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A Simple Portable Colour Identification and Matching Instrument Using AVR Microcontroller and a Provotech Sensor

Received: 25 October 2017    Accepted: 07 November 2017    Published: 11 December 2017
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Abstract

The identification of colours of objects is a much felt need in textiles, paint industries, cosmetics and so on. The complexity of identifying colour and its matching among several objects has been a requirement for common consumer outlets also. The paper discusses the principles of identifying and matching coloured objects. It uses a multi photo diode array based white balanced sensor from Provotech (India). We have been able to identify among twenty three different colours based on the Chromaticity co-ordinates precisely. The apparatus described is based on a simple embedded controller and the unit has its LCD display to indicate colour, hue and purity so that exact matching of coloured objects can be easily done.

DOI 10.11648/j.ajesa.20170502.11
Published in American Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications (Volume 5, Issue 2, March 2017)
Page(s) 13-20
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Keywords

Colour Measurement, Colour Sensor, Hue and Purity, Chromaticity Diagram, AVR Microcontroller, Colour Identification, Colour Matching

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  • Department of Network Systems & Information Technology, University of Madras, Chennai, India

  • Department of Network Systems & Information Technology, University of Madras, Chennai, India

  • Department of Network Systems & Information Technology, University of Madras, Chennai, India

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    Sabapathy Ananthi, Arumugam Deepa, Krishnaswami Padmanabhan. (2017). A Simple Portable Colour Identification and Matching Instrument Using AVR Microcontroller and a Provotech Sensor. American Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications, 5(2), 13-20. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajesa.20170502.11

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    Sabapathy Ananthi; Arumugam Deepa; Krishnaswami Padmanabhan. A Simple Portable Colour Identification and Matching Instrument Using AVR Microcontroller and a Provotech Sensor. Am. J. Embed. Syst. Appl. 2017, 5(2), 13-20. doi: 10.11648/j.ajesa.20170502.11

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    Sabapathy Ananthi, Arumugam Deepa, Krishnaswami Padmanabhan. A Simple Portable Colour Identification and Matching Instrument Using AVR Microcontroller and a Provotech Sensor. Am J Embed Syst Appl. 2017;5(2):13-20. doi: 10.11648/j.ajesa.20170502.11

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