METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING COLOR PALETTE MANAGEMENT WITHIN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE

• US 20140111539A1
• Filed: 10/22/2013
• Published: 04/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: WeTransfer B.V.
• Original Assignee: FiftyThree, Inc. (WeTransfer B.V.)
• Inventors: Allen, Andrew S., Chen, Charles Matthew, Walker, Julian Reid, Pitaru, Amit
• Granted Patent: US 9,563,972 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/594
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/001 Texturing; Colouring; Generation of texture or colour inpainting G06T5/77

Abstract

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.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, from a user device, a first input indicating a first color as a source color, the source color being from a color palette representation displayed on a user interface associated with the user device;

receiving, from the user device, a second input indicating a second color as a target color, the target color being from the color palette representation;

receiving, from the user device, a plurality of user movement indicators representing an incremental mixing of the target color into the source color;

defining a plurality of colors based on the source color, the target color and the plurality of user movement indicators, each color from the plurality of colors being associated with at least one user movement indicator from the plurality of user movement indicators;

storing, for each color from the plurality of colors, data associated with that color, the first input, the second input, and the at least one user movement indicator from the plurality of user movement indicators associated with that color; and

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.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of user movement indicators is a first plurality of movement indicators, the plurality of colors is a first plurality of colors, the method further comprising:

receiving, from the user device, a second plurality of user movement indicators representing a decremental mixing of the target color into the source color;

defining a second plurality of colors based on the second plurality of user movement indicators, each color from the second plurality of colors being associated with a user movement indicator from the second plurality of user movement indicators, the second plurality of colors being in an inverse order of the first plurality of colors; and

sending, for each color from the second plurality of colors, a signal to display a representation of that color on the user interface associated with the user device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the color palette is a first color palette, the method further comprising:

receiving, from the user device, a third input indicating a third plurality of colors;

defining a second color palette representation based on the third plurality of colors; and

sending a signal to display the second color palette representation on the user interface of the user device such that a user of the user device can select an input from the second color palette.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the user interface includes a drag-and-drop function such that a user of the user device can drag and drop, from the color palette representation, the first input as the source color and the second input as the target color,

the receiving the first input indicating the first color as the source color being in response to the user use of the drag-and-drop function,

the receiving the second input indicating the second color as the target color being in response to the user use of the drag-and-drop function.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the user device, an input indicating a color palette control; and

modifying the color palette representation displayed on the user interface of the user device, based on the input.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the color palette representation is a first color palette representation, the method further comprising:

receiving, from the user device, an input indicating a color palette control;

merging data associated with the first color palette representation with data associated with a second color palette representation based on the input to produce a third color palette representation; and

sending a signal to display the third color palette representation on the user interface of the user device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the color palette representation is a first color palette representation, the method further comprising:

receiving, from the user device, an input indicating a color palette control; and

splitting data associated with the first color palette representation into data associated with a second color palette representation and data associated with a third color palette representation based on the input; and

sending a signal to display at least one of the second color palette representation or the third color palette representation on the user interface of the user device.

8. An apparatus, comprising:

a color-mixer module implemented in at least one of a memory or a processor device, the color mixer module configured to receive, from a user device, a first input indicating a first color from a color palette representation displayed on a user interface of the user device, as a source color,

the color-mixer module configured to receive, from the user device, a second input indicating a second color from the color palette representation as a target color,

the color-mixer module configured to receive, from the user device, a plurality of user movement indicators representing an incremental mixing of the target color into the source color, the color-mixer module configured to define a plurality of colors based on the first input, the second input and the plurality of user movement indicators, each color from the plurality of colors being associated with at least one user movement indicator from the plurality of user movement indicators; and

a history module implemented in at least one of a memory or a processor device, the history module configured to store, for each color from the plurality of colors, data associated with that color, the first input, the second input and the at least one user movement indicator from the plurality of user movement indicators for that color.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

a palette control module implemented in at least one of a memory or a processor device, the palette control module configured to receive, from the user device, an input indicating a color palette control, the palette control module configured to modify the color palette representation displayed on the user interface of the user device, based on the input.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the color palette representation is a first color palette representation, the apparatus further comprising:

a palette control module implemented in at least one of a memory or a processor device, the palette control module configured to receive, from the user device, an input indicating a color palette control,

the palette control module configured to merge data associated with the first color palette representation with data associated with a second color palette representation based on the input to produce a third color palette representation, the palette control module configured to display the third color palette representation on the user interface of the user device.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the color palette representation is a first color palette representation, the apparatus further comprising:

a palette control module implemented in at least one of a memory or a processor device, the palette control module configured to receive, from the user device, an input indicating a color palette control,

the palette control module configured to split data associated with the first color palette representation into data associated with a second color palette representation and data associated with a third color palette representation based on the input, the palette control module configured to display at least one of the second color palette representation or the third color palette representation on the user interface of the user device.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein:

the plurality of user movement indicators is a first plurality of movement indicators, the plurality of colors is a first plurality of colors,

the color-mixer module is configured to receive, from the user device, a second plurality of user movement indicators representing a decremental mixing of the target color into the source color,

the color-mixer module is configured to define a second plurality of colors based on the second plurality of user movement indicators, each color from the second plurality of colors being associated with a user movement indicator from the second plurality of user movement indicators, the second plurality of colors being in an inverse order of the first plurality of colors.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein:

the plurality of user movement indicators is a first plurality of movement indicators, the plurality of colors is a first plurality of colors,

the color-mixer module is configured to receive, from the user device, a second plurality of user movement indicators representing a decremental mixing of the target color into the source color,

the color-mixer module is configured to define a second plurality of colors based on the second plurality of user movement indicators, each color from the second plurality of colors being associated with a user movement indicator from the second plurality of user movement indicators, the second plurality of colors being in an inverse order of the first plurality of colors,

the apparatus further comprising;

a tracking module implemented in at least one of a memory or a processor device, the tracking module configured to define a plurality of layers of colors based on the first plurality of colors, the first plurality of user movement indicators, the second plurality of colors and the second plurality of user movement indicators,

at least a portion of the plurality of layers of colors represented within the color palette representation.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the color-mixer modules is configured to receive the first input, the second input, the first plurality of user movement indicators, and the second plurality of user movement indicators from the user device via at least one of a digital pen, a mouse, or a touch-based user interface.

15. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor, the code comprising code to cause the processor to:

receive, from a user device, (1) a first input indicating a first color from a color palette representation as a first source color, (2) a second input indicating a second color from the color palette representation as a first target color, and (3) a first plurality of user movement indicators representing an incremental mixing of the first target color into the first source color;

define a first plurality of colors based on the first source color, the first target color and the first plurality of user movement indicators, each color from the first plurality of colors being associated with a user movement indictor from the first plurality of user movement indicators;

receive, from the user device, a second plurality of user movement indicators representing a decremental mixing of the target color into the source color;

define a second plurality of colors based on the first plurality of colors and the second plurality of user movement indicators, each color from the second plurality of colors being associated with a user movement indicator from the second plurality of user movement indicators, the second plurality of colors being in an inverse order of the first plurality of colors; and

send a signal to display a representation of each color from the second plurality of colors on a user interface associated with the user device.

16. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the color palette is a first color palette, the code further comprising code to cause the processor to:

receive, from the user device, a third input indicating a third plurality of colors;

define a second color palette representation based on the third plurality of colors; and

send a signal to display a representation of the second color palette on the user interface of the user device such that a user of the user device can select an input from the second color palette.

17. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 15, wherein:

the user interface includes a drag-and-drop function such that a user of the user device can drag and drop, from the color palette representation, the first input as the source color and the second input as the target color,

the first input indicating the first color as the source color is received in response to the user use of the drag-and-drop function,

the second input indicating the second color as the target color is received in response to the user use of the drag-and-drop function.

18. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 15, the code further comprising code to cause the processor to:

define a plurality of layers of colors based on the first plurality of colors, the first plurality of user movement indicators, the second plurality of colors and the second plurality of user movement indicators; and

send a signal to display at least a portion of the plurality of layers of colors within the color palette representation.

19. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the first input, the second input, the first plurality of user movement indicators, and the first plurality of user movement indicators is received from the user device is via at least one of a digital pen, a mouse, or a touch-based user interface.