Multi operation slider

• US 9,886,931 B2
• Filed: 11/09/2015
• Issued: 02/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Webb, Russell Y.
• Primary Examiner(s): Caschera, Antonio A
• Application Number:
  US14/936,665
• Publication Number:
  US 20160063952A1
• Time in Patent Office: 820 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03548 Sliders, in which the moving part moves in a plane
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/10024 Color image
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/20221 Image fusion; Image merging
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/90 Determination of colour characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0606 Manual adjustment
• 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 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/76 for mixing of colour signals H04N9/75 takes precedence

Abstract

Described is an image editing application with a novel color modification slider tool. This tool adjusts one or more color attributes of different pixels differently when moved. This tool in some embodiments is a novel saturation tool that produces non-photorealistic effects by treating differently the highly saturated and lowly saturated pixels of an image. The saturation tool performs either (1) a positive de-saturation effect that de-saturates the low saturated pixels of an image while enhancing the saturation of the high saturated pixels, or (2) a negative de-saturation effect that de-saturates the high saturated pixels of the image while leaving intact or slightly modifying the saturation level of the lowly saturated pixels.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

by a computing device with a processor and memory,

receiving an original image with a first plurality of pixels;

determining a saturation value for each of the plurality of pixels by determining a difference between a highest color component value for each pixel and a lowest color component value for each pixel;

based on a setting of an effect control, determining an effect level and a blending level for applying an effect;

applying the effect at the effect level to the original image to generate a converted image,

wherein applying the effect to the original image includes applying changes to the determined saturation values, based on the effect control;

blending the converted image with the original image based on the blending level to create a blended image;

causing storage of the blended image.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein blending comprises generating a weighted average of the converted image with the original image.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein a weight of the weighted average comprises the blending level.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the effect control comprises a moveable user-interface tool.

5. A method comprising:

by a computing device with a processor and memory,

receiving an image,

wherein the image includes a plurality of pixels;

analyzing a set of color attributes of the image,

wherein the analyzing includes determining a saturation value for each of the plurality of pixels by determining a difference between a highest RGB value for each pixel and a lowest RGB value for each pixel; and

deriving a scale for a movable user-interface tool based on the analysis, the movable user interface tool for applying an effect to modify the color attributes of the image;

causing display of the user interface tool.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein analyzing the set of color attributes comprises identifying a property of a plurality of color component values of a plurality of pixels of the image.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the property comprises a saturation value of each of the plurality of pixels.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein analyzing the set of color attributes comprises determining a threshold saturation level at which a particular percentage of pixels is below.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the scale is derived from the threshold saturation level.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the saturation value is derived for each pixel from a highest color value of that pixel and a lowest color value of that pixel.

11. The method of claim 5, wherein the image comprises a plurality of pixels, wherein the set of attributes comprises one of a saturation value and a brightness value of each pixel in the plurality of pixels.

12. A method comprising:

by a computing device with a processor and memory,

receiving an image comprising pixels;

identifying maximum, minimum, and median color channel values for each of the pixels of the image;

applying an effect to the image by modifying, for each of the pixels, the maximum and minimum color channel values of the pixel while preserving the median color channel value of the pixel;

causing display of the image with the applied effect.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising:

modifying the value for the color channel with the maximum value based on a difference in value between the color channel with the median color value and the color channel with the maximum value; and

modifying the value for the color channel with the minimum value based on a difference in value between the color channel with the median color value and the color channel with the minimum value.

14. The method of claim 12 further comprising modifying the values for the color channel with the maximum value and the color channel with the minimum value based on a received amount of an effect to apply to the image.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the color channel with the median value is fixed.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein each color channel is one of the red, green, or blue channels in an RGB color space.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the effect comprises a saturation effect.