Automatic color adjustment of template design

• US 7,843,464 B2
• Filed: 04/13/2010
• Issued: 11/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: DRNC Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Edwards, Eric, Fisher, Clay Harvey
• Primary Examiner(s): Sajous; Wesner
• Application Number:
  US12/759,601
• Publication Number:
  US 20100194774A1
• Time in Patent Office: 231 Days
• Field of Search: 345/581, 345/619
• US Class Current: 345/593
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/001 Texturing; Colouring; Generation of texture or colour inpainting G06T5/77
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0666 for control of colour parameters, e.g. colour temperature
• 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

The present invention generates a color template design to format a presentation. According to one aspect, a plurality of template designs are provided on a visual display. A selection of one of the plurality of template designs is received from a user. A plurality of source images that are separate from the plurality of template designs are provided on the visual display. A selection of one of the plurality of source images is received from the user. A processor automatically adjusts colors of the selected template design based on the selected source image. The selected template design may include a framing portion and a mat portion, at least one of which is adjusted. The colors may be adjusted to match, contrast with, or be a predetermined variation of a color of the source image at a cursor placed on a source image.

Claims

1. A computerized method for generating a color template design to format a presentation, the method comprising:

providing a plurality of template designs on a visual display;

receiving a selection of one of the plurality of template designs from a user;

providing a plurality of source images that are separate from the plurality of template designs on the visual display;

receiving a selection of one of the plurality of source images from the user;

using a processor to automatically adjust colors of the selected template design based on the selected source image.

2. The computerized method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the selected template design on the visual display after automatically adjusting colors; and

storing the selected template design for use as a template.

3. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein automatically adjusting colors comprises adjusting the colors to match a color of the source image at a cursor placed on a source image.

4. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein automatically adjusting colors comprises adjusting the colors to contrast with a color of the source image at a cursor placed on a source image.

5. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein automatically adjusting colors comprises adjusting the colors to predetermined variations of a color of the source image at the cursor.

6. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the selected template design includes a framing portion and a mat portion and at least one of those portions is adjusted.

7. A computerized system comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor through a system bus;

a visual display coupled to the processor through the system bus;

a “

non-transitory”

computer-readable storage medium coupled to the processor through the system bus; and

a color template design module executed from the “

non-transitory”

computer-readable storage medium by the processor to cause the processor to perform actions including;

providing a plurality of template designs on the visual display;

receiving a selection of one of the plurality of template designs from a user;

providing a plurality of source images that are separate from the plurality of template designs on the visual display;

receiving a selection of one of the plurality of source images from the user;

automatically adjusting colors of the selected template design based on the selected source image.

8. The computerized system of claim 7, wherein the color template design module causes the processor to perform the further actions of displaying the selected template design on the visual display after automatically adjusting colors, and storing the template design for use as a template.

9. The computerized system of claim 7, wherein the color template design module causes the processor to perform the further action of automatically adjusting colors by adjusting the colors to match a color of the source image at a cursor placed on a source image.

10. The computerized system of claim 7, wherein the color template design module causes the processor to perform the further action of automatically adjusting colors by adjusting the colors to contrast with a color of the source image at a cursor placed on a source image.

11. The computerized system of claim 7, wherein the color template design module causes the processor to perform the further action of automatically adjusting colors by adjusting the colors to predetermined variations of a color of the source image at a cursor placed on a source image.

12. The computerized system of claim 7, wherein the selected template design includes a framing portion, a mat portion, a foreground portion, and a background portion and the color template design module causes the processor to perform the further action of automatically adjusting at least one of those portions.

13. A “

non-transitory”

computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions to cause a server computer to perform a method comprising;

providing a plurality of template designs on a visual display;

receiving a selection of one of the plurality of template designs from a user;

providing a plurality of source images that are separate from the plurality of template designs on the visual display;

receiving a selection of one of the plurality of source images from the user;

using a processor to automatically adjust colors of the selected template design based on the selected source image.

14. The “

non-transitory”

computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises;

displaying the selected template design on the visual display after automatically adjusting colors; and

storing the selected template design for use as a template.

15. The “

non-transitory”

computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein automatically adjusting colors comprises adjusting the colors to match a color of the source image at a cursor placed on a source image.

16. The “

non-transitory”

computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein automatically adjusting colors comprises adjusting the colors to contrast with a color of the source image at a cursor placed on a source image.

17. The “

non-transitory”

computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein automatically adjusting colors comprises adjusting the colors to predetermined variations of a color of the source image at the cursor.

18. The “

non-transitory”

computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the selected template design includes a framing portion and a mat portion and at least one of those portions is adjusted.