Method and system for specifying color of a fill area

• US 20050069199A1
• Filed: 11/07/2003
• Published: 03/31/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: OL Security LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Eqapez Foundation LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Brownlow, Paul, Lipsky, Scott E.
• Granted Patent: US 7,532,753 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/162
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/80 2D [Two Dimensional] animation, e.g. using sprites
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]

Abstract

A method and system for generating an image display plan is provided. In one embodiment, a planning system allows a user to create a display plan that specifies a sequence of images that are to be displayed and how the images are to be displayed. The planning system allows a user to specify different versions of the plan for different aspect ratios. When displaying the image, the planning system may display multiple viewports simultaneously on the image, one for each of the different aspect ratios. The planning system may allow the multiple viewports to be moved around and resized as a unit maintaining a common center point for the viewports.

Claims

1. A method in a computer system for identifying content for a fill area of a display not covered by an image, the method comprising:

receiving a digital representation of the image, the digital representation indicating the color of pixels of the image;

analyzing the color of pixels of the image; and

selecting a color for the content of the fill area based on the analysis.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the analyzing includes calculating an average color of pixels of the image.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the selected color is the calculated average color.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the analyzing includes receiving from a user an indication of an area of the image to be analyzed.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the analyzing includes identifying a main subject area of the image as the area of the image to be analyzed.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the analyzing includes identifying background area of the image as the area of the image to be analyzed.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the selecting includes applying rules indicating colors to select based on the analysis.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the rules specify mappings between colors of the image and colors for the fill area.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein the rules specify colors that should not be used as fill area.

10. The method of claim 7 wherein the rules specify mappings between colors of the image and colors that should not be used for the fill area.

11. The method of claim 7 wherein in the rules include a function that inputs the image and returns a color.

12. The method of claim 1 including selecting a texture for the fill area based on the analysis.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein a size of the fill area is based on displaying the image in its highest resolution.

14. A computer system for identifying a color for a fill area of a display, comprising:

a data store containing a digital representation of an image, the digital representation indicating the color of pixels of the image;

a component that analyzes the color of pixels of the image; and

a component that selects a color for the fill area based on the analysis.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the component that analyzes calculates an average color of pixels of the image.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the selected color is the calculated average color.

17. The system of claim 15 wherein the average color is based on less than all the pixels of the image.

18. The system of claim 14 wherein the component that analyzes receives from a user an indication of an area of the image to be analyzed.

19. The system of claim 14 wherein the component that analyzes identifies a main subject area of the image as the area of the image to be analyzed.

20. The system of claim 14 wherein the component that analyzes identifies background area of the image as the area of the image to be analyzed.

21. The system of claim 14 wherein the component that selects applies rules indicating colors to select based on the analysis.

22. The system of claim 21 wherein the rules specify mappings between colors of the image and colors for the fill area.

23. The system of claim 21 wherein the rules specify colors that should not be used as fill area.

24. The system of claim 21 wherein the rules specify mappings between colors of the image and colors that should not be used for the fill area.

25. The system of claim 21 wherein in the rules include a function that inputs the image and returns a color.

26. The system of claim 14 includes a component that selects a texture for the fill area based on the analysis. 27. The system of claim 14 wherein a size of the fill area is based on displaying the image in its highest resolution.