公开(公告)号：EP0832422A1

公开(公告)日：1998-04-01

申请号：EP96922188.0

申请日：1996-06-06

Applicant: CHROMATICS COLOR SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Inventor： MACFARLANE, Darby, S. ,  MACFARLANE, David, Kenneth ,  BILLMEYER, Fred, W., Jr.

IPC: G01J3 ,  A61B5 ,  G01N21

CPC classification number: A61B5/448 ,  G01J3/50

Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining the condition of a test subject based on color uses a color measuring instrument to detect change in a color factor indicative of a condition such as a disease, spoilage, ageing, etc. A medical condition such as hyperbilirubinemia that affects skin color can be detected. One measures color factors such as Hunter b and L in the subjects' skin color. For predetermined ranges of one color factor, in particular L, changes in the other color factor, e.g. Hunter b, above predetermined levels are indicative of the medical condition. In many cases, a single measurement of the color factors can be utilized as a warning of the likelyhood of the medical or contaminated condition, if the ordinary range of the color factor is known for healthy individuals with skin coloration like that of the test subject. Even if there has been no baseline measurement and the test subject's color is such that a single reading of one or two color factors will not warn of the possible presence of the medical condition or contamination, sequential readings can indicate the presence or absence of the condition based upon changes in the measured color factor, or lack of changes. The color measuring techniques apply to a wide range of biological test subjects (e.g. hair, teeth, tissue, excretions, foods, soil, animals, plants).

公开(公告)号：EP0832422B1

公开(公告)日：2002-12-04

申请号：EP96922188.6

申请日：1996-06-06

Applicant: CHROMATICS COLOR SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Inventor： MACFARLANE, Darby, S. ,  MACFARLANE, David, Kenneth ,  BILLMEYER, Fred, W., Jr.

IPC: G01J3/50 ,  A61B5/103

CPC classification number: A61B5/448 ,  G01J3/50

公开(公告)号：EP0836704A1

公开(公告)日：1998-04-22

申请号：EP96922187.0

申请日：1996-06-06

Applicant: CHROMATICS COLOR SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Inventor： MACFARLANE, Darby, S. ,  MACFARLANE, David, Kenneth ,  BILLMEYER, Fred, W., Jr.

IPC: A45D44 ,  A61B5 ,  G01J3 ,  G01N33 ,  G06F17 ,  G06F19 ,  A45D19

CPC classification number: A61B5/448 ,  A45D44/005 ,  A45D2019/0066 ,  A45D2044/007 ,  A61B5/0059 ,  A61B5/0088 ,  A61B5/1034 ,  A61B5/441 ,  A61B5/7264 ,  G01J3/462 ,  G01J3/463 ,  G01J3/465 ,  G01J3/50 ,  G01J3/524 ,  G01J2003/466 ,  G01N21/84 ,  G01N2021/8444

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining accurate hair color classifications and appropriate coloring agents to bring about a selected change of color include a table of hair color classifications, a color measuring instrument to arrive at Hunter L, a and b for use in identifying a particular classification from the table and a database that identifies appropriate coloring agents based on a selection of coloring actions from a menu and the classifications of hair color.