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Patent No.:

US 12299818 B1

Date of Patent:

May. 13, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 07, 2021

Visualizing the appearance of at least two materials in a hetergeneous measurement environment

Applicant:

X-rite Europe Gmbh, Regensdorf, CH;

Inventor:

Martin Rump, Winderscheid, DE;

Assignee:

X-RITE BUROPE GMBH, Regensdorf, CH;

Attorney:

Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Phu K Nguyen

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G06T 7/41 (2017.01); G06T 7/60 (2017.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06T 15/04 (2011.01); G06T 15/50 (2011.01); G06T 17/10 (2006.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); G06V 10/56 (2022.01); G06V 10/74 (2022.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

G06T 17/10 (2013.01); G06T 7/41 (2017.01); G06T 7/60 (2013.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06T 11/001 (2013.01); G06T 15/04 (2013.01); G06T 15/506 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); G06V 10/56 (2022.01); G06V 10/761 (2022.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2215/16 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2012 (2013.01);

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for visualizing the appearances of at least two materials includes obtaining a first set of appearance attributes, the appearance attributes of the first set being associated with a first material, the first set of appearance attributes comprising measured appearance attributes, obtaining a second set of appearance attributes, the appearance attributes of the second set being associated with a second material; and obtaining a geometric model of at least one virtual object, the geometric model defining a three-dimensional macroscopic surface geometry of the virtual object. The invention is characterized by synthesizing a third set of appearance attributes from the first set of appearance attributes and the second set of appearance attributes and visualizing, using a display device, a scene comprising the at least one virtual object, using the third set of appearance attributes, a comparison set of appearance attributes and the geometric model, a first portion of the at least one virtual object being visualized using the third set of appearance attributes, and a second portion of the at least one virtual object being visualized using the comparison set of appearance attributes, to allow a direct a visual comparison of the first set of appearance attributes as modified by the second set of appearance attributes with the comparison set of appearance attributes.

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