Device and method for analysis of coating additive performance

One or more non-transitory processor readable medium storing processor executable instructions that when executed by one or more processor causes the one or more processor to:

• receive one or more images indicative of a sample of a cured substrate coating applied to the substrate;
• differentiate between one or more objects of interest in the cured substrate coating and other objects within the one or more images by analyzing variations in colors within the one or more images;
• quantify the one or more objects of interest within the one or more images;
• and
• generate a signal indicative of quantification of the one or more objects of interest within the one or more images.

A product testing apparatus, comprising:

• one or more imager configured to capture one or more images of a sample having a cured substrate coating applied to a substrate;
• a processor in communication with the one or more imager;
• and
• a non-transitory processor readable medium, in communication with the processor, storing processor executable instructions that when executed cause the processor to:
• receive the one or more images of the cured substrate coating from the one or more imager;
• process the one or more images by filtering lighting variations in pixels of the one or more images to identify one or more objects of interest in the one or more images of the cured substrate coating;
• quantify the one or more objects of interest;
• and
• generate one or more signal indicative of the quantification of the one or more objects of interest.