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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2020
Hach Company, Loveland, CO (US);
Michael Jonathan Tschampl, Windsor, CO (US);
Peter Michalski, Broomfield, CO (US);
Reece W. Hopkins, Charleston, SC (US);
Frederik Nordahl, Glienicke, DE;
HACH COMPANY, Loveland, CO (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a method for selecting a color for a chemistry or instrument based upon a parameter of a test, the method including: identifying a color corresponding to a parameter of a test for the parameter; selecting, if the color corresponding to the parameter has not previously been used for another parameter, the color for designating a chemistry or an instrument as corresponding to the parameter; selecting, if the color corresponding to the parameter has previously been used for another parameter, a different color other than the color for designating a chemistry or an instrument as corresponding to the parameter, wherein the selecting a color other than the color comprises identifying a color having a measure of change in visual perception of the different color against other previously selected colors a predetermined value from the other previously selected colors; and utilizing the selected colors for parameters across both chemistries () and instruments () that are utilized in tests for the parameters.