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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. 31, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2004
Applicants:
Yutaka Masuda, Fujisawa, JP;
Yukiyo Tsukahara, Hiratsuka, JP;
Inventors:
Yutaka Masuda, Fujisawa, JP;
Yukiyo Tsukahara, Hiratsuka, JP;
Assignee:
Kansai Paint Co., Ltd., Hyogo-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Metallic paint colors are classified and arranged by determining the representative color of any metallic paint color; calculating the hu-tone value of said representative color; generating coating color computer graphics indicating optical properties of said metallic paint color in a prescribed range of angles of observation; and preparing a coating color map by arranging said coating color computer graphics over the hue-tone value of said representative color in a hue-tone chart on the monitor screen of a computer system.