CBN Systems Inc. Announces Color Breakthrough that Impacts Consumers and Manufacturers.Business Editors WILMINGTON Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 2002 CBN CBN - call-by-name Systems Inc. files patents on their breakthrough that creates a gateway between all known color spaces and enables easy color formulation for millions of colors in diverse materials. CBN Systems' (short for Color-by-Numbers) human vision color organization system is the first major development in the world of color in the last 4 decades. At the center of CBN's platform technology is a twelve digit alphanumeric code
In general, in computing, an alphanumeric code is a series of letters and numbers (hence the name) which are written in a form that can be processed by a computer. , which is capable of trillions of color combinations. This CBN Formulation Code communicates with all known color spaces and is portable to a multitude of applications wherever color is present. This Universal Color System organizes the world of color, with One Code, One Color in Verb 1. color in - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" color, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour multiple materials and industries. CBN Systems current focus is in the area of digital color selection, creation, visualization, communication and formulation tools that empower consumers, specifiers, manufacturers and retailers. Design Professionals and Consumers now have unparalleled flexibility and choice in their color selection process. Colors specified by users of CBN's free color visualization software are identified by the CBN Formulation code. Manufacturers and Retailers color formulation process is streamlined by CBN's Formulation software, which reads the CBN Code and produces a formula to generate the specific color for a variety of materials including paint, sealant Sealant A thin plastic substance that is painted over teeth as an anti-cavity measure to seal out food particles and acids produced by bacteria. Mentioned in: Tooth Decay sealant see bone sealant. , concrete, stucco, plastic, cosmetics, fashion and other industries. The company has recently signed affiliate agreements with Pecora Corp. of Harleysville Pa. (Sealant\Caulking caulk·ing n. A usually impermeable substance used for caulking. Also called caulking compound. Noun 1. caulking - a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight caulk Industry) and SpanKote Industries in Vancouver, B.C. These companies are now able to easily formulate for millions of available colors as specified via CBN's free software tools, or via most popular spectrophotometers. CBN Systems has third party developer agreements with Adobe, AutoDesk, Corel and Epson with their Print Image Matching system. CBN has partnered with NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. \Mitsubishi and Dell Computers to provide calibrated cal·i·brate tr.v. cal·i·brat·ed, cal·i·brat·ing, cal·i·brates 1. To check, adjust, or determine by comparison with a standard (the graduations of a quantitative measuring instrument): color display systems that integrate with their software. The company operates two websites: http://www.cbnsystem.com http://www.colorcharts.org More information is available at these sites, including the free software tools, which provide enhanced color workflow. |
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