an unknown color sample and known color reference samples under any illumination or hardware configuration.

    SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI CHANNEL GLOSS MEASUREMENTS
    10.
    发明申请
    SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI CHANNEL GLOSS MEASUREMENTS 审中-公开
    用于多通道GLOSS测量的系统和设备

    公开(公告)号:US20140129179A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-05-08

    申请号:US14075722

    申请日:2013-11-08

    CPC classification number: G01N21/57

    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for determining a set of gloss measurement values of a sample to be measured. The invention includes a plurality of light sources having a light output, the plurality of sources configured to project light in the direction of a single sample having a gloss characteristic to be measured, wherein the planes of incidence of the light sources are arrayed at different azimuthal angles about the perpendicular direction of the sample. Furthermore, the invention includes a plurality gloss-sensitive sensors, each positioned at 180 degrees of azimuthal angle from the plurality of light sources so as to receive light reflected off a sample and output a plurality of measured gloss sample channel values and a processor configured to compare the outputs of the plurality of sample channel values and generate a plurality of angle-indexed gloss measurement values.

    Abstract translation: 本发明涉及一种用于确定要测量的样品的一组光泽度测量值的装置和方法。 本发明包括具有光输出的多个光源,所述多个光源被配置为沿着具有待测量的光泽特性的单个样品的方向投射光,其中光源的入射面排列在不同的方位角 围绕样品的垂直方向的角度。 此外,本发明包括多个光泽敏感传感器,每个光敏感应传感器分别位于与多个光源成180度的方位角,从而接收从样本反射的光并输出多个测量的光泽采样通道值,以及处理器, 比较多个采样通道值的输出并产生多个角度指标的光泽度测量值。

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