Content adjustment in graphical user interface based on background content

• US 9,542,907 B2
• Filed: 09/13/2013
• Issued: 01/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Kocienda, Ken, Karunamuni, Chanaka G., Shaffer, Joshua H., Chaudhri, Imran
• Primary Examiner(s): Drennan, Barry
• Assistant Examiner(s): Russell, Richard M
• Application Number:
  US14/027,047
• Publication Number:
  US 20140362105A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,215 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/066 for control of contrast
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0666 for control of colour parameters, e.g. colour temperature
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/10 Mixing of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of an operation, e.g. adding, on the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T
• 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

Adjustments to content to be rendered on top of background content, such as wallpaper, in a graphical user interface are disclosed. One example method can include adjusting a color characteristic of new content to be rendered on top of the background content, based on at least one color characteristic of the background content, so as to preserve the new content'"'"'s color. Another example method can include adjusting a color characteristic of text to be rendered on top of the background content, based on at least one color characteristic of the background content, so that the text is legible.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

at an electronic device with a display;

rendering a graphical user interface with background content on the display;

determining new content to be rendered in the graphical user interface, the new content being a first color;

determining a color characteristic of the background content at a location corresponding to a location at which the new content is to be rendered;

adjusting a color characteristic of the new content in the graphical user interface based on the color characteristic of the background content at the corresponding location such that the first color is maintained when the new content is rendered on the display; and

rendering the adjusted new content on top of the background content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting comprises adjusting the color characteristic of the new content to preserve an original color of the new content regardless of the color characteristic of the background content at the corresponding location.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising:

prior to rendering the adjusted new content on top of the background content, lowering a saturation level of the background content at the corresponding location to display grayscale data.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising:

after ending display of the new content, increasing a saturation level of the background content at the corresponding location to an original saturation level.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein grayscale data for the background content at the corresponding location is displayed while the new content is displayed on top of the background content.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein a saturation level of the background content at the corresponding location is raised, after ending display of the new content, to a level that was displayed prior to displaying the new content on top of the background content.

7. An electronic device comprising:

a display;

a processor;

memory; and

instructions, stored in the memory, that when executed by the processor cause the device to;

render a graphical user interface with background content on the display,

determine new content to be rendered in the graphical user interface, the new content being a first color,

determine a color characteristic of the background content at a location corresponding to a location at which the new content is to be rendered,

adjust a color characteristic of the new content in the graphical user interface based on the color characteristic of the background content at the corresponding location such that the first color is maintained when the new content is rendered on the display, and

render the adjusted new content on top of the background content.

8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein adjusting the color characteristic of the new content preserves an original color of the new content regardless of the color characteristic of the background content at the corresponding location.

9. The electronic device of claim 7, including instructions that cause the device to, prior to rendering the adjusted new content on top of the background content, lower a saturation level of the background content at the corresponding location to display grayscale data.

10. The electronic device of claim 7, including instructions that cause the device to, after ending display of the new content, increase a saturation level of the background content at the corresponding location to an original saturation level.

11. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein grayscale data for the background content at the corresponding location is displayed while the new content is displayed on top of the background content.

12. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein a saturation level of the background content at the corresponding location is raised, after ending display of the new content, to a level that was displayed prior to displaying the new content on top of the background content.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor in an electronic device with a display, cause the device to:

render a graphical user interface with background content on the display,

determine new content to be rendered in the graphical user interface, the new content being a first color,

determine a color characteristic of the background content at a location corresponding to a location at which the new content is to be rendered,

adjust a color characteristic of the new content in the graphical user interface based on the color characteristic of the background content at the corresponding location such that the first color is maintained when the new content is rendered on the display, and

render the adjusted new content on top of the background content.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein adjusting the first color characteristic of the new content preserves an original color of the new content regardless of the color characteristic of the background content at the corresponding location.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, including instructions that cause the device to, prior to rendering the adjusted new content on top of the background content, lower a saturation level of the background content at the corresponding location to display grayscale data.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, including instructions that cause the device to, after ending display of the new content, increase a saturation level of the background content at the corresponding location to an original saturation level.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein grayscale data for the background content at the corresponding location is displayed while the new content is displayed on top of the background content.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein a saturation level of the background content at the corresponding location is raised, after ending display of the new content, to a level that was displayed prior to displaying the new content on top of the background content.