Systems and methods for assisting with color selection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11169682-B2
Application number	US-202017062915-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 5, 2020
Priority date	Jun 14, 2017
Publication date	Nov 9, 2021
Grant date	Nov 9, 2021

Abstract

Systems and methods for color selection are provided. A web server stores a lookup table that associates room types and types of feelings with paint colors such that each possible combination of room type and type of feeling is associated with a subset of paint colors. A user device displays the room types, receives a room type selection indicating a particular room type, displays the types of feelings, receives a type of feeling selection indicating a particular type of feeling, accesses the lookup table and determines the associated subset of paint colors in the lookup table for the combination of the particular room type and the particular type of feeling, and displays the associated subset of paint colors as recommended paint colors for the combination of the particular room type and the particular type of feeling on the display of the user device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
storing, with a web server, a lookup table that associates a plurality of room types and a plurality of types of feelings with a plurality of paint colors such that each possible combination of room type from the plurality of room types and type of feeling from the plurality of types of feelings is associated with a subset of paint colors from the plurality of paint colors;
storing, with the web server, code that is executable by a user device; and
communicating the code to the user device with the web server, wherein the code, when executed by the user device, configures the user device to display the plurality of room types on a display of the user device, to receive a room type selection indicating a particular room type from the plurality of room types displayed on the display of the user device, to display the plurality of types of feelings on the display, to receive a type of feeling selection indicating a particular type of feeling from the plurality of types of feelings displayed on the display of the user device, to access the lookup table stored on the web server and determine the associated subset of paint colors in the lookup table for the combination of the particular room type and the particular type of feeling, and to display the associated subset of paint colors as recommended paint colors for the combination of the particular room type and the particular type of feeling on the display of the user device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the code, when executed by the user device, further configures the user device to send the room type selection and the type of feeling selection to the web server and to receive the associated subset of paint colors for the combination of the particular room type and the particular type of feeling from the web server.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising communicating the lookup table to the user device with the web server.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the code is executable by the user device within a web browser of the user device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the code is included in a mobile application that is executable by the user device.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the user device is at least one of a mobile device and a tablet.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the code, when executed by the user device, further configures the user device to receive a color selection of at least one selected paint color from the associated subset of paint colors for the combination of the particular room type and the particular type of feeling and to determine and display at least one of a coordinating color and a coordinating color palette for the at least one selected paint color.

8. A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a user device, configure the user device to:
display a plurality of room types on a display of the user device;
receive a room type selection indicating a particular room type from the plurality of room types displayed on the display of the user device;
display a plurality of types of feelings on the display;
receive a type of feeling selection indicating a particular type of feeling from the plurality of types of feelings displayed on the display of the user device;
access a lookup table that associates the plurality of room types and the plurality of types of feelings with a plurality of paint colors such that each possible combination of room type from the plurality of room types and type of feeling from the plurality of types of feelings is associated with a subset of paint colors from the plurality of paint colors
determine the associated subset of paint colors in the lookup table for the combination of the particular room type and the particular type of feeling; and
display the associated subset of paint colors as recommended paint colors for the combination of the particular room type and the particular type of feeling on the display of the user device.

9. The computer-readable medium recited by claim 8 , wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the user device, further configure the user device to:
send the room type selection and the type of feeling selection to a web server that stores the lookup table; and
receive the associated subset of paint colors for the combination of the particular room type and the particular type of feeling from the web server.

10. The computer-readable medium recited by claim 8 , wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the user device, further configure the user device to access the lookup table stored in a memory of the user device.

11. The computer-readable medium recited by claim 8 , wherein the computer-executable instructions are executable within a web browser of the user device.

12. The computer-readable medium recited by claim 8 , wherein the computer-executable instructions are included in a mobile application that is executable by the user device.

13. The computer-readable medium recited by claim 8 , wherein the user device is at least one of a mobile device and a tablet.

14. The computer-readable medium recited by claim 8 , wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the user device, further configure the user device to receive a color selection of at least one selected paint color from the associated subset of paint colors for the combination of the particular room type and the particular type of feeling and to determine and display at least one of a coordinating color and a coordinating color palette for the at least one selected paint color.

15. A system comprising:
a web server configured to store a lookup table that associates a plurality of room types and a plurality of types of feelings with a plurality of paint colors such that each possible combination of room type from the plurality of room types and type of feeling from the plurality of types of feelings is associated with a subset of paint colors from the plurality of paint colors, the web server being accessible to a user device configured to execute code that, when executed by the user device, configures the user device to display the plurality of room types on a display of the user device, to receive a room type selection indicating a particular room type from the plurality of room types displayed on the display of the user device, to display the plurality of types of feelings on the display, to receive a type of feeling selection indicating a particular type of feeling from the plurality of types of feelings displayed on the display of the user device, to access the lookup table stored on the web server and determine the associated subset of paint colors in the lookup table for the combination of the particular room type and the particular type of feeling, and to display the associated subset of paint colors as recommended paint colors for the combination of the particular room type and the particular type of feeling on the display of the user device.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the code, when executed by the user device, further configures the user device to send the room type selection and the type of feeling selection to the web server and to receive the associated subset of paint colors for the combination of the particular room type and the particular type of feeling from the web server.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the web server is configured to communicate the lookup table to the user device.

18. The system of claim 15 , wherein the web server is further configured to sto

Assignees

• Behr Process Corp

Inventors

• Reynolds Damien
• Singeetham Tanuja

Classifications

• G06F16/248 Primary

  Presentation of query results · CPC title

• G06T7/90 Primary

  Determination of colour characteristics · CPC title

• G06T11/40

  Filling planar surfaces by adding surface attributes, e.g. adding colours or textures · CPC title

• G01J3/0264

  Electrical interface; User interface · CPC title

• B44D3/003

  Methods or devices for colour determination, selection or synthesis, e.g. use of colour tables · CPC title