Automatic color adjustment of a template design

• US 8,184,124 B2
• Filed: 09/23/2011
• Issued: 05/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• 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:
  US13/244,097
• Publication Number:
  US 20120013637A1
• Time in Patent Office: 242 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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 a color from one of the plurality of source images is received from the user. Colors of the selected template design are automatically adjusted to contrast with the selected the color from the source image. The selected template design may include framing, mat, background, and foreground portions, at least one of which is adjusted. After automatically adjusting the colors, the selected template design may be displayed and/or stored for use as a template.

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 on the visual display that are separate from the plurality of template designs on the visual display;

receiving a selection of a color from the user based on placement of a cursor on one of the plurality of source images on the visual display; and

automatically adjusting colors of the selected template design on the visual display to contrast with the selected the color from the source image.

2. The computerized method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the selected template design on the visual display after automatically adjusting colors.

3. The computerized method of claim 1, further comprising storing the selected template design for use as a template.

4. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein at least one color of a portion of the template design is adjusted on the visual display, the portion selected from a group consisting of framing, mat, background, and foreground portions of the template design.

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

receiving a selection of a portion of the template design from the user, the portion being selected from a group consisting of framing, mat, background, and foreground portions of the template design; and

automatically adjusting at least one color of the selected portion of the selected template design on the visual display.

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

a color template design module executed from the computer-readable medium by the processor to cause the processor to perform actions including;

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 a color from the user based on placement of a cursor on one of the plurality of source images; and

automatically adjusting colors of the selected template design to contrast with the selected the color from the source image.

7. The computerized system of claim 6, further comprising displaying the selected template design on the visual display after automatically adjusting colors.

8. The computerized system of claim 6, further comprising storing the selected template design for use as a template.

9. The computerized system of claim 6, wherein at least one color of a portion of the template design is adjusted, the portion selected from a group consisting of framing, mat, background, and foreground portions of the template design.

10. The computerized system of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving a selection of a portion of the template design from the user, the portion being selected from a group consisting of framing, mat, background, and foreground portions of the template design; and

automatically adjusting at least one color of the selected portion of the selected template design.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions that are executed by 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 a color from the user based on placement of a cursor on one of the plurality of source images; and

automatically adjusting colors of the selected template design to contrast with the selected the color from the source image.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, further comprising displaying the selected template design on the visual display after automatically adjusting colors.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, further comprising storing the selected template design for use as a template.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein at least one color of a portion of the template design is adjusted, the portion selected from a group consisting of framing, mat, background, and foreground portions of the template design.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving a selection of a portion of the template design from the user, the portion being selected from a group consisting of framing, mat, background, and foreground portions of the template design; and

automatically adjusting at least one color of the selected portion of the selected template design.

16. A apparatus for generating a color template design to format a presentation, the apparatus comprising:

means for providing a plurality of template designs on a visual display;

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

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

means for receiving a selection of a color from the user based on placement of a cursor on one of the plurality of source images; and

means for automatically adjusting colors of the selected template design to contrast with the selected the color from the source image.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising means for displaying the selected template design on the visual display after automatically adjusting colors.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising means for storing the selected template design for use as a template.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein at least one color of a portion of the template design is adjusted, the portion selected from a group consisting of framing, mat, background, and foreground portions of the template design.

20. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising:

means for receiving a selection of a portion of the template design from the user, the portion being selected from a group consisting of framing, mat, background, and foreground portions of the template design; and

means for automatically adjusting at least one color of the selected portion of the selected template design.