Patent ID: 8650795
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: A01K,A01M

Abstract:
1. A method of creating a surface coating for use on a model of an animal, comprising the steps of using a spectroscopic imaging means to measure a percent light reflectance value reflected from a feature on the animal for each of a plurality of wavelengths of light, wherein said plurality of wavelengths of light includes one or more wavelengths which are visually detectable to the animal but not visually detectable to a human; using the measured percent light reflectance values to define a first spectral reflectance curve for the feature on the animal; and formulating a surface coating for use on the model of an animal, such that the surface coating has a second spectral reflectance curve which substantially matches the first spectral reflectance curve across any wavelengths which are visually detectable to the animal, wherein the surface coating consists of a synthetic material, and wherein the surface coating does not comprise any portion of an animal.