Derivation and Application of Color Accents for Images in a Video Delivery System Interface

• US 20180189993A1
• Filed: 01/05/2017
• Published: 07/05/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hulu LLC (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: Hulu LLC (The Walt Disney Company)
• Granted Patent: US 10,803,641 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 59/20 having means, e.g. pockets, netting or adhesive type surfaces, for catching or holding a ball, e.g. for lacrosse or pelota
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 33/00 Moulds or cores; Details thereof or accessories therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/24 Classification techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/001 Texturing; Colouring; Generation of texture or colour inpainting G06T5/77
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/90 Determination of colour characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/56 relating to colour

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method receives an image of video content for a video offered by a video delivery service. The method analyzes pixels in the image to determine color attributes of the pixels, the color attributes including a lightness attribute and a hue attribute. Lightness counts for the image based on the lightness attribute and hue group counts based on the hue attribute are generated for the pixels. The method selects a lightness classification from lightness classifications based on the lightness counts and selects a hue group from hue groups based on the hue group counts. The lightness classification and the hue group classification are sent to a client device to allow the client device to generate a color using the lightness classification, the hue group classification, and a saturation value, the color being applied to an interface on the client device that is displaying the image.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, an image of video content for a video offered by a video delivery service;

analyzing, by the computing device, at least a portion of pixels in the image to determine color attributes of the least the portion of the pixels, the color attributes including a lightness attribute and a hue attribute;

generating, by the computing device, a set of lightness counts for the image based on the lightness attribute and a set of hue group counts based on the hue attribute for the at least a portion of the pixels;

selecting, by the computing device, a lightness classification from a plurality of lightness classifications based on the set of lightness counts and selecting a hue group from a plurality of hue groups based on the set of hue group counts; and

sending, by the computing device, the lightness classification and the hue group classification to a client device to allow the client device to generate a color using the lightness classification, the hue group classification, and a saturation value, the color being applied to an interface on the client device that is displaying the image.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the set of lightness counts comprises:

for each pixel in the at least the portion of the pixels, performing;

determining a lightness value from the lightness attribute for the respective pixel;

comparing the lightness value to a set of thresholds; and

incrementing one of the set of lightness counts based on the comparing.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein comparing the lightness value comprises:

when the lightness value is less than or equal to a first threshold, incrementing a first lightness count;

when the lightness value is greater than the first threshold and less than a third threshold, incrementing a second lightness count; and

when the lightness value is greater than the third threshold, incrementing a third lightness count.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein:

the first lightness count is a dark classification,

the second lightness count is a medium classification; and

the third lightness count is a light classification.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the set of hue group counts comprises:

for each pixel in the at least the portion of the pixels, performing;

determining a hue group in which the hue attribute belongs for the respective pixel; and

incrementing the hue group count for the hue group.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein generating the set of hue group counts comprises:

determining when the respective pixel that should not be considered for incrementing any of the set of hue group counts; and

not incrementing any of the set of hue group counts for the pixel.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the pixel is not considered for incrementing any of the set of hue group counts when:

a chroma attribute falls outside of a chroma range;

a saturation attribute falls outside of a saturation range;

the lightness attribute falls outside of a lightness range; and

a maximum distance between red, green, and blue components of the pixel is within a distance threshold.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein a second portion of pixels of the image are not analyzed and not used to generate the set of lightness counts and set of hue group counts.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending the saturation value to the client for use in generating the color, wherein the saturation value is pre-defined.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending a swatch configuration defining one or more lightness values and one or more saturation values for the plurality of lightness classifications, wherein a lightness value and the saturation value is selected by the client device based on the lightness classification received for the image.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein:

the swatch configuration includes a plurality of combinations of lightness values, saturation values, and hue values for the lightness classification and the hue classification, and

the plurality of combinations are used by the client device to generate a plurality of colors.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions, that when executed, control a computer system to be configured for:

receiving an image of video content for a video offered by a video delivery service;

analyzing at least a portion of pixels in the image to determine color attributes of the least the portion of the pixels, the color attributes including a lightness attribute and a hue attribute;

generating a set of lightness counts for the image based on the lightness attribute and a set of hue group counts based on the hue attribute for the at least a portion of the pixels;

selecting a lightness classification from a plurality of lightness classifications based on the set of lightness counts and selecting a hue group from a plurality of hue groups based on the set of hue group counts; and

sending the lightness classification and the hue group classification to a client device to allow the client device to generate a color using the lightness classification, the hue group classification, and a saturation value, the color being applied to an interface on the client device that is displaying the image.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein generating the set of lightness counts comprises:

for each pixel in the at least the portion of the pixels, performing;

determining a lightness value from the lightness attribute for the respective pixel;

comparing the lightness value to a set of thresholds; and

incrementing one of the set of lightness counts based on the comparing.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein generating the set of hue group counts comprises:

for each pixel in the at least the portion of the pixels, performing;

determining a hue group in which the hue attribute belongs for the respective pixel; and

incrementing the hue group count for the hue group.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, further comprising:

sending a swatch configuration defining one or more lightness values and one or more saturation values for the plurality of lightness classifications, wherein a lightness value and the saturation value is selected by the client device based on the lightness classification received for the image.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein:

the swatch configuration includes a plurality of combinations of lightness values, saturation values, and hue values for the lightness classification and the hue classification, and

the plurality of combinations are used by the client device to generate a plurality of colors.

17. A method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, receiving an image of video content for a video offered by a video delivery service;

receiving, by the computing device, a lightness classification from a plurality of lightness classifications and a hue group classification from a plurality of hue groups;

determining, by the computing device, a swatch configuration that defines a plurality of combinations for lightness values, saturation values and hue values for the lightness classification and the hue group classification;

generating, by the computing device, a plurality of colors using the plurality of combinations for lightness values, the plurality of saturation values, and hue values; and

applying, by the computing device, the plurality of colors to an interface that is displaying the image.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

receiving a navigation to an entity displayed on the interface; and

displaying the image and the applied plurality of colors to the interface in response to receiving the navigation.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

using the lightness classification to determine one or more lightness values and one or more saturation values for the plurality of combinations; and

using the hue group classification to determine one or more hue values for the plurality of combinations.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the swatch configuration is received from the video delivery service.