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| 20080204471 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING IMAGE CLARITY AND IMAGE CONTENT COMPREHENSION - A system and method employing a software-coloring tool designed to automatically display specified background color tints to all documents and windows displaying white backgrounds on any image display unit including but not limited to desktop, laptop, tablet and handheld computers, televisions, telephones, and other handheld technology using a computer readable medium. The software-coloring tool is provided on computer readable medium or is downloadable from websites. A specific range of natural colors are provided as software-based image overlays in an easy-to-access selection process designed to provide users a reading environment that reduces stress and discomfort related to reading on image display units, particularly to those suffering headaches, stress and fatigue caused by or associated with Computer Vision Syndrome, Irlen Syndrome/Scotopic Sensitivity, or other visual impairments or discomfort. The software color wizard determines the optimal color for each individual. A “registration code” is purchased that enables users to unlock ComfortScreen™ stored on the computer readable medium or to activate the software from downloaded files. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080316224 | COLOR LEVEL GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A graphical user interface for performing color correction and methods for implementing the color correction are disclosed. The graphical user interface allows a user to adjust the colorspace of the pixels in the image. In one embodiment, a color adjustment pad allows the user to push the pixels from a particular luminance level a desired magnitude towards a desired hue. Pixels from other luminance levels are affected proportionally. The graphical user interface further allows a user to adjust the luminance of the pixels in the image. A luminance adjustment slider allows the user to adjust the luminance of pixels from a selected luminance level by a relative amount. Pixels from other luminance levels have their luminance are affected in a manner proportional to a difference between the selected luminance level value and the luminance value of the other pixel. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090073183 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus includes: an image processor which processes image data; a display unit which displays an image based on the image data processed by the image processor; and a controller which controls the image processor to adjust at least one of a hue saturation and R, G and B gains of the image according to a color effect mode selected by a user among a plurality of preset color effect modes. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090073184 | Method and Apparatus for Color Correction - A graphical user interface for performing color correction and methods for implementing the color correction are disclosed. The graphical user interface allows a user to adjust the colorspace of the pixels in the image. In one embodiment, a color adjustment pad allows the user to push the pixels from a particular luminance level a desired magnitude towards a desired hue. Pixels from other luminance levels are affected proportionally. The graphical user interface further allows a user to adjust the luminance of the pixels in the image. A luminance adjustment slider allows the user to adjust the luminance of pixels from a selected luminance level by a relative amount. Pixels from other luminance levels have their luminance are affected in a manner proportional to a difference between the selected luminance level value and the luminance value of the other pixel. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090079756 | COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - In order to obtain a highly accurate color processing condition, a user is allowed to easily adjust a weight for a patch image with poor reliability. Hence, a color processing apparatus inputs color data of a plurality of patches included in a color chart captured by an image sensing device. Patch images based on the color data are displayed on a monitor, and a user interface for inputting a user's instruction to adjust a weight value for each patch image is displayed on a monitor. A color processing condition of an image captured by the image sensing device is generated based on the weight value, the color data, and a target value of a color representation corresponding to each patch image. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090096808 | Object-Level Image Editing - Systems and methods for editing digital images using information about objects in those images are described. For example, the information about objects comprises depth ordering information and/or information about the class each object is a member of. Examples of classes include sky, building, aeroplane, grass and person. This object-level information is used to provide new and/or improved editing functions such as cut and paste, filling-in image regions using tiles or patchworks, digital tapestry, alpha matte generation, super resolution, auto cropping, auto colour balance, object selection, depth of field manipulation, and object replacement. In addition improvements to user interfaces for image editing systems are described which use object-level information. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090167780 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING PREFERRED COLOR AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE WITH THE SAME - Method and device are disclosed for adjusting a preferred color which enables a user to set a preferred color conveniently and a liquid crystal display device with the same. The method and device for adjusting a preferred color includes displaying a menu selection image and setting a variety of optional information, making successive display of at least one selection image which shows a plurality of selection images having information on preferred colors different from one another to set information on the preferred colors in succession, and storing the information on the preferred colors set and generating an image having preferred colors adjusted according to the information on the preferred colors stored. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090201310 | ADJUSTING COLOR ATTRIBUTE OF AN IMAGE IN A NON-UNIFORM WAY - Some embodiments of the invention provide an image-editing process that non-uniformly adjusts at least one particular color attribute (e.g., saturation level) of pixels in an image. Specifically, the image-editing process of these embodiments uniformly adjusts the particular color attribute of pixels with a first set of values and non-uniformly adjusts the color attribute of pixels with a second set of values. In this manner, some embodiments provide a vibrancy process that non-uniformly adjusts saturation levels of an image in order to preserve saturation levels for skin tones appearing within the image. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201311 | ELECTRONIC MANIFEST OF UNDERGROUND FACILITY LOCATE MARKS - Methods and apparatus for generating a searchable electronic record of a locate operation in which one or more physical locate marks are applied by a technician to indentify a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility within a dig area. A digital image of a geographic area comprising the dig area is electronically received, and at least a portion of the received digital image is displayed on a display device. One or more digital representations of the physical locate mark(s) applied by the locate technician are added to the displayed digital image so as to generate a marked-up digital image. Information relating to the marked-up digital image is electronically transmitted and/or electronically stored so as to generate the searchable electronic record of the locate operation. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090213136 | Color sampler - A method for selecting a desired color from a screen display using a color selection tool that may appear as an eyedropper. Rather than independently choosing pixels or a matrix of pixels, the user blends a color by selecting pixels using a mouse cursor. In response, the color of each selected pixel is incrementally blended into the current color at a constant rate. That is, each selected pixel is blended with the current color according to a constant blending factor. In this manner, the current color changes at a constant rate with the contribution of each successive pixel. This approach allows the user to gradually blend colors from the screen display, much as a painter would gradually mix colors on a palette. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090219298 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ONLINE CARTOON OUTPUTS - A method and system for generating a cartoon are provided. The method includes receiving a digital image for processing at a server. The method includes executing a color structure coding procedure to produce a color-reduced interim image. The method includes generating a sketch from the digital image with a Difference of Gaussian procedure. The method includes combining the color-reduced interim image and the sketch into a processed cartoon. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090231355 | COLOR TRANSFER BETWEEN IMAGES THROUGH COLOR PALETTE ADAPTATION - An image adjustment includes adapting a universal palette to generate (i) an input image palette statistically representative of pixels of an input image and (ii) a reference image palette statistically representative of pixels of a reference image, and adjusting at least some pixels of the input image to generate adjusted pixels that are statistically represented by the reference image palette. In some embodiments, a user interface for controlling the image adjustment includes a display and at least one user input device, the user interface displaying a set of colors indicative of the regions of color space represented by a palette and receiving a selection of one or more regions of the color space, so that the image adjustment adjusts those pixels of the input image lying within the one or more selected regions of the color space. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231356 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR SELECTION OF OPTIONS FROM OPTION GROUPS AND METHODS RELATING TO SAME - A system providing a graphical user interface for the selection of options from option groups and method for implementing the same. A graphical user interface enables a user to see the results of applying virtual makeup to an image of a person's face. The interface may enable a user to select the color of the makeup to be applied through a circular region with a series of option tabs. The outer portion of the circular region, or the flywheel, may have multiple color segments. The color segments are arranged so that adjacent color segments may be perceived to be most similar. The inner portion of the circle may present the history of the colors previously chosen and may have an uncolored center circle, and a series of uncolored circles surrounding the center circle. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090295824 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program, and recording medium - An image processing apparatus is disclosed that includes an extraction unit extracting predetermined color areas from an input image, a calculation unit calculating each of representative colors of the extracted predetermined color areas, an evaluation unit evaluating whether hue values of the representative colors of the predetermined color areas are distributed in both directions from the hue value of a target color, and a color correcting unit, in which when it is determined that the hue values of the representative colors of the predetermined color areas are not distributed in both directions from the hue value of the target color, color correction is performed on the predetermined color areas. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090303247 | Method and System for Color Correction Using Thre-Dimensional Information - A system and method for the color correction of an image using three-dimensional, geometrical information of the capture environment of the image includes determining geometrical properties of at least a portion of the image and modifying a look of at least the portion of the image by altering a value of at least one of the determined geometrical properties and using image formation theory. In one embodiment of the present invention, the geometrical properties of the image include at least one of light properties, surface color, reflectance properties, and scene geometry of the at least one portion of the image. In accordance with the present invention, the geometrical properties of the image are alternatively determined by using sensing devices, by inferring the geometrical properties from the image itself, or by user input. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100020095 | Data-Driven Color Coordinator - A color selection and coordination system including a database of predetermined color relationships implementing a data-driven color model. A starting color is associated with a first color in the color database. One or more predefined color palettes associated with the first color may be retrieved, each palette including one or more coordinating colors, the coordinating colors being predetermined based on the first color and a color coordination algorithm. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100026706 | OBJECT PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR THE PROGRAM - An aspect of the present invention provides an object processing apparatus, comprising: a connecting unit which connects to one or more external information terminals; an input unit which accepts input of a desired object manipulation among predetermined one or more kinds of object manipulations corresponding to a particular object from an information terminal connected via the connecting unit; a processing unit which processes a desired object based on a kind of an object manipulation accepted by the input unit; a usage environment identifying unit which identifies a usage environment of an information terminal connected via the connecting unit; and an input control unit which restricts, in accordance with a usage environment of an information terminal identified by the usage environment identifying unit, a kind of an object manipulation that the input unit can accept from the information terminal. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100053198 | COLOR SELECTION INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD - The invention relates to color selection input, for example by means of a color selection wheel or pad, particularly for a lighting system. The invention provides color selection means ( | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100085377 | CONSTRAINED LANGUAGE-BASED COLOR SELECTION ALGORITHM - A method to specify a color selection that allows users to construct verbal color descriptions of desired colors for color modification or correction using various components. These components include a user interface component for creating and combining color selection descriptions using menus or other suitable display techniques, a mapping or classifier component to map menu-items to representative color-samples, a component that translates representative color-samples to a mathematical selection transform and a component that maps a set of test colors through the mathematical selection transform to implement the color selector. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100110101 | USER INTERFACE COLOR SCHEME CUSTOMIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - In certain exemplary embodiments, data representative of a color scheme including a plurality of colors is maintained, a parameter for each of the colors is shifted by a same offset to generate another color scheme, and the other color scheme is associated with a graphical user interface. In certain embodiments, the shifting preserves at least one of a hue relationship and a contrast relationship between the colors in the color scheme. In certain embodiments, at least one user interface tool configured to facilitate a user selection of one of the colors included in the color scheme and a change to be applied to the color, and the same offset is determined based on the user selection. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100118048 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING NESTED CONTROLS FOR MANIPULATING A DIGITAL IMAGE IN AN IN-BROWSER IMAGE EDITING APPLICATION - A system and method for providing nested controls for manipulating a digital image. A system may typically include a client computer having a web browser application executing thereon and having an in-browser image manipulation application executing within the context of the web browser application. Such an in-browser image manipulation application may be operated by a user to display a digital image to be manipulated. A user may select an editable feature, such as color scheme or brightness, of the digital image. In response to selecting the editable feature, the application may display the control feature adjacent to the digital image such that a user may manipulate the control feature in real-time. In response to manipulating the control feature, changes to the digital image are displayed in real-time. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100182337 | Imaging apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium storing image processing program - An imaging apparatus includes an electronic viewfinder including a display device for displaying an image and an ocular optical system, a storage unit for storing information, an input unit for receiving an input operation relating to color conversion processing, a color conversion processing unit for performing color conversion processing corresponding to the input operation on the image, and a control unit for controlling the electronic viewfinder, the input unit, and the color conversion processing unit. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100188418 | COLOR CALIBRATION SYSTEM - A color calibration system in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a display device provided with a color sensor for detecting a color temperature and illuminance of ambient light, a microcomputer, and a colorimeter for performing colorimetry on a display screen of the display device from the outside. The microcomputer calculates a target value by using a preset calculation equation and a detection result on the ambient light detected by the color sensor. Then, the microcomputer automatically performs color calibration of the display device so that a colorimetry result obtained by the colorimeter may agree with the target value. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100194775 | Color Selection System - Color selection and display methods and devices in which colors can be displayed according to color harmony and color emotion and feedback obtained on color emotion and color harmony evoked by selected color and/or color combinations. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194776 | Color Selection System - Color selection and display methods and devices in which colors can be displayed according to color harmony and color emotion and feedback obtained on color emotion and color harmony evoked by selected color and/or color combinations. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100201704 | Color management method and apparatus thereof - Disclosed are a color management method, an apparatus thereof and a color management computer program for executing the method that enable a user to conveniently and easily select and/or change colors desired by the user in diverse ways. The color management method includes displaying a color scheme list that is a list of color schemes for providing a standard for converting the colors that constitute an image, and if a selection manipulation of one among the color schemes that constitute the displayed color scheme list is input, storing the color scheme selected by the selection manipulation. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100315430 | SCREEN DATA TRANSMITTING TERMINAL, SCREEN DATA RECEIVING TERMINAL, SCREEN DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, SCREEN DATA TRANSMITTING PROGRAM, SCREEN DATA RECEIVING PROGRAM, SCREEN DATA TRANSMITTING METHOD AND SCREEN DATA RECEIVING METHOD - To provide a screen data transmitting terminal, screen data receiving terminal, screen data transmission system, screen data transmitting program, screen data receiving program, screen data transmitting method and screen data receiving method for enabling a screen displayed in a terminal on the transmission side to be reproduced in a terminal on the reception side without undergoing effects of unnecessary information such as the panel state, etc., a screen data transmitting terminal | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110018895 | Color Selection, Coordination and Purchase System - A paint color selection website arranged to provide a plurality of home pages each comprising a featured project image, each project image employing a plurality of different colors, each color located in a respective region of the image with at least one “hot spot” located in one or more of the regions, each hot spot comprising an attention-drawing animation feature responsive to a first selection operation to cause display of at least one color name, the color name being that of the color of the region where the hot spot lies. The home pages further may include real-life simulating animation features while the system software is operable to select the relative frequency with which each home page appears in response, for example, to a user's successive home page selections. An animated color sheen selection tool is also provided. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018896 | Automated Color Selection Method and Apparatus - An automated method and apparatus for providing color selection capability to a user wherein a first display is generated on a display apparatus of an array of color family groups disposed in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. Upon selection of a particular color family group, a second display is generated comprising an enlarged display of a particular selected color family group wherein, as the second display is generated, the array of color family groups of the first display dissolves while the particular selected color family group moves into a central enlarged position and a miniature version of the entire array of color family groups is displayed in a thumbnail navigation frame, located in a corner of the display screen. Various elements of a color family such as color stripe cards, color style cards, and sample chips may be selected and caused to appear via animation in a central enlarged position in the display. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110109645 | DYNAMIC THEME COLOR PALETTE GENERATION - There is provided a method of changing a theme for a user interface of a computer system comprising receiving an identification of an image with which to define a color palette of a theme for rendering elements of a user interface on a color display of the computer system; analysing the image to determine at least one predominant color; and defining the color palette in response to the analysis. The image may comprise a background image selected by a user for display by the computer system. Dynamic generation of the color palette matches the user interface to colors to provide flexible and appealing themes. A computer readable memory having recorded thereon instructions to carry out this method is also provided, as well as a device comprising such memory. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110169858 | INPUT-OUTPUT APPARATUS AND INPUT-OUTPUT METHOD - Upon reception of a trace inputted by handwriting, it is determined whether or not an input start position of the trace coincides with part of a trace indicated by trace information stored in a trace table or saved trace indicated by trace information stored in a saved trace table. When the input start position coincides with neither of them, sequentially received trace information is accumulated in the trace table. When the input start position coincides with either of them, a corresponding menu image is displayed, and it is determined whether, any one of processes is selected from the menu image. Then, the process selected from the menu image is executed. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110216085 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE HUE OF LIGHT EMITTED FROM A LIGHT SOURCE - The invention relates to a control device for controlling the hue of light emitted by a light source. The control device comprises a hue selection surface capable of displaying one or more hues available for said light of said light source and interaction detection means for detecting interaction between said hue selection surface and a user of said control device in selecting said hue for said light of said light source. The control device allows the user to select the desired hue for the light source simply by interacting with the hue selection surface that displays the available hues. Consequently, the control device can be operated easily and intuitively. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110242128 | USER'S PREFERENCE APPLIED FEELING-BASED IMAGE COLOR CONTROL METHOD USING INTERACTIVE GENETIC ALGORITHM - A method is provided that controls the color of a feeling-based image reflecting a user's preference via an interactive genetic algorithm. The method is performed in such a manner that a range of candidate colors is defined by type of feelings as templates, one from among the candidate templates, as the final template, is selected by learning a user's color preference via an interactive genetic algorithm, and then the color of an image is controlled based on the final template by recognizing a user's feeling. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20120001934 | LANGUAGE-BASED COLOR EDITING FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Methods and a system for a natural language control interface are provided to enable a user to modify colors in a digital image. A textual interface is provided to select a color to be modified within the image and a direction of change for the modification. A swipe interface is provided to select a magnitude and polarity for the modification. Actions on the textual and swipe interface are converted to natural language commands which are in turn used to derive a color transformation that is applied to relevant portions of the image to yield a modified image. The modifications are displayed in real time for a user to observe as they are inputted. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120007879 | COLOR SELECTION INTERFACE - Displaying colors in a color selection interface is disclosed. Displaying includes identifying a first plurality of colors associated with a color selection interface, mapping each color in the first plurality of colors to an allowed color in an allowed color set of one or more colors to obtain a second plurality of colors, wherein mapping is performed based at least in part on a color lookup table, and visually displaying the second plurality of colors in the color selection interface, wherein the color selection interface is configured to receive a color selection from the second plurality of colors. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120019550 | Keying an Image in Three Dimensions - Some embodiments provide a method for editing an image that includes several pixels having pixel values in a color space. The method identifies (i) a shape in a plane of two dimensions of the color space and (ii) a range in a third dimension of the color space over which the first shape is propagated to form a first volume in the color space. Pixels whose pixel values are in the first volume of the color space are fully selected. The method displays a deformable curve along the third dimension that represents the manner in which the shape is propagated over the range of the color space. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019551 | Keying an Image - Some embodiments provide a method that provides an image display area that displays an image having a set of pixels that have pixel values in a color space. The method provides a first GUI item that activates a first sampling tool for selecting a first section of the image. The first section includes a first set of pixels for defining a first portion of the color space enclosing the pixel values of the first set. An image pixel whose pixel values are in the first portion is fully selected. The method provides a second GUI item that activates a second sampling tool for selecting a second section of the image displayed in the image display area. The second section includes a second set of pixels for defining a second portion of the color space enclosing the first portion and excluding the pixel values of the first set of pixels. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120044255 | INTELLIGENT DISPLAY - An LED display device which comprises a display for displaying images stored in device memory and may be used to construct and store images, and edit images, using an input device integral to the display device such that it is operable as a self contained and stand-alone device. The display device is also connectable to like display devices to provide larger display areas. The LED display device may optionally also function as a gaming device. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120075331 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHANGING HAIR COLOR IN DIGITAL IMAGES - A system and method for digital hair coloring is described. A starting image of a subject including a hair region is obtained. At least one foreground selection of the starting image is obtained, the foreground selection including a portion of the hair region. At least one background selection of the starting image excluding the hair region is obtained. A matte defining a calculated foreground area of the starting image is calculated based on the foreground selection and the background selection. A target color distribution based on a target hair color is obtained. A color image is generated by applying a color transformation based on the target color distribution to at least the calculated foreground area of the starting image. An output image is generated from the colored image and the starting image. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120127195 | COMBINED COLOR HARMONY GENERATION AND ARTWORK RECOLORING MECHANISM - Obtaining an original set of two or more original colors associated with an artwork is disclosed. An input set of one or more user selected colors is received. For each original color in the original set, a mapping from the original color to one of a plurality of derived colors is determined. The plurality of derived colors is derived based at least in part on one or more user selected colors. The artwork is colored with at least two of the plurality of derived colors using the mapping. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120133672 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SURFACE AND APPARATUS THEREOF - The present invention provides a method of changing color or transmittance of light on a surface part of an object. The surface part of the object includes a solvent and a plurality of particles dispersed in the solvent. When electric field is applied to the solvent and the plurality of particles, the transmittance of color or light on the surface part of the object is changed due to the change of the inter-particle distances or the positions of the particles, according to the magnitude, direction, application time or application frequency of electric field, wherein the magnitude, direction, application time or application frequency of electric field are changed by associating the input signal by the user of the object or the signal acquired by the object or the signal acquired by the sensing unit provided to the object. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120162244 | IMAGE SEARCH COLOR SKETCH FILTERING - Visual features of images are translated into visual words defined by a dictionary. The visual words are indexed and the images are stored in an image store. A sketched imaged, translated into visual words, is utilized to search for similar images in the image store. The visual words are compared to visual words in the index to identify matches associated with stored images. The stored images are displayed and ranked according to the highest number of matches. Textual searches are used to supplement or refine the search results. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120169759 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A LIVE ARTISTIC SKETCH OF AN IMAGE - A method for sketching and painting in a mobile terminal includes determining, when an image for sketching is selected, edges of the selected image, determining a type of a sketch mode and depicting a sketching process with the detected edges to correspond to the determined type of the sketch mode, and determining, upon a painting request for an image sketched through the sketching process, a painting mode and painting the sketched image to correspond to the determined painting mode. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120206479 | Cross Reference to Related Applications - Some embodiments provide a program that provides a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI includes a display area for displaying an image that includes several pixels. The GUI includes a selectable masking tool for displaying in the display area an adjustable closed curve to identify a region in the image to apply a color correction operation. The selectable masking tool includes a selectable control for modifying the adjustable closed curve through a range of elliptical shapes that ranges from a pure ellipse to an approximate rectangle. The GUI includes a selectable GUI item for applying the color correction operation based on the selectable masking tool. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20130027420 | COLOR MAPPING - A method may include receiving, from a user, information identifying a first color, and identifying a first item having the first color to be output to a display. The method may also include generating information associated with the first item, the generated information including at least one of a pattern, text, a graphical symbol or an icon that will be used to identify the first color. The method may further include outputting the generated information to the display. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027421 | LANGUAGE-BASED COLOR CALIBRATION OF DISPLAYS - Described herein is a method of calibrating displays (or printers) using Natural Language-based commands. The exemplary method provides an easy-to-use solution to the common methods of color calibrating a display. Instead of using sliders or manual controls for the individual dimensions of a three-dimensional color problem, the user is able to make adjustments via natural language commands, such as “make reference patch less purple.” The method does not require the user to understand color mixing technology when making separate R, G, and B adjustments to match a specified patch. A user can easily express the necessary color adjustment in natural language terms, making the process simpler and faster. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130033518 | APPARATUS FOR THE DISPLAY OF EMBEDDED INFORMATION - An apparatus for the electronic display of information, where the apparatus is a substrate incorporating a digital recording medium attached to or embedded within the substrate. The substrate further includes a flexible-substrate display located on an exposed surface of the substrate, where the display is a medium capable of selectively displaying one of at least two possible colors at each pixel location thereon in order to produce a substrate medium that may be modified in accordance with a user's selection. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130044123 | USER-SPECIFIED IMAGE COLORIZATION FOR APPLICATION USER INTERFACE - Techniques involving dynamic colorization of graphical user interfaces. One representative technique includes enabling a user to specify colors in which user interface elements will be colored in an application. An application colorization service is initiated in response to the user specification of the colors, which is used at least to obtain the colors specified by the user, and to create bitmap images of the application's user interface elements using the user-specified colors. A bitmap image output location is made accessible to the application to enable the application to retrieve the created bitmap images, and present the application using the application user interface elements having the user-specified colors. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130076777 | COLOR CALIBRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INCLUDING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus, color calibration method, and a color calibration system are provided. The image processing apparatus includes: an interface unit which communicates with an external display apparatus; a graphic card unit which outputs a graphic image which will be displayed in the display apparatus and first color patch information for color calibration of the display apparatus; a color calibration unit which receives the output graphic image and first color patch information from the graphic card unit, generates second color patch information based on the first color patch information and stored internal color patch information, and transmits the graphic image and the second color patch information to the display apparatus through the interface unit; and a control unit which controls the color calibration unit to perform color calibration process by adjusting a color patch displayed in the display apparatus. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130120434 | Methods and Apparatus for Image Editing Using Multitouch Gestures - Methods and apparatus for digital image editing using multitouch gestures in which two or more digits may be used to select a region of an image via a multitouch device. The number of digits used may indicate the shape of the region being selected. The selected region may be applied to the image or to another image according to an image editing technique using an implement held or manipulated with the other hand, such as a stylus or cursor control device, or using one or more digits of the other hand. Image editing techniques in which the multitouch gestures and application methods may be used may include various techniques that sample pixels from a selected location in an image and apply the sampled pixels to other pixels in the image or to another image. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120435 | System And Method For Simulating Paint Brush Strokes Using Configurable Wetness, Drying, And Mixing Parameters - Systems, methods, and apparatus for simulating natural media painting in a digital painting application (or painting simulation module) may more accurately simulate real world painting techniques than conventional painting simulation applications. The digital painting application (or simulation module) may provide a small set of physically meaningful parameters (e.g., canvas wetness, drying rate, and pickup mix ratio). By setting the values of these parameters (or overriding default values for a selected paint type), the user may better control the appearance of brush strokes made by a virtual paint brush on a digital canvas. For example, the length of a brush stroke, the amount of streaking caused by paint picked up during the brush stroke, and/or the mix of paint deposited from a pickup buffer and a reservoir buffer of a brush model may be affected by changing the values of these parameters, thus allowing users to create different realistic painting effects. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120436 | System and Method for Non-Uniform Loading of Digital Paint Brushes - Systems, methods, and apparatus for simulating natural media painting in a digital painting application (or painting simulation module) may provide user interface elements and methods that allow a user to load a brush with non-uniform paint colors by directly sampling the digital canvas. For example, a user may hover the brush over an area on the canvas having a non-uniform color distribution, and the application (or module) may sample the colors of the pixels under the brush, and load the brush with a collection of paint values reflecting the non-uniform distribution of colors in the sample. The application may support two non-uniform paint loading modes, e.g., one that fills the brush with a distribution of paint matching a single sample, and one that fills the brush with paint continuously as it is swept over the canvas. Non-uniform paint loading may be applied to stamp-based brush models and/or bristle brush models. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130169666 | Systems, Methods, and Media for Generating Multidimensional Heat Maps - Systems, methods, and media for generating heat maps of event data are provided herein. Methods may include gathering instances of event data according to a performance characteristic, discretely decomposing the instances by applying at least one constraint to the instances, assigning a hue to each instance, the hue being associated with the at least one constraint, and generating a heat map that includes representations of the instances, wherein each representation includes the hue associated with the at least one constraint to which the instance has been assigned. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130182004 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND THE DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes an image receiver for receiving an image signal; a data processor for generating an image frame by processing the image signal; a display unit for displaying the generated image frame; a User Interface (UI) generator for generating and displaying a UI to select a correction region in the displayed image frame; and a controller for controlling the data processor to generate an image frame with a corrected display attribute, using a preset correction value with respect to the selected correction region. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130207994 | System and method for generating and applying a color theme to a user interface - A method for applying a color scheme to a user interface that includes one or more user interface (UI) elements. The method includes receiving a selection of a first color, generating a first portion of a color palette that includes the first color and one or more colors that sequentially transition from the first color to a first termination color, and assigning a color from the color palette to a UI element included in the user interface, wherein the color from the color palette corresponds to a position in the color palette associated with the UI element. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130235067 | COLOR ADJUSTORS FOR COLOR SEGMENTS - A non-transitory machine readable medium that has a computer program for adjusting color values of an image represented in a color space is described. The image includes a set of pixels. Each pixel has a set of color values. The computer program receives a user input on a user interface (UI) item for adjusting color values of an image that are associated with a type of content. The computer program identifies a subset of pixels having color values that fall within a range of color values associated with the type of content. The computer program performs a color adjustment operation on the identified subset of pixels. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130235068 | IMAGE EDITING WITH USER INTERFACE CONTROLS OVERLAID ON IMAGE - A non-transitory machine readable medium that has a computer program for adjusting color values of an image represented in a color space is described. The image includes several pixels. Each pixel includes a set of color values. The computer program receives a selection of a location on the image. The computer program determines a type of content that is associated with the selected location on the image. From several different image editing operations, the computer program selects a set of image editing operations based on the determined type of content. The computer program displays a set of user interface controls that is associated with the selected set of image editing operations. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130235069 | CONTEXT AWARE USER INTERFACE FOR IMAGE EDITING - A non-transitory machine readable medium that a computer program for performing a color balance operation on color values of an image represented in a color space is described. The computer program receives a selection of a location on the image that includes several pixels. Each of the several pixels of the image includes a set of color values. Based on a set of color values of a set of pixels that corresponds to the selected location of the image, the computer program identifies a set of parameters for generating a color space transform that modifies the color space. The computer program then uses the color space transform to perform a color balance operation on the image. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130235070 | MULTI OPERATION SLIDER - Some embodiments provide an image editing application with a novel color modification slider tool. In some embodiments, this tool adjusts one or more color attributes (e.g., one or more color channels) of different pixels differently when moved in one direction, and adjusts one or more color attributes of the same pixel differently when moved in another direction. The movement of this tool is in a straight line in some embodiments, while it is along an angular arc (e.g., along the circumference of a full or partial circle or elliptical shape) in other embodiments. This tool in some embodiments is a novel saturation tool that produces non-photorealistic effects by treating differently the highly saturated and lowly saturated pixels of an image. Specifically, in some embodiments, the saturation tool performs either (1) a positive de-saturation effect that de-saturates the low saturated pixels of an image while enhancing the saturation of the high saturated pixels, or (2) a negative de-saturation effect that de-saturates the high saturated pixels of the image while leaving intact or slightly modifying the saturation level of the lowly saturated pixels. For an original image that has some saturated pixels, both these effects produce grey looking images but the first effect has more saturated pixels and hence looks a bit more non-photorealistic because of it contains grey and colorful pixels. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130249934 | COLOR-BASED IDENTIFICATION, SEARCHING AND MATCHING ENHANCEMENT OF SUPPLY CHAIN AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - A color-based system, methods and interfaces to gather, identify, search for and match products using color as a primary indicator. The system, methods and interfaces are preferably implemented as an enhancement of proprietary merchant inventory management systems (IMS) and supply chain management systems (SCM) which enable the effective codification and evaluation of color-based data received and transformed from a number of different merchant IMS and SCM feeds. The system architecture further enables dynamic color processing, pattern recognition and a robust set of features for enhancing commercial experiences of and interactions between consumers and merchants. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249935 | IMAGE ADJUSTMENT USING EXTENDED RANGE CURVES - A digital image having associated tonal data, including tonal data in an extended range above a normalized value of 1.0, can be accessed. An extended range curve tool corresponding to the digital image can be instantiated, the extended range curve tool including a curve defining a relationship between input tonal values and output tonal values, wherein at least a portion of the input tonal values and output tonal values are associated with the extended range. An extended range histogram also can be generated based on the tonal data associated with the digital image, the extended range histogram including data corresponding to the extended range. Further, the extended range histogram can be presented in conjunction with the extended range curve tool. Additionally, user input specifying an adjustment to at least a portion of the curve can be received and a modified curve can be presented in response to the specified adjustment. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130307865 | COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COLOR PROCESSING METHOD - A display controller displays, on a display device, a color to be adjusted used to adjust a display color, and a plurality of candidate colors which define a first color range including the color to be adjusted, all of which are instructed by a user. A selector selects one of the plurality of candidate colors based on a user instruction. The display controller displays the selected candidate color as the color to be adjusted on the display device, and also displays, on the display device, a plurality of candidate colors which define a second color range including the color to be adjusted. The second color range is narrower than the first color range. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307866 | COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COLOR PROCESSING METHOD - A UI display unit provides a user interface used to input a plurality of adjustment values required to color-match display colors of a plurality of tones on a display device with corresponding target colors of a plurality of tones. An acquisition unit acquires color matching data indicating correspondence between adjusted display colors of the plurality of tones and the target colors of the plurality of tones from the plurality of adjustment values. A calculator generates correction parameters of colors displayed on the display device from the color matching data. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130328909 | Systems, Methods, and Media for Generating Multidimensional Heat Maps - Systems, methods, and media for generating heat maps of event data are provided herein. Methods may include gathering instances of event data according to a performance characteristic, discretely decomposing the instances by applying at least one constraint to the instances, assigning a hue to each instance, the hue being associated with the at least one constraint, and generating a heat map that includes representations of the instances, wherein each representation includes the hue associated with the at least one constraint to which the instance has been assigned. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130342563 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH MIRROR FUNCTION COMMAND AND MIRROR FUNCTION - An electronic device includes a display screen, a protection layer located on the display screen, a detection unit, and a processing unit. The detection unit detects an operation of commanding a mirror function generated by a user, and produces a trigger signal when detecting the operation of commanding the mirror function. The processing unit controls the display screen to display a single high-reflection color when the trigger signal is received. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140015850 | COLOR TRANSFORMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERSON WITH COLOR VISION DEFECT - A color transformation method and apparatus are provided for a person with a color vision defect. A color vision characteristic of a user is determined by receiving at least one of a kind of color vision defect and a degree of color vision defect selected by the user via a preset user color vision characteristic input menu. A preset basic hue table of a terminal is transformed according to the color vision characteristic of the user and transforming colors of a video to be displayed by applying the transformed basic hue table. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140063047 | DUOTONE EFFECT - For an image editing application, a tool in a graphical user interface (GUI) for generating a duotone version of a subject image is provided. The tool includes several aligned thumbnail images in a slider, each thumbnail image occupying a spatial position in the slider that represents a unique range of colors. Each thumbnail image is a miniature version of the subject image that is generated based on a color within the unique range of colors represented by the spatial position of the thumbnail image. The tool determines a first color selection based on a position of a selector in the slider and a second color selection based on a complementary color of the first color selection. The tool then uses the determined color selections to generate a duotone version of the subject image. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140104303 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING, DISPLAYING, SELECTING, NAMING AND MATCHING COLORS - The method is for identifying and selecting a color or a combination of colors. A color sphere ( | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140111538 | OBTAINING USER PREFERENCES USING CATEGORIES OF IMAGES - Methods and systems present, to a user, different versions of sample images. Each of the sample images is classified into at least one image-element category of multiple image-element categories. Such methods and systems request the user to select preferred versions of the sample images from the different versions of the sample images, and receive in response a user selection of preferred images. The methods and systems determine user-specific preferences for each of the image-element categories based on the user selection of the preferred images. The methods and systems receive an image-processing request relating to user images from the user, and classify the user images into the image-element categories. When processing the image-processing request, the methods and systems alter renditions of the user images according to the user-specific preferences for each image-element category. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111539 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING COLOR PALETTE MANAGEMENT WITHIN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A method is provided that comprises receiving, from a user device, a first input indicating a first color, from a color palette, as a source color. The method further comprises receiving, from the user device, a second input indicating a second color from the color palette as a target color. The method also comprises receiving, from the user device, a plurality of user movement indicators representing an incremental mixing of the target color into the source color. The method further comprises defining a plurality of colors based on the first input, the second input and the plurality of user movement indicators. The method also comprises storing, data associated with each color from the plurality of colors. The method further comprises sending, for each color from the plurality of colors, a signal to display a representation of that color on the user interface associated with the user device. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140139547 | Adjusting Color Attribute of an Image in a Non-Uniform Way - Some embodiments of the invention provide an image-editing process that non-uniformly adjusts at least one particular color attribute (e.g., saturation level) of pixels in an image. Specifically, the image-editing process of these embodiments uniformly adjusts the particular color attribute of pixels with a first set of values and non-uniformly adjusts the color attribute of pixels with a second set of values. In this manner, some embodiments provide a vibrancy process that non-uniformly adjusts saturation levels of an image in order to preserve saturation levels for skin tones appearing within the image. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140240343 | COLOR ADJUSTMENT CONTROL IN A DIGITAL GRAPHICS SYSTEM USING A VISION SYSTEM - A system and method for controlling color selection in a graphics application program is disclosed. The method includes the steps of connecting a vision system to the computer, wherein the vision system is adapted to monitor a visual space. The method further includes the step of detecting, by the vision system, a tracking object in the visual space. The method further includes the step of executing a graphics application program by the computer, and outputting, by the vision system to the computer, spatial coordinate data representative of the location of the tracking object within the visual space. The method further includes the steps of mapping the spatial coordinate data to respective components of a graphic color model, and displaying the graphic color model on a display connected to the computer. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140253582 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND DEVICES FOR RENDERING INDOOR MAPS ON A DISPLAY - Methods, apparatuses, and devices for rendering indoor maps on a display device of, for example, a mobile device, are presented. In one example, a processor of a mobile device may receive identifiers, such as alphanumeric identifiers, for points of interest (POI) and map at least portions of the identifiers to colors within a suitable color space, such as a RGB color space. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140292799 | COLOR SELECTION INTERFACE - Techniques are disclosed for facilitating the selection of a color using a computer-based user interface. In one embodiment, the user interface includes a hue-saturation-brightness (HSB) color field and a luminosity slider. The HSB color field can be a two-dimensional field of a selected hue, with varying degrees of saturation displayed in one dimension, and varying degrees of brightness displayed in the other dimension. The luminosity slider can be a control element that adjusts the luminosity of a color having a selected hue and saturation. In such an embodiment, the HSB color field and the luminosity slider can be operatively coupled, such that modifying the luminosity of a selected color using the luminosity slider causes the resulting modified color to be indicated in the HSB color field. This provides the user with a better sense of how a selected color relates to other similar colors, thereby facilitating color selection. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140292800 | Automatically Keying an Image - Some embodiments provide a method for automatically selecting a portion of an image that includes several pixels, each of which has a set of pixel values. The method identifies a background color of the image. For each region of a set of regions of a color space that correspond to the background color, the method determines whether a threshold number of pixels in the image have pixel values that are in the region. The method identifies the pixels of the image in the regions that correspond to the background color and have a threshold number of pixels in the image. The method generates a portion of the color space to define a selection of the image using the pixel values of the identified pixels. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140354676 | HAIR COLOURING DEVICE AND METHOD - The invention relates to a hair colouring device and method. The method can be used to generate a hair colouring simulation using a target image of a user, said method comprising the following steps: an image module receives data from a target image to be processed; an interface module generates a user interface, allowing reception of the selection of at least one colouring zone identification point; after reception of the selection data, the interface module sends the data to a hair mask segmentation module; and the hair mask segmentation module extracts the zone corresponding to the user's scalp. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150009227 | COLOR GRADING PREVIEW METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method for previewing a color graded image commences by first obtaining color metadata corresponding to a sample image appearance selected by a user from among a set of different sample image appearances, each sample image appearance having associated color metadata. The color metadata corresponding to the selected sample image appearance is stored with an image file the user has selected for color grading. The color metadata corresponding to the selected sample image appearance is applied to the image file to generate a preview of the image file, as it would appear when color graded with the color metadata. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150015598 | ACCURATE PAINT COLOR REPRODUCTION ON DIGITAL IMAGES - Technology is disclosed herein for accurate paint color reproduction on digital images. A method according to the technology identifies a computerized color representation closely corresponding to the paint color swatch number of interest from a color sample database. The method applies the identified computerized color representation to the relational function to generate a paint color representation adjusted by an ambient light condition extracted from the area of interest in the image. Then, the method reproduces the paint color representation adjusted by the ambient light condition on the area of interest in the image. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150049109 | COLOR CALIBRATION DEVICE, COLOR CALIBRATION METHOD THEREOF, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - A color calibration device, a color calibration method thereof, a display apparatus and a display system having the same are provided. The color calibration device includes a storage configured to store at least one of characteristic information of a display screen that is measured by a color sensor, and color calibration information acquired by the color sensor; and a controller configured to calibrate a color of the display apparatus by using at least one of the characteristic information and the color calibration information. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150070379 | TECHNIQUES TO MANAGE COLOR REPRESENTATIONS FOR A DIGITAL MAP - Techniques to manage color representations for a digital map are described. A method may comprise receiving category information having multiple categories defined for a geographic area of a digital map, each of the multiple categories having a category value. The method may further comprise selecting at least one color to represent two or more categories of the multiple categories. The method may still further comprise generating, by circuitry, an annotated digital map, the annotated digital map to comprise the digital map annotated with variations of the at least one color to represent the two or more categories of the multiple categories. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150109323 | INTERACTIVE BLACK AND WHITE IMAGE EDITING - A method for generating and/or modifying a grayscale image. The method receives a color image. The method generates an initial grayscale image based on attributes of the color image. The method generates a set of hue values for all the pixels in the grayscale image based on color values of the pixels in the color image. The method defines a hue curve across the range of hue values based on input received from a user interface control. The method modifies the grayscale image based on the hue values and the defined hue curve across the range of hue values. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150109324 | METHOD AND INTERFACE FOR CONVERTING IMAGES TO GRAYSCALE - A method and apparatus for generating a grayscale image. The method and apparatus receive a single value. From the single value, the method and apparatus generate a set of grayscale weighting values. The method and apparatus generate the grayscale based on a color image and the set of grayscale weighting values. By limiting the number of values to a single value, the method and apparatus prevents a user from arbitrarily selecting a number of possible weighting values which could result in a grayscale image that is too dim or too bright. This single control method and apparatus quickly and efficiently produces a grayscale image that is neither too bright nor too dim. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150116345 | AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTATION MODULE - A substantially self-contained digital instrumentation module ( | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116346 | Systems and Methods for Filtering Colors in a Color Management System - A method of providing a color identification display includes accessing color data associated with a pool of candidate colors, wherein a first color metric and a second color metric are associated with each candidate color. Color data associated with a reference color is accessed, wherein the color data associated with the reference color includes values for the first color metric and the second color metric. A display is provided, wherein the display includes a first filter control associated with the first color metric and a second filter control associated with the second metric, wherein the first filter control and the second filter control are each selectable in two directions relative to the first color metric value and the second color metric value of the reference color. A selection of a first color metric direction relative to the reference color is received via the first filter control. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150123988 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a display controller configured to display a plurality of strokes corresponding to a single object. The plurality of strokes include at least one first stroke with a first color and at least one second stroke with a second color different from the first color, or include at least one first stroke with a first width and at least one second stroke with a second width different from the first width. The display controller is configured to display, instead of the plurality of strokes, the single object using the first color or the second color determined by using a display area of the at least one first stroke and a displayed area of the at least one second stroke. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150130831 | DISTORTION OF DIGITAL IMAGES USING SPATIAL OFFSETS FROM IMAGE REFERENCE POINTS - A method for distorting a digital image comprising receiving the coordinates of one or more than one image reference point defined by a user within the digital image, receiving one or more than one spatial offset assigned by the user and associated with the coordinates of the one or more than one defined image reference point, providing a mixing function algorithm embodied on a computer-readable medium for distorting the digital image, calculating an offset matrix by applying the mixing function algorithm based on the one or more than one spatial offset and the coordinates of the one or more than one defined image reference point; and distorting the digital image by application of the offset matrix. A graphic tag may be associated with each of the defined image reference points and displayed over the digital image, and the assignment of the spatial offset may be accomplished by movement of the graphic tag with the pointing device. Abstract image reference points may be used to limit distortion. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150310794 | GRAPHICAL ELEMENTS FOR WHITE-POINT CALIBRATION AND ADJUSTMENT TECHNIQUES FOR DISPLAYS - This disclosure describes techniques for calibrating and adjusting the white point of a display. The techniques for calibrating and adjusting the white point of a display may receive data indicative of a target color temperature for a white point of a display, and provide one or more user interface components that allow a user to select between multiple different candidate white points where each of the of the candidate white points has a correlated color temperature that corresponds to the target color temperature Different target white points for a display may exhibit different levels of luminance loss and/or tint. The techniques for calibrating and adjusting the white point of a display may allow a user to evaluate the trade-off between the luminance loss characteristics and/or tint characteristics of different white points. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150347000 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND HANDWRITING-DATA PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic includes a processor. The processor sets a first color for drawing strokes based on an operation of a user interface. The processor draws a first stroke, in response to handwriting input on a screen, in a second color different from the first color when the first color is identical to a color of a background on the screen. The processor draws the first stroke on the screen in the first color when a first time period associated with drawing the first stroke in the second color elapses. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150348502 | User Interface and Method for Directly Setting Display White Point - A method and user interface for direct setting of black and white points. Black point is set using a slider and matching of gray shades. White point setting is performed by having a setting object move within a defined region, such as a square or circle, with the area where the setting object moves being adjusted dynamically based on the location of the setting object with respect to the defined region. When the area is the desired white, the setting is complete. Preferably the defined region has a varying color border to allow a reference for the user in moving the setting object. A more detailed setting of gray levels can be accomplished by providing a gray scale with reference points. Each reference point has an associated white point setting area, so that settings are developed for each reference point. Settings at other locations are determined by interpolation or extrapolation. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20160048221 | COLOR CONTROL - The description relates to color information. One example can include a computing device having a display and a digital stylus configured to capture colors from an operating environment. The digital stylus can be configured to wirelessly communicate data relating to an individual color from the operating environment to the computing device. The computing device can be configured to identify a context of the communicated individual color and to control the computing device based upon the individual color and the context. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160055657 | Electronic Color Processing Devices, Systems and Methods - An electronic color recognition and enhancement device, system, and method aiding a user in recognition of color based patterns. The electronic color recognition and enhancement device, system, and method generally include a user device, including a processor, a visual input component, and a visual output component adapted to capture or record visual information and modify the contrast and/or color of a portion of the visual information to allow the user to recognize certain colors and/or patterns that otherwise may be difficult to recognize. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160063952 | MULTI OPERATION SLIDER - Some embodiments provide an image editing application with a novel color modification slider tool. In some embodiments, this tool adjusts one or more color attributes (e.g., one or more color channels) of different pixels differently when moved in one direction, and adjusts one or more color attributes of the same pixel differently when moved in another direction. The movement of this tool is in a straight line in some embodiments, while it is along an angular arc (e.g., along the circumference of a full or partial circle or elliptical shape) in other embodiments. This tool in some embodiments is a novel saturation tool that produces non-photorealistic effects by treating differently the highly saturated and lowly saturated pixels of an image. Specifically, in some embodiments, the saturation tool performs either (1) a positive de-saturation effect that de-saturates the low saturated pixels of an image while enhancing the saturation of the high saturated pixels, or (2) a negative de-saturation effect that de-saturates the high saturated pixels of the image while leaving intact or slightly modifying the saturation level of the lowly saturated pixels. For an original image that has some saturated pixels, both these effects produce grey looking images but the first effect has more saturated pixels and hence looks a bit more non-photorealistic because of it contains grey and colorful pixels. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160125264 | Visually Highlighting Spatial Structures - A method for improving visual highlighting of spatial structures in a volume data record includes providing a first transfer function for mapping data values of the volume data record to color values of a visual representation, and providing a selection option for a user to select a parameter set. A second transfer function is generated based on the first transfer function and the selected parameter set. The volume data record is represented by the second transfer function. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160133030 | COLOR SELECTOR FOR DESKTOP PUBLISHING - Techniques are disclosed for color selection in a desktop publishing application. A color selection technique includes receiving a selection of an image, automatically sampling a color from a pixel of the selected image, and adding the sampled color to a color swatch in a graphical user interface. The sampled color may be the predominant color in the image (e.g., the color that appears in the greatest number of pixels), or the sampled color may be the darkest or lightest color in the image. In another embodiment, several colors (e.g., two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine or ten) are sampled from different pixels of the selected image, and some or all of the sampled colors are added to the color swatch. A designer can then select the sampled color(s) from the color swatch and apply the selected color(s) to one or more elements of a layout. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160171598 | Data-Driven Color Coordinator | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160182767 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160203616 | Methods For Reifying Images To Convey Non-Textual Information To Viewers | 07-14-2016 |
