Color matching for display system for shops

• US 8,068,225 B2
• Filed: 12/15/2006
• Issued: 11/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Cortenraad, Hubertus Maria Rene, Yalvac, Mehmet Alper, Hoonhout, Henriette Christine Marie, Diederiks, Elmo Marcus Attila, Van De Sluis, Bartel Marinus
• Primary Examiner(s): Chowdhury; Tarifur
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nur; Abdullahi
• Application Number:
  US12/097,929
• Publication Number:
  US 20080258590A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,810 Days
• Field of Search: 356402-425
• US Class Current: 356/402
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 11/10 Arrangements of light sources
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 3/001 Devices for lighting, humidifying, heating, ventilation
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 2003/1282 Spectrum tailoring
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/10 Arrangements of light sources specially adapted for spectrometry or colorimetry
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/50 using electric radiation detectors
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/501 Colorimeters using spectrally-selective light sources, e.g. LEDs
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/526 for choosing a combination of different colours, e.g. to produce a pleasing effect for an observer
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 19/20 with colour-mixing effects
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control

Abstract

A color identifying display system having a lighting surface having an alterable apparent surface color, a color capture device to capture a color of an object placed within a detection area, and a processor. The lighting surface and the color capture device are coupled to the processor. The processor analyzes the captured color to determine a prominent color of the object and to control a color of the lighting surface based on the determined prominent color. The color of the lighting surface may be adjusted to match the prominent color, complement the prominent color, or be analogous to the prominent color.

Claims

1. A color identifying display system comprising:

a lighting surface configured to have an alterable apparent surface color;

a color capture device configured to capture color of an object placed within a detection area, and a processor, wherein the lighting surface and the color capture device are operably coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to analyze the captured color to determine a prominent color of the object, and wherein the processor is configured to control a color of the lighting surface based on the determined prominent color;

a detector to detect a presence of a user in proximity to the object, wherein the processor is configured to alter the color of the lighting surface to a neutral color in response to detecting the presence of the user;

a highlighting lighting element, wherein the processor is configured to provide lighting of the object in response to detecting the presence of the user, wherein the color capture device is configured to determine a shape of the object, and wherein the processor is configured to provide the lighting of the object in a shape that substantially conforms to the shape of the object.

2. The color identifying display system of claim 1, wherein the lighting surface is a wall of a display cube.

3. The color identifying display system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to control the color of the lighting surface to match the prominent color.

4. The color identifying display system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to control the color of the lighting surface to produce one of an analogous color and complementary color to the prominent color.

5. The color identifying display system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to provide a user interface for a user to select one of a plurality of colors for the lighting surface based on the determined prominent color.

6. The color identifying display system of claim 1, wherein the lighting surface is one of a plurality of lighting surfaces that are positioned around the object.

7. The color identifying display system of claim 1, wherein the object is positioned on the lighting surface.

8. The color identifying display system of claim 1, wherein the color capture device is a radio frequency identification (RFID) receiver that is configured to capture the color of the object by receiving RFID transmissions from the object.

9. The color identifying display system of claim 8, wherein the RFID transmissions from the object include information of analogous and complementary colors to the color of the object.