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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2012
Phillip J. Behrens, McDonald, PA (US);
Jeffrey Lipniskis, Sarver, PA (US);
Srinivas Narasimhan, McDonald, PA (US);
Mathew A. Ficco, McDonald, PA (US);
Christopher Caruso, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Phillip J. Behrens, McDonald, PA (US);
Jeffrey Lipniskis, Sarver, PA (US);
Srinivas Narasimhan, McDonald, PA (US);
Mathew A. Ficco, McDonald, PA (US);
Christopher Caruso, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
PPG Industries Ohio, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented method that includes enabling, using a processor, a user to identify a first area of a digital image, wherein the first area will be colored with a first color. The method also includes segmenting, using the processor, the digital image into a first segment that represents the first area and a second segment that represents a second area of the digital image, wherein an original color of the second area will remain unchanged. The method further includes enabling, using the processor, the user to select the first color, wherein the first color corresponds a first coating color, and displaying, using the processor, the digital image with the first segment colored with the first color.