COLOR GENERATING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM

• US 20150206506A1
• Filed: 01/22/2015
• Published: 07/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Do-Hyeon, LEE, Won-hee
• Granted Patent: US 10,089,958 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/90 Determination of colour characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/026 Control of mixing and/or overlay of colours in general G09G5/022 and G09G5/024 take precedence

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of generating a color by a color generating apparatus. The method includes acquiring color information corresponding to at least two different colors, sensing a motion, and mixing the at least two colors to generate a mixed color based on the sensed motion.

Claims

1. A method of generating a color by a color generating apparatus, the method comprising:

acquiring color information corresponding to at least two different colors;

sensing a motion; and

mixing the at least two colors to generate a mixed color based on the sensed motion.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the acquiring comprises sensing the at least two different colors by a color sensor and acquiring the color information based on the sensed at least two colors.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the acquiring comprises:

sensing an input from a touch screen of a terminal apparatus; and

receiving color information, indicating at least one color displayed in a region of the touch screen is sensed, according to the input being sensed.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensing comprises sensing, by a motion sensor, a motion which shakes the color generating apparatus.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensing comprises:

receiving information about a motion of the color generating apparatus from an external device; and

sensing the motion of the color generating apparatus, based on the received information.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the mixing comprises:

determining a mixing condition of the at least two different colors; and

mixing the at least two different colors based on the mixing condition to generate the mixed color.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the determining of the mixing condition comprises acquiring at least one of a time and a region in which each of the at least two different colors is sensed, and

the mixing of the at least two different color comprises determining the mixing condition, based on the at least one of the acquired time and the acquired region.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring at least two different textures;

combining the acquired at least two different textures to generate a mixed texture;

sensing a motion; and

combining the mixed texture with the mixed color to generate a color having the mixed texture based on the sensed motion.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that is executable by a computer to perform the color generating method of claim 1.

9. A color generating system comprising:

a touch tool configured to acquire color information corresponding to at least two different colors, sense a motion, and mix the at least two different colors to generate a mixed color based on the sensed motion; and

a first terminal configured to display the mixed color received from the touch tool.

10. The color generating system of claim 9, wherein the touch tool is configured to sense a touch input from a touch screen of the first terminal, receive color information about a region in which the input is sensed, and acquire at least one color, based on the received color information.

11. The color generating system of claim 9, wherein the color information comprises information about a time or a region in which the touch input is sensed.

12. The color generating system of claim 9, wherein the touch tool acquires a texture, senses a motion, and combines the texture with the mixed color to generate a color having a texture based on the sensed motion.

13. The color generating system of claim 9, further comprising a second terminal configured to display the at least two different colors and the mixed color based on the motion.

14. The color generating system of claim 9, wherein,

the touch tool receives information about a motion of the touch tool from the first terminal, and senses the motion of the touch tool, based on the received information, and

in response to the motion of the touch tool being sensed, the first terminal transmits the information about the motion of the touch tool to the touch tool.

16. An color generating apparatus comprising:

a display configured to display a plurality of colors;

a sensor configured to sense a touch or a gesture with respect to the color generating apparatus; and

a controller configured to select at least two colors and determine a mixing condition for the selected at least two colors based on the sensed touch or the sensed gesture, and generate a color based on the mixing condition.

17. The color generating apparatus of claim 16, wherein the plurality of colors are displayed in a region divided into sub-regions by a number of the plurality of colors, and the plurality of colors are arranged in a manner allowing the touch or the gesture to be input by a single continuous touch or a single continuous gesture.

18. The color generating apparatus of claim 16, wherein the displayed plurality of colors are acquired from an image sensor that captures a color of an external object or an external environment.

19. The color generating apparatus of claim 16, wherein the controller is configured to determine the mixing condition based on a time duration and a size of a region in which the touch or the gesture is sensed.

20. The color generating apparatus of claim 16, wherein the display is configured to display a texture, the sensor is configured to sense a touch or a gesture for mixing the texture and at least one color selected from the displayed plurality of colors, and the controller is configured to determine a mixing condition based on the sensed touch or gesture.