Patents by Inventor Yukiyo Tsukahara

Yukiyo Tsukahara 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 classifying and arranging metallic paint colors
    Patent number: 6992277
    Abstract: Metallic paint colors are classified and arranged by determining the representative color of any metallic paint color; calculating the hu-tone value of said representative color; generating coating color computer graphics indicating optical properties of said metallic paint color in a prescribed range of angles of observation; and preparing a coating color map by arranging said coating color computer graphics over the hue-tone value of said representative color in a hue-tone chart on the monitor screen of a computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Masuda, Yukiyo Tsukahara
  • Method for classifying and arranging metallic paint colors
    Publication number: 20040179023
    Abstract: Metallic paint colors are classified and arranged by determining the representative color of any metallic paint color; calculating the hue-tone value of said representative color; generating coating color computer graphics indicating optical properties of said metallic paint color in a prescribed range of angles of observation; and preparing a coating color map by arranging said coating color computer graphics over the hue-tone value of said representative color in a hue-tone chart on the monitor screen of a computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Yutaka Masuda, Yukiyo Tsukahara
  • Method for classifying and arranging metallic paint colors
    Patent number: 6747662
    Abstract: Metallic paint colors are classified and arranged by determining the representative color of any metallic paint color; calculating the hue-tone value of said representative color; generating coating color computer graphics indicating optical properties of said metallic paint color in a prescribed range of angles of observation; and preparing a coating color map by arranging said coating color computer graphics over the hue-tone value of said representative color in a hue-tone chart on the monitor screen of a computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Masuda, Yukiyo Tsukahara
  • METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING AND ARRANGING METALLIC PAINT COLORS
    Publication number: 20020063721
    Abstract: Metallic paint colors are classified and arranged by determining the representative color of any metallic paint color; calculating the hue-tone value of said representative color; generating coating color computer graphics indicating optical properties of said metallic paint color in a prescribed range of angles of observation; and preparing a coating color map by arranging said coating color computer graphics over the hue-tone value of said representative color in a hue-tone chart on the monitor screen of a computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 1999
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: YUTAKA MASUDA, YUKIYO TSUKAHARA