The invention relates to a system and a method for ascertaining a color recipe, having the steps of: a) providing a database with a plurality of data sets, b) specifying a target application method, a target substrate, and a desired target hue by means of a user, c) searching the database using a computer program, and d) displaying stored information relating to the color recipe of at least one data set if found. The database for at least one hue comprises at least two different respective data sets, each of which comprises the same hue identification code but different substrates and/or application methods, and different color recipes, and the database for at least one color recipe comprises at least two different respective data sets, each of which comprises the same color recipe identification code but different substrates and/or application methods, and the resulting hue, wherein i) at least 90% of the data sets with different hues contain a respective different hue identification code than the other data sets, and/or ii) at least 90% of the data sets with different color recipes contain a respective different color recipe identification code than the other data sets.

Disclosed herein is a computer-implemented method for generating a coating formulation that yields a coating which is, to the eye of a human observer, identical or substantially similar in appearance to a target coating, as well as a device for performing the method.

Optical property measurement using a sensor behind a display screen Examples of this application disclose a method for measuring optical properties of a target. The method comprises illuminating the target with an illumination area with a display screen in contact with the target, and analysing signals reflected from the target and transmitted back through the display screen to a sensor positioned behind the display screen, to determine the optical properties of the target.

Systems and methods include a display assembly that displays paint color chips at paint color chip locations that each have a divider tab. A light-emitting diode (LED) control circuit is in communication with each LED of an LED array and in communication with a computing device that determines a particular paint color chip based on received input, determines a particular paint color chip location of the particular paint color chip, identifies a particular LED associated with the particular paint color chip location, and transmits an activation signal to the LED control circuit. The LED control circuit receives the activation signal and activates the particular LED to illuminate the divider tab located at the particular paint color chip location within the display assembly.

An object of the present invention is to provide a temperature detection material that can be manufactured through a simple step and is excellent in handleability. In order to solve the above problem, the temperature detection material according to the present invention includes a temperature-indicating material including a leuco dye, a color developer, and a color eraser and a matrix material; and is characterized in that the matrix material is in a solid state, a melting point of the matrix material is higher than a melting point of the temperature-indicating material, and a phase separation structure in which the temperature-indicating material disperses in the matrix material is formed.

A system and method include receiving target image data associated with a target coating. A color model and a local color model are used to predict color differences between the target coating and a sample coating. The color model and local color model includes a feature extraction analysis process that determines image features by analyzing target pixel feature differences within the target coating. Performing an optimization routine upon the color differences for determining automotive paint components for spraying a substrate.

A system includes a shelving mechanism having a first surface, a second surface, a tab channel adjacent to the second surface, and a pair of supports. The pair of supports is disposed between an opening defined by the first surface and the second surface. The tab channel is defined by a first tab surface and a second tab surface. The first tab surface and the second tab surface are nonparallel to the second surface. The first tab surface includes a first locking portion and the second tab surface includes a second locking portion. A light-emitting diode (LED) array is slidably disposed on the pair of supports and a divider tab snaps into engagement with the tab channel. The divider tab is configured to illuminate in response to receiving light from the LED array.

In one embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes selecting a first color sample within a target area in a first image of a first object displayed by a display device; selecting a second color sample within a target area in a second image of a second object displayed in the display device; comparing the first color sample against the second color sample to determine a measure of color difference or a measure of color equivalence between the first color sample of the first object and the second color sample of the second object; and displaying the results of the comparison to a user in the display device. One or more of these functions may be performed with a processor.

An electronic device may include a light sensor system. The light sensor system may have a light source that emits light and a light detector that receives the emitted light after the emitted light has interacted with an external object. The light source may include a ring of light-emitting diodes or other light-emitting devices surrounding the light detector or may have light-emitting devices that are surrounded by a ring-shaped light detector. Polarizer structures may be incorporated into the light sensor system. Control circuitry in the device may control the light source so that different polarizations of light are emitted at different times. The control circuitry may process signals from the light detector that are gathered under different polarizations to discriminate between specular and non-specular reflections from the external object.

A color matching method and a color matching device are provided, the color matching method includes: S1, determining a target color; S2, judging whether color data of a sample is obtained, if yes, proceeding to step S3, and if not, proceeding to step S5; S3, measuring the color data of the sample and displaying a color on a substrate, and proceeding to step S4; S4, judging whether the color displayed on the substrate is consistent with the target color, and if not, proceeding to step S6, and if yes, proceeding to step S7; S5, selecting a color and emitting light consistent with a chromaticity value of the selected color onto the substrate and proceeding to step S6; S6, adjusting the color displayed on the substrate until an adjusted color displayed on the substrate is consistent with the target color, and proceeding to S7; and S7, storing data.