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Automatic image-based recommendations using a color palette

  • US 9,524,563 B2
  • Filed: 06/26/2014
  • Issued: 12/20/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for creating a custom color palette, the computer-implemented method comprising:

  • under control of a hardware computing device configured with specific computer-executable instructions,obtaining one or more color names from a user,identifying one or more color images associated with the one or more color names;

    extracting at least one first color from the one or more color images, wherein extracting the at least one first color comprises;

    generating a color distribution for the one or more color images; and

    identifying the at least one first color from the color distribution, wherein identifying the at least one first color includes merging similar colors in the color distribution based, at least in part, on a color similarity measure;

    including the extracted at least one first color in a custom palette;

    obtaining a plurality of affiliated palettes, wherein each affiliated palette of the plurality of affiliated palettes includes a color corresponding to a color already included in the custom palette;

    identifying at least one second color based, at least in part, on the plurality of affiliated palettes, wherein at least a subset of the plurality of affiliated palettes includes a color corresponding to the at least one second color;

    including the at least one second color in the custom palette; and

    providing the custom palette to the user.

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