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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michel Vieillefosse, Aix En Provence, FR;
Assignee:
Bertin & Cie, Plaisir, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356326 ; 356405 ; 356407 ; 356425 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and to apparatus for determining the color of a translucent object such as a tooth by measuring the reflectance of said object at wavelengths corresponding essentially to sensitivity maxima of the human eye to hue and to saturation, by calculating the luminance of white included in the luminance of the object illuminated by a determined standard illuminant, by calculating a saturation percentage for the color of the object as seen by the human eye, and by determining the pigmentations of said color relative to white.