Glass coating recognition system and/or method

An electronic coating detection and recognition system, comprising:

• a camera;
• and
• processing resources including at least one processor and a memory coupled thereto, the memory tangibly storing instructions that, when performed by the processing resources, at least:
• capture, using the camera, an image and/or video of an article onto which a source light is shown, the captured image and/or video including source light reflections associated with each major surface of the article;
• and
• transmit, over a network connection, the captured image and/or video to a remote computer system, the transmission causing the remote computer system to:
• receive the captured image and/or video;
• calculate a color coordinate characterization for each of the source light reflections in the received captured image and/or video;
• detect and recognize any coatings formed on the major surfaces of the article by comparing (a) the calculated color coordinate characterizations and/or changes between calculated color coordinate characterizations to (b) information stored in a data store of the remote computer system that includes records of known color coordinate characterizations and/or known changes between color coordinate characterizations for each of a plurality of different known coatings;
• and
• responsive to the detection and recognition of one or more coatings, cause output to be generated, the output indicating the major surface(s) on which each said detected and recognized coating is formed and an identifier of each said detected and recognized coating.

An electronic coating detection and recognition system, comprising:

• processing resources including at least one processor and a memory coupled thereto, the memory tangibly storing instructions that, when performed by the processing resources, at least:
• receive a captured image and/or video of an article onto which a source light is shown, the captured image and/or video including source light reflections associated with each major surface of the article;
• calculate a color coordinate characterization for each of the source light reflections in the received captured image and/or video;
• enable detection and recognition of any coatings formed on the major surfaces of the article by comparing (a) the calculated color coordinate characterizations and/or changes between calculated color coordinate characterizations to (b) information stored in a data store, the data store including records of known color coordinate characterizations and/or known changes between color coordinate characterizations for each of a plurality of different known coatings;
• and
• responsive to the detection and recognition of one or more coatings, cause output to be generated, the output indicating the major surface(s) on which each said detected and recognized coating is formed, an identifier of each said detected and recognized coating, a likelihood associated with the detection and recognition of each said detected and recognized coating, and an indication of any likely uncoated surfaces.

A method for detecting and recognizing coatings, the method comprising:

• receiving a captured image and/or video of an article onto which a source light is shown, the captured image and/or video including source light reflections associated with each major surface of the article;
• calculating a color coordinate characterization for each of the source light reflections in the received captured image and/or video;
• enabling, via at least one hardware processor, detection and recognition of any coatings formed on the major surfaces of the article by comparing (a) the calculated color coordinate characterizations and/or changes between calculated color coordinate characterizations to (b) information stored in a data store, the data store including records of known color coordinate characterizations and/or known changes between color coordinate characterizations for each of a plurality of different known coatings;
• and
• responsive to the detection and recognition of one or more coatings, causing output to be generated, the output indicating the major surface(s) on which each said detected and recognized coating is formed, an identifier of each said detected and recognized coating, a likelihood associated with the detection and recognition of each said detected and recognized coating, and an indication of any likely uncoated surfaces.