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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7417735 | Systems and methods for measuring color and contrast in specular reflective devices Disclosed herein are systems and methods for measuring color and contrast in specular reflective devices such as interferometric modulators. To make color and contrast determinations, light reflected from a specular reflective device may be measured in-line with ill... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7365849 | Portable, scanning and analyzing apparatus A portable, scanning and analyzing apparatus that uses an integrated scan probe for the scanning operation is described. The integrated scanning probe is formed with a light emitting diode array light source and a photodiode detector array. After a test sample finis... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7350329 | Scope adjustment method and apparatus A rifle scope system allows adjustment of the scope while a shooter maintains the shooting posture and the scope sight picture. The scope system comprises an adjustment system comprising an electromechanical mechanism that responds to a signal from a remote controll... | 04/01/2008 |
| 6985230 | Comparison sample for simulating the color of keratinous elements, and related methods A system comprising a plurality of comparison samples each having a reflectance spectrum and being configured to substantially simulate a color of a keratinous element having a reflectance system. The reflectance spectrum of each comparison sample may be substantial... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6813025 | Modular scope The present invention provides a viewing scope adapted to be mounted on a device, such as a rifle or camera. The viewing scope may include a body module, an objective module, a test module, and a control module. The test module may be configured to test the performa... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6734973 | Method and apparatus for determining plant nutrient status A leaf color chart, calibration table and assessment chart and method for determining the nutrient status of a field crop such as rice. The leaf color chart has a palette of colored panels held within a planar support structure that have the same spectral reflectanc... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6724480 | Comparison sample for simulating an appearance of a keratinous element, and related methods A system comprising a plurality of comparison samples configured to substantially simulate the appearance of a keratinous element. Each comparison sample may be configured to substantially simulate both a color and an appearance characteristic other than color of th... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6665965 | Ergonomic color sample fan deck A fan deck display having a case including a center wall joined between a pair of side walls. Each of the side walls has a longitudinal free edge with a plurality of undulations formed therein. A plurality of color strips are movably connected to the case... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6362885 | METHOD OF DETERMINING THE FORMULATING RATIO OF A METALLIC OR PEARLESCENT PIGMENT TO A COLORANT OR THE FORMULATING AMOUNT OF A METALLIC OR PEARLESCENT PIGMENT IN THE COMPUTER-AIDED COLOR MATCHING OF A METALLIC OR PEARLESCENT PAINT A method of determining the formulating ratio of metallic or pearlescent pigments to colorants for matching the color of a metallic or pearlescent coating to an target color wherein, the spectral reflectances of a plurality of samples varied in the formul... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6271920 | Methods and apparatus for color calibration and verification Methods and apparatus for calibrating a color measuring instrument with a color standard and verifying the color standard and calibration are provided. One method includes providing a color standard having a surface with at least two different colors (pre... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6191852 | Optical measurement system for detecting luminescence or fluorescence signals In the measurement system for detecting optical signals of microassays, the signal-generating test objects 5 are arranged on an investigation surface of a planar carrier 4. The planar carrier 4 is, in particular, a microtitre plate for biological objects.... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6160624 | Method for verifying silver-based lithographic printing plates A method is disclosed for verifying the printing quality of a lithographic printing plate which is obtained by a plate-making process whereby an ink-receptive silver image is formed at the printing areas, characterized in that said method comprises the st... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6067504 | Method for correctly identifying hair color Methods and apparatus for determining accurate hair color classificatinos and appropriate coloring agents to bring about a selected change of color include a table of hair color classifications, a color measuring instrument to arrive at Hunter L, a and b ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5231576 | Measuring apparatus The present invention is an apparatus for measuring the constituent concentration of a specimen on the basis of the color change in a test material housed in a test piece, which has reacted because of the specimen. The apparatus irradiates the test materi... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5182616 | Color communication kits Kits which allow colors to be identified and thereby communicated by their unique chromatic and/or achromatic characteristics include a number of discrete color plaques. These color plaques are preferably arranged in chromatic and achromatic series such t... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5157506 | Standardized color calibration of electronic imagery A system produces a standardized image of an object from an intermediate object recorded on film. An image of a spectrum of the light source illuminating the object is recorded on the film together with the image of the object. The image of the spectrum o... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5148288 | Standardized color calibration of electronic imagery A system for electronically recording a standardized color image of an object. The system incorporates a linear variable bandpass filter and a linear variable neutral density filter.... | 09/15/1992 |
| 4878977 | Process for manufacturing systematic color tables or color charts for seven-color printing, and tables or charts produced by this process Method for printing and article produced thereby which uses the six chromatic colors yellow, green, cyan-blue, violet-blue, magenta, red and orange-red and wherein a plurality of color field tables are produced for combinations of two of the chromatic col... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4877580 | Assay kit including an analyte test strip and a color comparator An assay kit comprising an analyte test strip and a color comparator including a plurality of different color fields arranged in an ordered, preferably linear, succession. There is an aperture through each color field so positioned that the reaction zone ... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4871258 | Color test meter A colorimeter comprises a case, a liquid crystal display (LCD) mounted on the case, a color chart provided on the case to permit holding of a specimen to be compared in close proximity to the color chart, and switches for indicating which color on the col... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4580895 | Sample-scanning photometer An apparatus and method for reading agglutination tests and other procedures by scanning the contents of a microtest well or other sample-holding vessel to determine a certain charactersitic of the contents, such as the size of an agglutination button or ... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4409182 | Colorimeter test kit apparatus A method and apparatus for the colorimetric testing of non-opaque fluids that comprises compact test kit apparatus made from readily available plastic components, and sets of such test kits made even more compact by a combination of chemistries for certai... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4310248 | Color control system A color control system for color separation, developing and printing fields including a plurality of strips of film with each strip containing color information and combining to form a color proof. A proof can be analyzed by eye or compared with a control... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4047817 | Photographic color densitometer check plate A density check plate comprising a support having thereon a plurality of light absorbing filters, each of which has a light transmission limit wavelength at a different spectral wavelength and which completely and sharply absorbs light of a wavelength sho... | 09/13/1977 |
| 3998556 | Color contrast gauge A color contrast gauge to determine and test the proper contrast of a light background to a darker machine-readable symbol printed thereon.... | 12/21/1976 |
