FINDING AND STRUCTURING IMAGES BASED ON A COLOR SEARCH

• US 20110170770A1
• Filed: 03/21/2011
• Published: 07/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Remedios, Irvin Jude Francis
• Granted Patent: US 8,699,826 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/162
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5838 using colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text

Abstract

Displaying objects from a search is disclosed, including receiving a search color, using a processor to search through a collection of one or more objects to obtain a resulting set of one or more objects based at least in part on the search color, determining, for each of the resulting set of objects, a display parameter based at least in part on an amount of the search color in the object, and displaying the resulting set of objects in a collage based at least in part on the display parameters, wherein the objects are sized and placed such that they substantially fill a predefined collage area.

Claims

1. A system, including:

a processor; and

a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory is configured to provide the processor with instructions which when executed cause the processor to;

receive a search color;

search through a collection of one or more objects to obtain a resulting set of one or more objects based at least in part on the search color;

determine, for each of the resulting set of objects, a display parameter based at least in part on an amount of the search color in the object; and

display the resulting set of objects in a collage based at least in part on the display parameters, wherein the objects are sized and placed such that they substantially fill a predefined collage area.

2. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the predefined collage area has a rectangular shape or an ovular shape.

3. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one object is resized in order to fit the object into a space in the collage.

4. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein objects along the edges of the collage are aligned.

5. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein objects in the interior of the collage are not aligned.

6. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the objects are placed to minimize gaps between each object.

7. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the collection of objects includes an image or video data.

8. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the display parameter includes a size of an image, an order in which an object is be displayed, or a location where an object is displayed.

9. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the search color includes a set of one or more colors or a color scheme comprising a plurality of colors.

10. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein determining is based at least in part on a histogram associated with at least one of the resulting set of objects.

11. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein determining is based at least in part on a number of pixels associated with the search color in at least one of the resulting set of objects.

12. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to receive an exclusion color and exclude objects from the resulting set of one or more objects based at least in part on the exclusion color.

13. A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a tangible computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving a search color;

receiving an exclusion color;

searching through a collection of one or more objects to obtain a

resulting set of one or more objects based at least in part on the search color and excluding objects based at least in part on the exclusion color;

determining, for each of the resulting set of objects, a display parameter based at least in part on an amount of the search color in the object; and

displaying the resulting set of objects in a collage based at least in part on the display parameters.

14. A computer program product as recited in claim 13, wherein at least one object is resized in order to fit the object into a space in the collage.

15. A computer program product as recited in claim 13, wherein objects along the edges of the collage are aligned.

16. A computer program product as recited in claim 13, wherein the display parameter includes a size of an image or a location where an object is displayed.

17. A computer program product as recited in claim 13, wherein determining is based at least in part on a histogram associated with at least one of the resulting set of objects.

18. A computer program product as recited in claim 13, wherein determining is based at least in part on a number of pixels associated with the search color in at least one of the resulting set of objects.

19. A method, including:

receiving a search color;

using a processor to search through a collection of one or more objects to obtain a resulting set of one or more objects based at least in part on the search color;

determining, for each of the resulting set of objects, a display parameter based at least in part on an amount of the search color in the object; and

displaying the resulting set of objects in a collage based at least in part on the display parameters, wherein the objects are sized and placed such that they substantially fill a predefined collage area.

20. A method as recited in claim 19, wherein the predefined collage area has a rectangular shape.

21. A method as recited in claim 19, wherein at least one object is resized in order to fit the object into a space in the collage.

22. A method as recited in claim 19, wherein objects along the edges of the collage are aligned.

23. A method as recited in claim 19, further including receiving an exclusion color and excluding objects from the resulting set of one or more objects based at least in part on the exclusion color.