Patent ID: 9047693
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G06T,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A color distribution design assistance system, comprising: a storage device configured to store color distribution in accordance with variation angle of a coating layer of an object surface, a distribution mode of a particle group included in the coating layer, and shape characteristics and optical characteristics of particles making up the particle group; an input device enabling virtual designation of information on a design effect at the object surface; a calculation element configured to perform conversion into information equal to actual data in response to the virtual designation of information on a design effect via the input device, and perform particle appearance effect calculation corresponding to a distance and a direction where particles contained in a pigment layer become invisible based on the color distribution in accordance with variation angle of the coating layer of the object surface, the distribution mode of the particle group, and the shape characteristics and optical characteristics of the particles, thus calculating color distribution in accordance with variation angle of the object surface; and an output device configured to display the color distribution in accordance with variation angle of the object surface that is calculated by the calculation element, wherein the storage device is configured to store a plurality of sample images each indicating a state at the coating layer of each particle group of a plurality of the particle groups that are different from each other in at least two parts of a distribution mode and shape characteristics and optical characteristics of particles making up the particle groups, the output device is configured to display the plurality of sample images stored in the storage device, and the input device is configured to enable virtual designation of the distribution mode of the particle group as well as the shape characteristics and the optical characteristics of the particles making up the particle group by designation from the plurality of sample images displayed on the output device.