Color and texture match ratings for optimal match selection
First Claim
1. A computer system for displaying matches of a paint sample to various proposed paint coatings, comprising:
- one or more processors; and
one or more computer-readable media having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors configure the computer system to perform at least the following;
receive one or more coating texture variables of a target coating from a coating-measurement instrument;
display, for multiple respective proposed coating matches on a digital display device, at least the following separate ratings;
effect texture ratings for each of the multiple respective proposed coating matches, wherein;
the effect texture ratings indicate differences in effect textures between a target coating effect texture and effect textures associated with each of the multiple respective proposed coating matches,each effect texture ratings is derived from a statistical mapping of the coating texture variables to human-perceived rankings of relative effect texture differences between a set of coatings that does not include the target coating between the one or more coating texture variables of the target coating, andthe effect texture rating is displayed using a visual depiction of a slider bar, wherein a location of the slider in the slider bar indicates a relative texture difference between the target coating and at least one proposed coating matches;
color coating ratings for each of the multiple respective proposed coating matches, wherein;
the color coating ratings indicate differences in coating colors between a target coating color and colors associated with each of the multiple respective proposed coating matches, andeach color coating ratings is derived from a statistical mapping of the coating texture variables to human-perceived rankings of relative coating color differences between a set of coatings that does not include the target coating, andsparkle color ratings for each of the multiple respective proposed coating matches, wherein;
the sparkle color ratings indicate differences in sparkle colors between a target coating sparkle colors and sparkle colors associated with each of the multiple respective proposed coating matches, andeach sparkle color ratings is derived from a statistical mapping of the coating texture variables to human-perceived rankings of relative sparkle color differences between a set of coatings that does not include the target coating; and
order the proposed coating matches, wherein the ordering indicates a strength in similarity between the target coating and each of the proposed coating matches with respect to the effect texture ratings, color coating ratings, or sparkle color ratings.
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Abstract
A computerized method for displaying matches of a paint sample to various proposed paint coatings includes receiving one or more coating texture variables of a target coating from a coating-measurement instrument. The method also includes displaying, on a digital display device, effect texture ratings for multiple respective proposed coating matches on a digital display device, wherein the effect texture ratings indicate a similarity between the one or more coating texture variables of the target coating and respective coating textures variables of each of the respective proposed coating matches. In addition, the method includes ordering the proposed coating matches, wherein the ordering indicates a strength in similarity between the target coating and each of the proposed coating matches with respect to the effect texture ratings.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer system for displaying matches of a paint sample to various proposed paint coatings, comprising:
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one or more processors; and one or more computer-readable media having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors configure the computer system to perform at least the following; receive one or more coating texture variables of a target coating from a coating-measurement instrument; display, for multiple respective proposed coating matches on a digital display device, at least the following separate ratings; effect texture ratings for each of the multiple respective proposed coating matches, wherein; the effect texture ratings indicate differences in effect textures between a target coating effect texture and effect textures associated with each of the multiple respective proposed coating matches, each effect texture ratings is derived from a statistical mapping of the coating texture variables to human-perceived rankings of relative effect texture differences between a set of coatings that does not include the target coating between the one or more coating texture variables of the target coating, and the effect texture rating is displayed using a visual depiction of a slider bar, wherein a location of the slider in the slider bar indicates a relative texture difference between the target coating and at least one proposed coating matches; color coating ratings for each of the multiple respective proposed coating matches, wherein; the color coating ratings indicate differences in coating colors between a target coating color and colors associated with each of the multiple respective proposed coating matches, and each color coating ratings is derived from a statistical mapping of the coating texture variables to human-perceived rankings of relative coating color differences between a set of coatings that does not include the target coating, and sparkle color ratings for each of the multiple respective proposed coating matches, wherein; the sparkle color ratings indicate differences in sparkle colors between a target coating sparkle colors and sparkle colors associated with each of the multiple respective proposed coating matches, and each sparkle color ratings is derived from a statistical mapping of the coating texture variables to human-perceived rankings of relative sparkle color differences between a set of coatings that does not include the target coating; and order the proposed coating matches, wherein the ordering indicates a strength in similarity between the target coating and each of the proposed coating matches with respect to the effect texture ratings, color coating ratings, or sparkle color ratings. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computerized method for execution on a computer system comprising a display device, one or more processors, system memory, the method for displaying values that describe various attributes of one or more proposed, matching colors, the method comprising:
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receiving from a coating-measurement instrument a plurality of coating variables of a target coating; receiving data for multiple respective proposed coating matches with the target coating, wherein the data comprise color data, texture data, and one or more sparkle color ratings, wherein the multiple respective proposed coating matches are matched based at least in part on a match of sparkle color variables with the target coating; displaying in a user interface the received sparkle color ratings of each proposed coating match, wherein; the sparkle color ratings indicate differences in sparkle colors between a target coating sparkle colors and sparkle colors associated with each of the multiple respective proposed coating matches, and each sparkle color ratings is derived from a statistical mapping of the coating texture variables to human-perceived rankings of relative sparkle color differences between a set of coatings that does not include the target coating; displaying a visual depiction of a slider bar, wherein the slider bar indicates a relative texture difference between a target coating and one or more proposed coating matches; and displaying an overall ranking of each proposed coating match, wherein the overall ranking indicates a similarity of sparkle color ratings with the target coating and each proposed coating match. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product comprising one or more non-transitory computer storage media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed at a processor, cause the computer system to perform a method for displaying matches of a paint sample to various proposed paint coatings, the method comprising:
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receiving one or more coating texture variables of a target coating from a coating-measurement instrument; displaying for multiple respective proposed coating matches on a digital display device, at least the following separate ratings; effect texture ratings for each of the multiple respective proposed coating matches, wherein; the effect texture ratings indicate differences in effect textures between a target coating effect texture and effect textures associated with each of the multiple respective proposed coating matches, and each effect texture ratings is derived from a statistical mapping of the coating texture variables to human-perceived rankings of relative effect texture differences between a set of coatings that does not include the target coating, and the effect texture rating is displayed using a visual depiction of a slider bar, wherein a location of the slider in the slider bar indicates a relative texture difference between the target coating and at least one proposed coating matches; color coating ratings for each of the multiple respective proposed coating matches, wherein; the color coating ratings indicate differences in coating colors between a target coating color and colors associated with each of the multiple respective proposed coating matches, and each color coating ratings is derived from a statistical mapping of the coating texture variables to human-perceived rankings of relative coating color differences between a set of coatings that does not include the target coating; and sparkle color ratings for each of the multiple respective proposed coating matches, wherein; the sparkle color ratings indicate differences in sparkle colors between a target coating sparkle colors and sparkle colors associated with each of the multiple respective proposed coating matches, and each sparkle color ratings is derived from a statistical mapping of the coating texture variables to human-perceived rankings of relative sparkle color differences between a set of coatings that does not include the target coating; and ordering the proposed coating matches, wherein the ordering indicates a strength in similarity between the target coating and each of the proposed coating matches with respect to the effect texture ratings.
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20. A computerized method for execution in a computing system, the computerized system comprising a memory;
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a storage device, the method for displaying on a display device a graphical user interface that matches a target coating to another coating based on raw spectrophotometer data relevant to coating texture, the method comprising;displaying an icon on a graphical user interface that indicates a color of a target coating, wherein the icon is selected by the computing system in response to raw spectrophotometric data taken for a target coating applied to a target object; displaying a number indicating an amount of potential matches of the target coating to predetermined coating information stored in a database, wherein the matches are based on a correlation of texture variables from the target coating and human-provided impression data; and for each potential match displayed on the graphical user interface; displaying an icon that visually represents the potential match; displaying a visual depiction of a slider bar, wherein the slider bar indicates a relative texture difference between the target coating and the potential match; displaying at least one field that visually indicates a manufacturer associated with the target coating; displaying at least one field that visually indicates a color value for the potential match; and displaying at least one field that visually indicates a texture value for the potential match, wherein; the texture value indicates a difference in texture between a target coating and each potential match, and each texture value is derived from a statistical mapping of coating texture variables to human-perceived rankings of texture value differences between a set of coatings that does not include the target coating.
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