Automatic color palette based recommendations

• US 9,727,983 B2
• Filed: 06/26/2014
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sayre, III, Paul Barnhart, Blackburn, Jenny Ann, Manolis, Eva, Dorner, Charles Shearer, Ong, Timothy Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): Richer, Aaron M
• Application Number:
  US14/315,855
• Publication Number:
  US 20150379739A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,139 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/001 Texturing; Colouring; Generation of texture or colour inpainting G06T5/77

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for generating color-based recommendations using color palette information. An indication may be received that a user is requesting a color-related recommendation, the indication associated with item information and color palette information, the color palette information corresponding to a first color palette. Based at least in part on the item information and the color palette information, one or more items corresponding to the item information and the color palette information are identified. Where there is more than one identified item, a ranking for the identified plurality of items may be generated. Item recommendations comprising at least a portion of the identified plurality of items in accordance with the generated ranking may be provided for presentation on a user device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for generating a color-related recommendation, the computer-implemented method comprising:

under control of a hardware computing device configured with specific computer-executable instructions,

processing a color image by de-noising, normalization, or down sampling the color image;

receiving an indication from a user device that a user is requesting a color-related recommendation, the indication associated with item information and color palette information, the color palette information corresponding to a first color palette,

wherein the indication is received as a result of a user selection of the color image via a user interface, the color image depicting an item corresponding to the item information, and the first color palette is for the depicted item;

and the first color palette for the depicted item is generated by the computing device based at least in part on an identification of a plurality of representative colors in the color image and associated weights, including one or more weights generated based at least in part on color preference information, the color preference information independent of the processed color image, for a plurality of users, from a color distribution corresponding to the processed color image, wherein colors having a weight, generated based at least in part on color preference information for a plurality of users independent of the processed color image, less than a first threshold are excluded from the first color palette, wherein the first threshold is dynamically determined by the computing device based on a mean weight of the plurality of identified representative colors;

based at least in part on the item information and the color palette information, identifying, using information obtained from an electronic item data store, a plurality of items corresponding to the item information and the color palette information, wherein at least a portion of the identified plurality of items are associated with color palettes that coordinate with, but are different than the first color palette;

generating a ranking for the identified plurality of items based at least in part on a closeness of corresponding item colors to the color palette information; and

providing for display on the user device in accordance with the generated ranking, a ranked presentation of at least a portion of the identified plurality of items, the ranked presentation comprising an image of each of the portion of the identified plurality of items;

in response to a user selection of a given item in the ranked presentation of the portion of the identified plurality of items, causing a corresponding item detail page to be displayed on the user device, the corresponding item detail page comprising an image of the given item and a color name.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1,

wherein the color palette information and the item information are obtained from metadata associated with the selected color image.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the color palette information comprises a keyword, wherein the keyword is not a color and does not directly correspond to a color.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the electronic item data store includes images of items from an electronic catalog of items being offered for sale via a networked commerce system.

5. A system comprising:

a data store configured to at least store computer-executable instructions; and

a hardware processor in communication with the data store, the hardware processor configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to at least;

process a color image, comprising a color image of a first item, by de-noising, normalization, or down sampling the color image;

receive from a user device a request for a color-related recommendation, the request associated with item information and color palette information, the color palette information corresponding to a first color palette corresponding to the first item, the request comprising a user selection of the color image via a user interface, and the first color palette is generated by the system based at least in part on an identification of a plurality of representative colors in the color image and associated weights, including one or more weights generated based at least in part on color preference information for a plurality of users, from a color distribution corresponding to the processed color image, wherein colors having a weight less than a first threshold are excluded from the first color palette, wherein the first threshold is dynamically determined by the system based on a mean weight of the plurality of identified representative colors;

based at least in part on the item information and the color palette information, identify a plurality of items corresponding to the item information and the color palette information;

generate a ranking for the identified plurality of items based at least in part on a closeness of corresponding item colors to the color palette information;

and

generate and provide for display on the user device in accordance with the generated ranking, a ranked presentation of at least a portion of the identified plurality of items, the ranked presentation comprising an image of each of the portion of the identified plurality of items;

in response to a user selection of a given item in the ranked presentation of the portion of the identified plurality of items, cause a corresponding item detail page to be displayed on the user device, the corresponding item detail page comprising an image of the given item and a color name.

6. The system of claim 5,

wherein the color palette information and the item information are obtained from metadata associated with the selected color image.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the color palette information comprises a keyword, wherein the keyword is not a color and does not directly correspond to a color.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the color palette information comprises a keyword, wherein the keyword comprises at least one of a holiday name, a team name, or a name of a season.

9. The system of claim 5, wherein the plurality of one or more items corresponding to the item information and the color palette information are identified from electronic images of items from a user'"'"'s wardrobe.

10. The system of claim 5, wherein the plurality of one or more items corresponding to the item information and the color palette information are identified from an electronic catalog of items.

11. The system of claim 5, wherein the ranking is generated based in part on at least one of a calendar date, a season, a weather forecast, a geographic location associated with a user, or an event scheduled on a calendar of a user.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by a processor perform operations comprising:

accessing a color image processed by de-noising, normalization, or down sampling the color image;

receiving an indication from a user device that a user is requesting a color-related recommendation, the indication associated with item information and color palette information, the color palette information corresponding to a first color palette,

wherein the indication is received as a result of a user selection of the color image via a user interface, the color image depicting an item corresponding to the item information, and the first color palette corresponds to the depicted item;

and the first color palette corresponding to the depicted item is generated based at least in part on an identification of a plurality of representative colors in the color image and associated weights, including one or more weights generated based at least in part on color preference information for a plurality of users, from a color distribution corresponding to the processed color image, wherein colors having a weight less than a first threshold are excluded from the first color palette, wherein the first threshold is dynamically determined based on a mean weight of the plurality of identified representative colors;

based at least in part on the item information and the color palette information, identifying a plurality of items corresponding to the item information and the color palette information;

generating a ranking for the identified plurality of items based at least in part on a closeness of corresponding item colors to the color palette information; and

generating and providing for display on the user device in accordance with the generated ranking, a ranked presentation of at least a portion of the identified plurality of items, the ranked presentation comprising an image of each of the portion of the identified plurality of items;

in response to a user selection of a given item in the ranked presentation of the portion of the identified plurality of items, causing a corresponding item detail page to be displayed on the user device, the corresponding item detail page comprising an image of the given item and a color name.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the first color palette is generated in less than a second.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the color palette information comprises a keyword, wherein the keyword is not a color and does not directly correspond to a color.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the color palette information comprises a keyword, wherein the keyword comprises at least one of a holiday name, a team name, or a name of a season.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the ranking is based in part on at least one of a calendar date, a season, a weather forecast, a geographic location associated with a user, or an event scheduled on a calendar of a user.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the item information includes at least one of an item type or an item category.