System and method for parametric display of modular aesthetic designs

• US 8,212,805 B1
• Filed: 01/04/2008
• Issued: 07/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Andrei Gurulev, Kenneth Banschick
• Original Assignee: Andrei Gurulev, Kenneth Banschick
• Inventors: Banschick, Kenneth, Gurulev, Andrei
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Phu K
• Application Number:
  US11/969,825
• Time in Patent Office: 1,642 Days
• Field of Search: 345/418, 345/441, 345/589, 345/593, 705/7, 705/10, 705/14.36, 705/26.5, 705/26, 705/42, 709/229
• US Class Current: 345/418
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/00 Computer-aided design [CAD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0621 Item configuration or customization
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0625 Directed, with specific intent or strategy
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/00 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications

Abstract

A system and method for the aesthetic design of a modular assemblage, comprising means for providing a client graphic user interface for receiving an input for defining parameters of the modular assemblage, and for presenting an image of the defined modular assemblage; communicating a code to a server representing the defined parameters; at the server, in dependence on the communicated code, defining a set of graphic elements corresponding to the defined modular assemblage; communicating the graphic elements from the server to the client; and displaying, at the client, the graphic elements received from the server to represent the defined modular assemblage.

Claims

1. A method for the design of a parametric aggregation having a set of parameters defining at least one parameter for each of a plurality of components, comprising:

(a) automatically defining, with an automated processor, the set of parameters;

(b) composing, by the automated processor, a layout of a set of graphic elements representing a physical organization of the plurality of components, selectively distributed in dependence on the set of parameters and logic which selects a possible layout of the physical organization of the plurality of components;

(c) communicating a first file which represents the physical layout to a browser for display through a graphic user interface;

(d) receiving an input, changing the set of parameters comprising at least a change in a number of components having a first color with respect to components having a second color, the first color being different from the second color, which parametrically alters at least one of the components of the parametric aggregation;

(e) in dependence on the input, automatically recomposing, by the automated processor, the layout of the set of graphic elements representing a changed plurality of components having a changed physical organization, selectively distributed in dependence on the changed set of parameters and the logic which selects a possible layout of the physical organization of the changed plurality of components, defining a relative positioning of the plurality of components having the first and second colors, wherein the physical organization and changed physical organization provide at least one of;

a respectively different represented physical position of at least one unchanged component, and a change in a number of at least one component; and

communicating a second file which represents the changed physical organization to the browser for display through the graphic user interface.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the graphic user interface receives a user query, further comprising communicating information corresponding to the query to an Internet search engine, and receiving a response from the Internet search engine comprising parameters for at least one component.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the search engine comprises a catalog of available components and comprising images of respective components and physical parameters of respective components.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the logic responds to the input by selectively rearranging a distribution of components having different colors within the physical organization.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the logic selects a possible layout defining a relative positioning of the plurality of components having respectively different colors, selectively arranged in dependence on a symmetry of distribution of at least one of complementary and contrasting respectively different colors.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the logic comprises predefined logic to select a possible layout defining an alternation of components having different colors.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first and second files each define a user-selectable palette for interactive modification of a selection of the components, through the graphic user interface.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising communicating the first and second files occur through the Internet, the first and second files being configured to be processed by a web browser which responds to a parametric code within the first and second files to generate a display of the layout of the graphic elements.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the logic comprises at least one predefined predominance rule for controlling a relative predominance of components having different colors.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the logic comprises at least one predefined symmetry rule for controlling a symmetry of the layout with respect to components having different colors.

11. A method for the design of an arrangement of a plurality of components, comprising the steps of:

(a) receiving an input from a user defining a selection of the plurality of components, the defined plurality of components having associated physical attributes comprising at least a color of a respective component;

(b) automatically arranging the plurality of components, using an automated processor, into a composition in dependence on at least their respective color and an aesthetic logic, comprising at least one predefined symmetry rule which coordinates at least a distribution of respective colors of the plurality of components;

(c) visually presenting the automatically arranged composition to the user;

(d) receiving an input which modifies at least one physical attribute comprising at least a color of at least one component;

(e) automatically rearranging the plurality of components into a revised composition, using the automated processor and the aesthetic logic, comprising the at least one predefined symmetry rule, in dependence on the physical attributes of the plurality of components and the received input;

(f) visually presenting the automatically rearranged composition to the user; and

(g) storing a description of the revised composition, the stored description being adapted for implementation thereof as a physical composition of the plurality of components.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein at least one of the plurality of components comprises a colored comestible product.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising fabricating the revised composition based on the stored description.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein the at least one physical attribute further comprises a component type.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein the composition is automatically arranged in a symmetrical arrangement based on the aesthetic logic, which is sensitive to at least one of a complementarity and a contrast of respective color of at least two components.

16. The method according to claim 11, wherein at least one component comprises a candy having a color selected from a plurality of available colors.

17. The method according to claim 11, wherein the received input from the user comprises a search engine query which is communicated to an Internet search engine, further comprising receiving a response from the Internet search engine to the search engine query comprising an identification of at least one component and a set of physical attributes associated with the at least one component.

18. A method for the interactive design of an aesthetic arrangement of a plurality of components according to a set of parameters and logic represented by a plurality of instructions stored on a non-transitory medium for execution by an automated processor defining a distribution of respective ones of the plurality of components of similar type and of at least two different colors, wherein the set of parameters selectively defines a number of components of a respective color, and the logic selectively defines a distribution within the aesthetic arrangement of the components of each respective color, comprising:

(a) defining an initial set of parameters representing an initial set comprising a plurality of components of similar type and of at least two different colors;

(b) automatically composing a set of graphic elements representing an initial aesthetic arrangement, according to the initial set of parameters and the logic;

(c) communicating a first file which represents the initial aesthetic arrangement to a browser for presentation to a user;

(d) receiving a user input comprising a modification of a color of at least one component of the initial aesthetic arrangement, resulting in a modified set of parameters;

(e) automatically recomposing the set of graphic elements representing a modified aesthetic arrangement, according to the modified set of parameters and the logic, the modified aesthetic arrangement differing from the initial aesthetic arrangement in at least one of a repositioning within the modified aesthetic arrangement of at least one component having a first color, and a replacement within the modified aesthetic arrangement of at least one component having a first color with at least one component having a second color, with respect to the initial aesthetic arrangement; and

(e) communicating a second file which represents the modified aesthetic arrangement to a browser for presentation to a user.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein each component comprises a pompom.

20. The method according to claim 18, wherein each component comprises a tassel.

21. The method according to claim 18, wherein each component comprises a confection.

22. The method according to claim 18, wherein each component comprises a comestible.

23. The method according to claim 18, wherein each component comprises at least a confection and a container for a confection, wherein the set of parameters defines a respective color associated with a respective confection and with each respective container for each respective component.

24. The method according to claim 23, wherein each container comprises a transparent wall displaying the confection and a colored decorative member.

25. The method according to claim 18, further comprising automatically guiding the user relating to the modification of the color based on at least one predefined aesthetic rule.

26. The method according to claim 18, wherein the logic defines a symmetric aesthetic arrangement.

27. The method according to claim 26, wherein the logic defines a visually complementary aesthetic arrangement.

28. The method according to claim 26, wherein the logic defines a visually contrasting aesthetic arrangement.

29. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, having thereon instructions for controlling a programmable device to perform a method for the interactive design of an aesthetic arrangement of a plurality of components according to a set of parameters and logic represented by a plurality of instructions stored on a non-transitory medium for execution by an automated processor defining a distribution of respective ones of the plurality of components of similar type and of at least two different colors, wherein the set of parameters selectively defines a number of components of a respective color, and the logic selectively defines a distribution within the aesthetic arrangement of the components of each respective color, comprising:

(a) defining an initial set of parameters representing an initial set comprising a plurality of components of similar type and of at least two different colors;

(b) automatically composing a set of graphic elements representing an initial aesthetic arrangement, according to the initial set of parameters and the logic;

(c) communicating a first file which represents the initial aesthetic arrangement to a browser for presentation to a user;

(d) receiving a user input comprising a modification of a color of at least one component of the initial aesthetic arrangement, resulting in a modified set of parameters;

(e) automatically recomposing the set of graphic elements representing a modified aesthetic arrangement, according to the modified set of parameters and the logic, the modified aesthetic arrangement differing from the initial aesthetic arrangement in at least one of a repositioning within the modified aesthetic arrangement of at least one component having a first color, and a replacement within the modified aesthetic arrangement of at least one component having a first color with at least one component having a second color, with respect to the initial aesthetic arrangement; and

(e) communicating a second file which represents the modified aesthetic arrangement to a browser for presentation to a user.

30. A method for the design of a parametric aggregation, having a set of parameters defining at least one parameter for each of a plurality of components comprising a component color, comprising:

(a) automatically defining, with an automated processor, the set of parameters;

(b) composing, by the automated processor, a first layout of a set of graphic elements representing a physical organization of the plurality of components, selectively distributed in dependence on the set of parameters and logic and being responsive to differences in respective component color, which selects a possible layout providing a selectively distributed arrangement of the plurality of components;

(c) communicating a first file which represents the first layout to a browser for display through a graphic user interface;

(d) receiving an input, changing the set of parameters, which parametrically alters at least one of the components of the parametric aggregation to change at least a frequency of occurrence of components having a first color and resulting in a plurality of components having at least two different colors, to produce a changed plurality of components;

(e) in dependence on the input, automatically recomposing, by the automated processor, to produce a second layout of the set of graphic elements representing the changed plurality of components having a changed selectively distributed arrangement, wherein the changed plurality of components comprises a change in at least the number of components having a respective color and having components having at least two different colors, selectively distributed in dependence on the changed set of parameters and the logic, the selectively distributed arrangement being responsive to differences in respective component colors, to provide a respectively different selectively distributed arrangement for at least one component of the plurality of components with respect to the first layout; and

(f) communicating a second file which represents the changed physical organization to the browser for display through the graphic user interface.