US 12,153,979 B1
Card for identifying a tone of a sample of human skin
Hailey H. Dietz, Fort Mitchell, KY (US); Jennifer D. Carson, Cincinnati, OH (US); Ryan M. Forsthoefel, Wilder, KY (US); Kotatsu Bito, Tokyo (JP); Ryan D. Barton, Fairfield, OH (US); and Justin M. Klausing, West Chester, OH (US)
Assigned to KAO CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by KAO CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/345,681.
Int. Cl. G06K 19/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 19/0614 (2013.01) [G06K 19/06028 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A card for identifying a tone of a sample of human skin, said card comprising:
(a) an aperture for allowing the sample of human skin to be viewed therethrough, said aperture centered at a center point;
(b) a plurality of barcode regions for identifying said card as unique from another such card and for identifying a layout and orientation of said card; and
(c) a plurality of tiles, surrounding said aperture, for providing a comparison and contrast against the sample of human skin;
wherein said plurality of tiles comprises:
(i) a first set of tiles, each having a HEX value representing a shade of grey-scale,
(ii) a second set of tiles, each having a HEX value representing a same shade of grey;
(iii) a plurality of skin-toned tiles each having a HEX value representing a tone of human skin, and
(iv) a plurality of color tiles arranged in a set of four zones, each zone positioned among said first set and said second set of tiles;
wherein each zone comprises a first color tile and a second color tile, each having a HEX value representing a color different from any of (i) said first set of tiles, (ii) said second set of tiles, and (iii) said plurality of skin-toned tiles;
wherein:
said first color tile and said second color tile each have an outer-inside corner;
said first color tile and said second color tile are positioned non-adjacent to each other such that an angle as measured between said outer-inside corner of both color tiles and said center point of said aperture ranges from 30° to 60°.