Patent ID: 6772151
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: G01J,G06F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A system for matching a target sample having spectral characteristics, the system comprising:(a) a first computer at a first location operative to receive and to transmit target spectral data; (b) a second computer at a second location remote from said first location, said second computer being operative to receive said target spectral data from said first computer; (c) a database including a plurality of data sets, each data set comprising standard spectral data; and (d) software residing on said first computer and capable of searching said database using said target spectral data as search criteria and returning a match with a data set having standard spectral data that matches said target spectral data; wherein: said first computer is further operative to receive and transmit target non-spectral data; said second computer is further operative to receive said target nonspectral data from said first computer; each of said data sets further comprises standard non-spectral data; said software is further capable of searching said database using both said target spectral data and said target non-spectral data as search criteria and returning a match with a data set having standard non-spectral data that matches said target non-spectral data; and wherein said target non-spectral data comprises visual effects comprising holographic-flake, granite, marble, or pearlescence.