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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Frederick Graf, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
James Edward Pickett, Schenectady, NY (US);
Alexander Isaakovich Shakhnovich, Schenectady, NY (US);
James Paul Barren, Scotia, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/46 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/46 ;
Abstract
Predicting material color shifts due to weathering. A color formulation tool determines the concentration of colorants from a color standard. The color formulation tool obtains weathered optical parameters for the color standard from a color database and predicts the color of the color standard from the colorant concentrations and weathered optical parameters.