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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2013
Martin Rump, Winterscheid, DE;
Marc S. Ellens, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Adrian Kohlbrenner, Thalwil, CH;
Francis Lamy, Wollerau, CH;
Beat Frick, Buchs, CH;
Martin Rump, Winterscheid, DE;
Marc S. Ellens, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Adrian Kohlbrenner, Thalwil, CH;
Francis Lamy, Wollerau, CH;
Beat Frick, Buchs, CH;
X-Rite Switzerland GmbH, Regensdorf, CH;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of digitally generating, via the use of a computer, data indicative of a synthesized appearance of a simulated material having physically plausible appearance attributes. The method includes determining a set of data indicative of the synthesized appearance of the simulated material based at least in part on data associated with the physically tangible source material and at least in part on data of measured attributes of the physically tangible reference material.