Color Matching for Display System for Shops

• US 20080258590A1
• Filed: 12/15/2006
• Published: 10/23/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Diederiks, Elmo Marcus Attila, Van De Sluis, Bartel Marinus, Cortenraad, Hubertus Maria Rene, Yalvac, Mehmet Alper, Hoonhout, Henriette Christine Marie
• Granted Patent: US 8,068,225 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 312/237
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 11/10 Arrangements of light sources
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 3/001 Devices for lighting, humidifying, heating, ventilation
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 2003/1282 Spectrum tailoring
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/10 Arrangements of light sources specially adapted for spectrometry or colorimetry
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/50 using electric radiation detectors
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/501 Colorimeters using spectrally-selective light sources, e.g. LEDs
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/526 for choosing a combination of different colours, e.g. to produce a pleasing effect for an observer
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 19/20 with colour-mixing effects
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control

Abstract

A color identifying display system having alighting surface (111, 211, 501, 611) having an alterable apparent surface color, a color capture device (105, 205, 317, 507, 603) to capture a color of an object (109, 203, 305, 503) placed within a detection area, and a processor (113). The lighting surface (111, 211, 501, 611) and the color capture device (105, 205, 317, 507, 603) are coupled to the processor (113). The processor (113) analyzes the captured color to determine a prominent color of the object (109, 203, 305, 503) and to control a color of the lighting surface (111, 211, 501, 611) based on the determined prominent color The color of the lighting surface (111, 211, 501, 611) may be adjusted to match the prominent color, complement the prominent color, or be analogous to the prominent color

Claims

1. A color identifying display system comprising:

a lighting surface (111, 211, 501, 611) configured to have an alterable apparent surface color

a color capture device (105, 205, 317, 507, 603) configured to capture a color of an object (109, 203, 305, 503) placed within a detection area,

a processor (113), wherein the lighting surface (111, 211, 501, 611) and the color capture device (105, 205, 317, 507, 603) are operably coupled to the processor (113), wherein the processor (113) is configured to analyze the captured color to determine a prominent color of the object (109, 203, 305, 503), and wherein the processor (113) is configured to control a color of the lighting surface (111, 211, 501, 611) based on the determined prominent color.

2. The color identifying display system of claim 1, wherein the lighting surface (111, 211, 501, 611) is a wall of a display cube (101, 201, 301, 401, 601).

3. The color identifying display system of claim 1, wherein the processor (113) is configured to control the color of the lighting surface (111, 211, 501, 611) to match the prominent color.

4. The color identifying display system of claim 1, wherein the processor (113) is configured to control the color of the lighting surface (111, 211, 501, 611) to produce one of an analogous color and a complementary color to the prominent color.

5. The color identifying display system of claim 1, wherein the processor (113) is configured to provide a user interface (119) for a user to select one of a plurality of colors for the lighting surface (111, 211, 501, 611) based on the determined prominent color.

6. The color identifying display system of claim 1, wherein the lighting surface (111, 211, 501, 611) is one of a plurality of lighting surfaces (111, 211, 501, 611) that are positioned around the object.

7. The color identifying display system of claim 1, wherein the object (109, 203, 305, 503)is positioned on the lighting surface (111, 211, 501, 611).

8. The color identifying display system of claim 1, comprising a detector (105, 205, 317, 507, 603) to detect a presence of a user in proximity to the object (109, 203, 305, 503), wherein the processor (113) is configured to alter the color of the lighting surface (111, 211, 501, 611) to a neutral color in response to detecting the presence of the user.

9. The color identifying display system of claim 8, comprising a highlighting lighting element (107, 213, 318), wherein the processor (113) is configured to provide lighting of the object (109, 203, 305, 503) in response to detecting the presence of the user.

10. The color identifying display system of claim 9, wherein the color capture device (105, 205, 317, 507, 603) is configured to determine a shape of the object (109, 203, 305, 503), and wherein the processor (113) is configured to provide the lighting of the object (109, 203, 305, 503) in a shape that substantially conforms to the shape of the object (109, 203, 305, 503).

11. The color identifying display system of claim 1, wherein the color capture device (105, 205, 317, 507, 603) is a radio frequency identification (RFID) receiver that is configured to capture the color of the object (105, 205, 317, 507, 603) by receiving RFID transmissions from the object (105, 205, 317, 507, 603).

12. The color identifying display system of claim 11, wherein the RFID transmissions from the object (105, 205, 317, 507, 603) include information on analogous and complementary colors to the color of the object.

13. A method of providing lighting for a display area, the method comprising the acts of:

identifying a prominent color of an object (105, 205, 317, 507, 603) positioned in the display area;

adjusting a color of a lighting surface (111, 211, 501, 611) determined by the identified prominent color.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the color of the lighting surface (111, 211, 501, 611) is adjusted to one of match the prominent color, complement the prominent color, and be analogous to the prominent color.

15. The method of claim 13, comprising the act of providing a user interface (119) for a user to select one of a plurality of colors for the lighting surface (111, 211, 501, 611) based on the identified prominent color.

16. The method of claim 13, comprising the acts of:

detecting a presence of a user in proximity to the object (105, 205, 317, 507, 603); and

altering the color of the lighting surface (111, 211, 501, 611) to a neutral color in response to detecting the presence of the user.

17. An application embodied on a computer readable medium, the application configured to provide lighting for a display area, the application comprising:

a portion configured to identify a prominent color of an object (105, 205, 317, 507, 603) positioned in the display area;

a portion configured to adjust a color of a lighting surface determined by the identified prominent color.

18. The application of claim 17, wherein the portion configured to adjust the color of the lighting surface (111, 211, 501, 611) is configured to adjust the lighting surface (111, 211, 501, 611) color to one of match the prominent color, complement the prominent color, and be analogous to the prominent color.

19. The application of claim 17, comprising a portion configured to provide a user interface (119) for a user to select one of a plurality of colors for the lighting surface (111, 211, 501, 611) based on the identified prominent color.

20. The application of claim 17, comprising:

a portion configured to detect a presence of a user in proximity to the object (105, 205, 317, 507, 603); and

a portion configured to alter the color of the lighting surface to a neutral color in response to detecting the presence of the user.