Patents by Inventor Anthony Joseph Calabria

Anthony Joseph Calabria has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for managing metamerism of color merchandise
    Patent number: 8330991
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for minimizing the effects of metamerism between a set of color standards (e.g., nitrocellulose lacquers) and inkjet printed color merchandise (e.g., paint chips) under a plurality of illuminants, including a balanced illuminant that emulates lighting conditions between cool (6500 K) and warm (2856 K) color temperatures. For each color standard, one selects an ink combination that best produces color merchandise having a minimal degree of metamerism. Innovatively, a combination of instrumental and visual tests is used to evaluate color difference for a set of color standards-color merchandise pairs under a plurality of illuminants. If a color standard-color merchandise pair fails either test then the ink combination may be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Columbia Insurance Company
    Inventors: Bobby Chin, Carl Minchew, Patrick Tak Fu Chong, Anthony Joseph Calabria
  • Method for managing metamerism of color merchandise
    Publication number: 20100228511
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for minimizing the effects of metamerism between a set of color standards (e.g., nitrocellulose lacquers) and inkjet printed color merchandise (e.g., paint chips) under a plurality of illuminants, including a balanced illuminant that emulates lighting conditions between cool (6500 K) and warm (2856 K) color temperatures. For each color standard, one selects an ink combination that best produces color merchandise having a minimal degree of metamerism. Innovatively, a combination of instrumental and visual tests is used to evaluate color difference for a set of color standards-color merchandise pairs under a plurality of illuminants. If a color standard-color merchandise pair fails either test then the ink combination may be adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Columbia Insurance Company
    Inventors: Bobby Chin, Carl Minchew, Patrick Tak Fu Chong, Anthony Joseph Calabria