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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2023
Axalta Coating Systems Ip Co., Llc, Wilmington, DE (US);
Francisco Miguel Martínez Verdú, Upper Darby, PA (US);
Larry E. Steenhoek, Ellicott City, MD (US);
AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS IP CO., LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A computing system and associated methodology of evaluating and matching colored sparkle appearance of coatings containing at least one effect pigment type are disclosed. The methodology processes a digital image of a coating sample obtain pixel-specific sparkle point data and pixel-specific background data, both of which are formatted in accordance with an advanced color appearance model that corresponds to human color perception. A colored sparkle visual scaling value is calculated from the pixel-specific data, wherein the visual scaling value indicates colored sparkle characteristics of the coating sample. The visual scaling value of the coating sample is compared against the visual scaling value of a previously-characterized candidate coating specimen. The results of the comparison are used to determine how well the candidate coating specimen matches (in colored sparkle characteristics) the coating sample.