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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:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
May. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lingappa K Mestha, Fairport, NY (US);
Sohail A Dianat, Pittsford, NY (US);
Michael J Rice, Webster, NY (US);
Edward B Caruthers, Rochester, NY (US);
R Enrique Viturro, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356425 ; 356402 ; 250226 ;
Abstract
A method of mixing colorants to achieve a target color includes combining individual colorants, detecting an output color of the combined colorants with a color sensing device and automatically adjusting the output color based on comparison between the detected output color and the target color. An apparatus for mixing colorants according to this method is also disclosed.