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Title:
DEVICE FOR MEASURING COLOR DIFFERENCE, SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/151366
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Provided is a device, a system, and a recording medium capable of easily measuring a color difference between an average color value of a target object and a color value of a comparison target. The device includes: an image acquiring unit that acquires image data of an image shot of a target object; a region selecting unit that selects a prescribed image region on the target object within the image; an average value calculating unit that calculates an average color value from color values of the image data, the average color value being an average of the color values in the image region; a color difference calculating unit that calculates a color difference between the average color value and a color value of a comparison target in the same color space as the average color value; and an outputting unit that outputs information regarding the color difference.

Inventors:
FURUSAWA MASAAKI (JP)
KARASAWA FUMIO (JP)
MORITA YOSHINORI (JP)
NOJIRI YUKIO (JP)
SAITO KOJI (JP)
SUMIDE MAKOTO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/US2017/018997
Publication Date:
October 12, 2017
Filing Date:
February 23, 2017
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Assignee:
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO (US)
International Classes:
G01J3/46; G01J3/02
Domestic Patent References:
WO2011089094A12011-07-28
Other References:
ANONYMOUS: ""TECHKON ColorCatcher" im App Store", 6 February 2014 (2014-02-06), XP055379250, Retrieved from the Internet [retrieved on 20170607]
ANONYMOUS: ""TECHKON ColorCatcher" im App Store", 6 February 2014 (2014-02-06), pages 3 - 4, XP055379254, Retrieved from the Internet [retrieved on 20170607]
ANONYMOUS: "ColorCatcher - TECHKON", 16 December 2014 (2014-12-16), XP055379840, Retrieved from the Internet [retrieved on 20170608]
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
VAN VLIET, Emily M. et al. (US)
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