Method of characterizing a surface texture and texture characterization tool

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PATENT NO 12229976
APP PUB NO 20240087148A1
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18214344

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The present disclosure relates generally to evaluating the surfaces of a building. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a method of characterizing a surface texture of a building surface. The method includes illuminating a first area of the building surface from a single direction and capturing an image of the first area using a camera while the first area is illuminated. The first image includes a first group of digital pixel values. The method further includes calculating a first set of values that characterize a first surface texture of the first area based on a first group of digital pixel values of the image, and comparing the first set of values to a second set of values that characterize a second surface texture, so as to produce a comparator value.

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  • CERTAINTEED GYPSUM, INC.

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Dubost, Brice Newton, US 30 111
Mazoyer, Simon Paris, FR 16 22
Pytel, Rachel Z Newton, US 34 77
Wijesooriya, Sidath S Wayland, US 14 263

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