USER INTERFACE COLOR SCHEME CUSTOMIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• US 20100110101A1
• Filed: 10/31/2008
• Published: 05/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Data Services LLC (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Allman, Andrew, Dunnam, Daniel, Frazier, Kristopher T., Relyea, Donald H., Roberts, Brian F., Stallings, Heath, Hwang, Sok Young
• Granted Patent: US 8,139,080 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/594
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/001 Texturing; Colouring; Generation of texture or colour inpainting G06T5/77
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0666 for control of colour parameters, e.g. colour temperature
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/02 characterised by the way in which colour is displayed details of colour display specific for CRTs G09G1/28; specific for flat matrix panels other than liquid crystal displays G09G3/2003; specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/06 using colour palettes, e.g. look-up tables

Abstract

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.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

maintaining data representative of a color scheme including a plurality of colors;

shifting a parameter for each of said colors by a same offset to generate another color scheme; and

associating said another color scheme with a graphical user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said shifting preserves at least one of a hue relationship and a contrast relationship between said colors in said color scheme.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said parameter comprises a hue parameter and said same offset includes an angular offset, said shifting including shifting said hue parameter for each of said colors by said angular offset in a cylindrical color space model to generate said another color scheme.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said color scheme is initially associated with said graphical user interface, and wherein said associating includes substituting said another color scheme for said color scheme.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising extracting said color scheme from data representative of a photograph image based on color frequency and contrast.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising mapping said color scheme to a cylindrical color space model, said shifting being performed in said cylindrical color space model.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying said graphical user interface, said graphical user interface including two grayscale layers and a color layer sandwiched between said grayscale layers, wherein said color layer is associated with data representative of said another color scheme.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein at least one of said grayscale layers comprises at least one grayscale asset having at least one grayscale parameter.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said shifting preserves said at least one grayscale parameter in the graphical user interface.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing at least one user interface tool configured to facilitate a user selection of one of said plurality of colors included in said color scheme and a change to be applied to said one of said colors; and

determining said same offset based on said user selection.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising extrapolating said another color scheme from said user selection.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein said at least one user interface tool comprises at least one of an image area, a graphical slider tool, a source color swatch, and a preview color swatch.

14. The method of claim 1, tangibly embodied as computer-executable instructions on at least one computer-readable medium.

4. The method of claim 4, wherein said cylindrical color space model includes a hue, saturation, value (“

HSV”

) color space model, and wherein said shifting preserves a saturation parameter and a value parameter for each of said colors in said color scheme.

15. A method comprising:

providing at least one user interface tool configured to facilitate a user selection of one of a plurality of colors included in a color scheme and a change to be applied to said one of said colors;

determining a color shift based on said user selection; and

applying said color shift to each of said colors in said color scheme to generate another color scheme.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein said applying said color shift includes shifting each of said colors by a same offset.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein said applying said color shift includes shifting a hue parameter for each of said colors by a same angular offset in a hue, saturation, and value (“

HSV”

) color space model.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein said applying said color shift includes preserving a saturation parameter and a value parameter for each of said colors in said HSV color space model.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein said at least one user interface tool comprises a graphical slider tool representative of a scale of angular offsets from which said same angular offset is selected.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein said at least one user interface tool comprises an image area displaying said color scheme and configured to facilitate said user selection of said one of said colors.

21. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

displaying a graphical user interface including said color scheme;

associating said another color scheme with said graphical user interface; and

displaying said graphical user interface including said another color scheme.

22. The method of claim 15, wherein said graphical user interface includes two grayscale layers and a color layer sandwiched between said grayscale layers in said graphical user interface, and wherein said color layer is associated with data representative of said another color scheme.

23. A system comprising:

a user interface facility configured to provide a graphical user interface for display;

a storage facility configured to store data representative of a color scheme associated with said graphical user interface, said color scheme including a plurality of colors; and

a color scheme customization facility configured to

shift a parameter for each of said colors by a same offset to generate another color scheme, and

associate said another color scheme with said graphical user interface.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein said graphical user interface comprises a first grayscale layer, a second grayscale layer, and a color layer sandwiched between said first grayscale layer and said second grayscale layer, wherein one of said color scheme and said another color scheme is associated with said color layer.

25. The system of claim 23, wherein said color scheme customization facility is configured to

provide at least one user interface tool configured to facilitate a user selection of one of said plurality of colors included in said color scheme and a change to be applied to said one of said colors, and

determine said same offset based on said user selection.