Computer-implemented methods and systems for a color generator

• US 9,361,855 B2
• Filed: 05/14/2012
• Issued: 06/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Tjissen, Remon
• Primary Examiner(s): Hoang, Phi
• Assistant Examiner(s): BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD
• Application Number:
  US13/506,744
• Publication Number:
  US 20140285508A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,485 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/462 Computing operations in or between colour spaces; Colour management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/52 using colour charts
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0606 Manual adjustment
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/02 characterised by the way in which colour is displayed details of colour display specific for CRTs G09G1/28; specific for flat matrix panels other than liquid crystal displays G09G3/2003; specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607

Abstract

One exemplary embodiment involves a computer-implemented method that comprises rendering, by a processor, an interface comprising a synopsis node and a plurality of configurable component nodes, each of the component nodes corresponding to a respective color, and the synopsis node having a color that is a combination of the colors of the synopsis node. The method additionally includes, receiving, by the processor, input changing an influence of a first component node and determining, by the processor, a change in the color of the synopsis node based on the received input, wherein the change represents a combination of the colors of the component nodes. Additionally, the method includes rendering, by the processor, the changed synopsis node color in the synopsis node.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

rendering, by a processor, an interface comprising a synopsis node and a plurality of configurable component nodes, each of the component nodes corresponding to a respective color, and the synopsis node having a color that is a combination of the colors of the component nodes, the component nodes extending in a radial manner from the synopsis node, wherein each component node is associated with a halo, the halo having a halo color that corresponds to the color associated with the component node, the halo having a radius that corresponds to a distance between the component node and the synopsis node and a luminosity of the halo color that corresponds to the distance;

receiving, by the processor, input changing an influence of a color of a first component node on the color of the synopsis node by;

moving the first component node closer to the synopsis node to increase the influence of the first component node on the synopsis node color;

or

moving the first component node farther from the synopsis node to decrease the influence of the first component node on the synopsis node color;

determining, by the processor, a change in the color of the synopsis node based on the received input, the changed color representing a combination of the colors of the component nodes, wherein the respective distances of the component nodes from the synopsis node are used to determine influences of the respective colors of the component nodes on the synopsis node color, wherein component nodes closer to synopsis node are more influential than component nodes that are farther from the synopsis node; and

rendering, by the processor, the changed synopsis node color in the synopsis node.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the input changing the influence of the first component node is input changing the distance of the first component node from the synopsis node to change the amount of influence by the color of the first component node on the color of the synopsis node.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying an indicator indicating an influence boundary, the influence boundary graphically representing a boundary between different amounts of influence between component nodes within the boundary and component nodes outside the boundary.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the color of synopsis node is a combination of only the colors of the component nodes that are within the boundary.

5. The method of claim 3 further comprising displaying a second distance indicator indicating a second influence boundary, wherein:

the influence of component nodes within the first influence boundary is greater than component nodes within the second influence boundary but not within the first influence boundary; and

the influence of component nodes within the second influence boundary is greater than component nodes not within the second influence boundary.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein each one of the component nodes are connected to the synopsis node with a graphical representation.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a color for each of the component nodes is individually selected.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the luminosity increases as the component node is adjusted to be closer to the synopsis node.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising only rendering the halo of each component node located within a predetermined color generator boundary.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising rendering an adjustment of a radius of a halo associated with the component node to correspond to a distance first component node to the synopsis node after moving the first component node.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising rendering an adjustment of the luminosity of a halo color associated with the component node to correspond to a distance first component node to the synopsis node after moving the first component node.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising rendering a plurality of convergences of halos associated with at the component nodes when the halos intersect, each convergence having a convergence color based at least in part on halo colors of the intersecting halos.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising:

receiving an input selecting a convergence;

identifying a convergence color associated with the selected convergence;

changing the color of the synopsis node to the identified convergence color; and

rendering the synopsis node with the changed color and changed component nodes with changed colors, the changed color of the synopsis node being a combination of the changed colors of the changed component nodes.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein each component node is associated with a luminosity determined based on the distance between the respective component node and the synopsis node, the luminosity of the respective component node used in combining colors of the component nodes to create the synopsis node color.

15. A computer-implemented method comprising:

rendering, on a display, an interface comprising a color generator, the interface including a synopsis node and a plurality of component nodes, each of the component nodes being associated with a respective component color and the synopsis node being associated with a synopsis color, wherein each component node is associated with a halo, the radius of the halo corresponding to the distance between the respective component node and the synopsis node;

receiving an input adjusting a location of the component node with respect to the synopsis node;

determining, via a processor, a change in the synopsis color based on the received input; and

rendering, on the display, the changed synopsis color.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 15, wherein the synopsis color represents a combination of the component colors associated with components nodes located within a boundary.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 15, further comprising:

rendering the halos of each of the component nodes, each halo having a halo color corresponding to the component color; and

rendering a convergence of the halos where the halos of at least two of the component nodes intersect, the convergence having a convergence color representing a combination of the halo colors of the intersecting halos.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 17, wherein each halo color is associated with a luminosity, the luminosity corresponding to the distance between the respective component node and the synopsis node and the luminosity determining an amount of influence of the halo color on the convergence color.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving an input for operating in an additive mode;

determining a change in the synopsis color based on the received input; and

rendering the changed synopsis color in the synopsis node.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving an input for operating in a blurred mode;

in response to the received input, blurring the component colors;

determining a change in the synopsis color based on the blurred component colors; and

rendering the changed synopsis color in the synopsis node.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium on which is encoded program code, the program code comprising:

program code for rendering a color generator on a user interface, the color generator comprising a plurality of component nodes and a synopsis node, each component node being associated with a component color and the synopsis node being associated with a synopsis color;

program code for rendering a halo associated with each component node located within a boundary, the halo having a halo color that corresponds to the component color and having a radius that corresponds to a distance between the respective component node and the synopsis node;

program code for rendering a convergence of the halos, the convergence area having a convergence color that represents a combination of all the halo colors involved in the convergence; and

program code for modifying the synopsis color to correspond to the convergence color.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21, further comprising:

program code for determining a luminosity for each halo color, the luminosity being based at least in part on the distance between the respective component node and the synopsis node; and

program code for adjusting the halo color of each halo to correspond to the determined luminosity.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21, further comprising:

program code for receiving an input to modify the synopsis color; and

program code for rendering a change in the synopsis color based on the received input.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein the input to modify the synopsis color comprises at least one of an input to modify the distance between one of the component nodes and the synopsis node or an input to modify a location of one of the component nodes with respect to the synopsis node.