Panoramic Coloring Kit

• US 20140273715A1
• Filed: 03/14/2014
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Crayola LLC (Hallmark Cards Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Crayola LLC (Hallmark Cards Incorporated)
• Inventors: Moll, Joseph Thomas, Nemeckay, Brian, Weiss, Stephen
• Application Number:
  US14/211,815
• Publication Number:
  US 20140273715A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 446/146
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/00 Other toys
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/20 Cooling means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0202 Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the input device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0393 Accessories for touch pads or touch screens, e.g. mechanical guides added to touch screens for drawing straight lines, hard keys overlaying touch screens or touch pads
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/20 Processor architectures; Processor configuration, e.g. pipelining
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/005 General purpose rendering architectures

Abstract

A panoramic coloring kit for coloring a 360-degree coloring environment is provided. The panoramic coloring kit may include a coloring stylus, a stamper device, and a digital spyglass, each of which may be configured to interact with a touch-screen surface of a computing device. The kit may further include an application that, when executed by the computing device, generates a digital image of a panoramic view of the 360-degree coloring environment.

Claims

1. A panoramic coloring kit comprising:

an activation feature for a panoramic coloring kit application;

at least one of the following digital input devices;

(1) a stylus;

(2) a stamper; and

(3) a spyglass,

wherein the stylus, stamper, and spyglass are configured to interact with a touch-screen surface of a computing device executing the panoramic coloring kit application.

2. The panoramic coloring kit of claim 1, wherein upon executing the panoramic coloring kit application by a computing device, the panoramic coloring kit application is configured to generate a digital image comprising a panoramic view of a coloring environment.

3. The panoramic coloring kit of claim 2, wherein the stylus comprises a single touch-point coloring stylus for at least one of selecting an item in the coloring environment and coloring the item in the coloring environment.

4. The panoramic coloring kit of claim 2, wherein the stamper comprises a multiple touch-point stamper for adding new items to the coloring environment.

5. The panoramic coloring kit of claim 2, wherein the spyglass comprises a multiple touch-point spyglass, including a spyglass frame that encloses a transparent viewing area.

6. The panoramic coloring kit of claim 2, wherein the spyglass is configured to activate a feature in the coloring environment.

7. The panoramic coloring kit of claim 6, wherein activating the feature comprises at least one of activating an animation feature, activating an audio feature, and activating a hidden object feature.

8. The panoramic coloring kit of claim 2, wherein the application provides an explore mode for exploring the coloring environment by at least one of moving the computing device and touching the touch-screen surface of the computing device.

9. The panoramic coloring kit of claim 8, wherein the explore mode further provides for manipulating a location of a selected scene.

10. The panoramic coloring kit of claim 9, wherein the application provides a coloring mode for coloring the selected scene from the coloring environment.

11. The panoramic coloring kit of claim 10, wherein in the coloring mode, at least one animated feature is included in the coloring environment.

12. The panoramic coloring kit of claim 10, wherein a user input provided in the coloring mode is visible in the explore mode.

13. A method of providing an interactive panoramic coloring environment, the method comprising:

presenting, on a touch-screen display of a computing device, an interactive panoramic coloring environment,

wherein the interactive panoramic coloring environment is presented on the touch-screen display of the computing device in response to executing an application on the computing device,

wherein presenting the interactive panoramic coloring environment comprises generating a digital image comprising a panoramic view of the interactive coloring environment,

wherein the digital image is configured to display at least a portion of the interactive coloring environment corresponding to a manipulation of the computing device by a user.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein upon interaction with the digital image, a selection of a scene in the interactive coloring environment is received.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the selected scene of the interactive coloring environment is configured to receive an input from at least one of the following:

a single touch-point coloring stylus;

a multiple touch-point stamper; and

a multiple touch-point spyglass,

wherein the single touch-point coloring stylus, multiple touch-point stamper, and multiple touch-point spyglass are configured to interact with a touch-screen surface of the computing device.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein, based on the received input, at least one item in the selected scene is modified.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein receiving an input from the multiple touch-point spyglass comprises receiving an indication that the multiple touch-point spyglass is in contact with the touch-screen surface of the computing device, and wherein the modifying the at least one item in the selected comprises, based on the received indication, activating at least one of an animation feature, an audio feature, and a hidden object feature.

18. A panoramic coloring kit comprising:

an activation feature for an application that when executed by a computing device generates a digital image comprising a 360-degree view of a coloring environment;

at least one of the following;

(1) a single touch-point coloring stylus for at least one of selecting an item in the coloring environment and coloring an item in the coloring environment;

(2) a multiple touch-point stamper for adding new items to the coloring environment; and

(3) a multiple touch-point spyglass, including a spyglass frame that encloses a transparent viewing area,

wherein the single touch-point coloring stylus, multiple touch-point stamper, and multiple touch-point spyglass are configured to interact with a touch-screen surface of the computing device.

19. The panoramic coloring kit of claim 18, wherein the digital image comprising the 360-degree view of the coloring environment includes animation features and audio features.

20. The panoramic coloring kit of claim 18, wherein the application provides an explore mode for exploring the 360-degree view of the coloring environment, wherein a location of a selected scene is manipulated based on at least one of moving the computing device and touching the touch-screen surface of the computing device.