Patents by Inventor Eric Jacob Jan Kirchner
Eric Jacob Jan Kirchner 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).
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Patent number: 11900507Abstract: A computer implemented method and system for generating a visualization of a stained wood substrate are provided. The method includes receiving an image of the wood substrate to be stained; subdividing the image i-14 into a plurality of sub-images, each sub-image corresponding to the portion of the image having a color falling in a respective one of color bands; for each sub-image, retrieving a reflectance curve representative for the wood substrate for the color corresponding to the sub-image; retrieving absorption and scattering values for the stain; for each sub-image, determining the reflectance curve representative for the stained wood based on the absorption and scattering values for the stain and the reflectance curve for the wood substrate for that sub-image; and for each pixel of each sub-image, determining a color based on the reflectance curve representative for the stained wood, resulting in a generated image of the substrate after applying the stain.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V.Inventors: Margot Julia Vlot, Peter Mark Spiers, Eric Jacob Jan Kirchner
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Publication number: 20220301238Abstract: A computer implemented method and system for generating a visualization of a stained wood substrate are provided. The method includes receiving an image of the wood substrate to be stained; subdividing the image into a plurality of sub-images, each sub-image corresponding to the portion of the image having a color falling in a respective one of color bands; for each sub-image, retrieving a reflectance curve representative for the wood substrate for the color corresponding to the sub-image; retrieving absorption and scattering values for the stain; for each sub-image, determining the reflectance curve representative for the stained wood based on the absorption and scattering values for the stain and the reflectance curve for the wood substrate for that sub-image; and for each pixel of each sub-image, determining a color based on the reflectance curve representative for the stained wood, resulting in a generated image of the substrate after applying the stain.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Margot Julia VLOT, Peter Mark SPIERS, Eric Jacob Jan KIRCHNER
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Patent number: 10375148Abstract: The invention relates to a method of selecting the most probable variant of a matching paint candidate color standard for vehicle repair using a mobile device having a color display and an input unit and which is capable of data exchange with a central computer via an at least partly wireless communication line, wherein verbal or symbolic characterizations describing visual differences between a selected candidate color standard and identified variants are displayed on the display of the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: AKZO NOBEL COATINGS INTERNATIONAL B.V.Inventors: Eric Jacob Jan Kirchner, Swie Lan Njo, Jeroen Hoogink
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Patent number: 9791318Abstract: The invention relates to a method of displaying an image of an effect coating having texture and color properties on an electronic display device, using measured color data and measured texture data as input to generate the image, wherein the textured image is displayed with visual color properties which are maintained on a prescribed level independent of possible variations in texture properties.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2010Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: AKZO NOBEL COATINGS INTERNATIONAL B.V.Inventors: Eric Jacob Jan Kirchner, Roelof Johannes Baptist Gottenbos, André Half, Ivo Bernardus Nicolaas Van Der Lans
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Patent number: 9135886Abstract: Process of color calibrating an electronic display screen comprising the steps of displaying at least one trial color of at least one physical sample having standardized color on an electronic display screen, visually comparing the color of the at least one physical sample and the at least one trial color displayed on the electronic display screen, selecting the trial color having the best visual match with the at least one physical sample, and using the selected trial color on the electronic display screen having the best visual match with the at least one physical sample color to color calibrate the electronic display screen.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2011Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: AKZO NOBEL COATINGS INTERNATIONAL B.V.Inventors: Eric Jacob Jan Kirchner, Ivo Bernardus Nicolaas Van Der Lans, Swie Lan Njo, André Half, Roelof Johannes Baptist Gottenbos
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Publication number: 20150026298Abstract: The invention relates to a method of selecting the most probable variant of a matching paint candidate colour standard for vehicle repair using a mobile device having a colour display and an input unit and which is capable of data exchange with a central computer via an at least partly wireless communication line, wherein verbal or symbolic characterizations describing visual differences between a selected candidate colour standard and identified variants are displayed on the display of the mobile device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2012Publication date: January 22, 2015Applicant: AKZO NOBEL COATINGS INTERNATIONAL B.V.Inventors: Eric Jacob Jan Kirchner, Swie Lan Njo, Jeroen Hoogink
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Publication number: 20130010009Abstract: Process of colour calibrating an electronic display screen comprising the steps of displaying at least one trial colour of at least one physical sample having standardized colour on an electronic display screen, visually comparing the colour of the at least one physical sample and the at least one trial colour displayed on the electronic display screen, selecting the trial colour having the best visual match with the at least one physical sample, and using the selected trial colour on the electronic display screen having the best visual match with the at least one physical sample colour to colour calibrate the electronic display screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2011Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V.Inventors: Eric Jacob Jan Kirchner, Ivo Bernardus Nicolaas Van Der Lans, Swie Lan Njo, André Half, Roelof Johannes Baptist Gottenbos
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Publication number: 20120098845Abstract: The invention relates to a method of displaying an image of an effect coating having texture and colour properties on an electronic display device, using measured colour data and measured texture data as input to generate the image, wherein the textured image is displayed with visual colour properties which are maintained on a prescribed level independent of possible variations in texture properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2010Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: AKZO NOBEL COATINGS INTERNATIONAL B.V.Inventors: Eric Jacob Jan Kirchner, Roelof Johannes Baptist Gottenbos, Andre Half, Ivo Bernardus Nicolaas Van Der Lans
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Patent number: 7804597Abstract: A method for matching colour properties and texture properties of a repair paint to colour properties and texture properties of a paint film on a substrate to be repaired is provided. In the method, the texture of the paint film is imaged with a digital imaging device, the imaged texture is analyzed using image analysis software, texture data is calculated, and the repair paint is formulated on the basis of the concentrations of paint modules, wherein each paint module is associated to specified texture data and colour data.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2005Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: AKZO Nobel Coatings International B.V.Inventors: Klaas Hendrik De Haas, Swie Lan Njo, Eric Jacob Jan Kirchner, Roelof Johannes Baptist Gottenbos
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Publication number: 20030096893Abstract: A coating composition comprising an oxidatively drying coating binder and a chelate comprising at least one group according to the following formula I: 1Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2002Publication date: May 22, 2003Inventors: Ritse Eltjo Boomgaard, Herbert Schier, Eric Jacob Jan Kirchner, Robert Paul Klaasen, Frantisek Hartl, Ronald Petrus Catharina van der Leeuw, Frank Johannes Alfred Dirk Bakkeren