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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
May. 15, 2018
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Bloomington, IL (US);
Jonathan D. Maurer, Bloomington, IL (US);
Nicholas U. Christopulos, Bloomington, IL (US);
Lee C. Drinan, Bloomington, IL (US);
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Bloomington, IL (US);
Abstract
The method and system may be used to provide an indication of a color value for a particular siding sample and to color match a specific siding product to the color value of the siding sample. The system receives a digital image of a siding sample and a desired color value to be matched. A color query module plots this desired color value as a desired color point in a multidimensional color space together with a plurality of color reference points. Each color reference point represents the color value of an existing siding product. The system determines a 'distance' between the desired color point and each plotted color reference point within the color space and identifies the siding product associated with the color reference point that is located the shortest distance to the desired color point within the color space.