Color selection, coordination and purchase system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11467713-B2
Application number	US-202117320835-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 14, 2021
Priority date	Jul 22, 2009
Publication date	Oct 11, 2022
Grant date	Oct 11, 2022

Abstract

Systems and methods include a server configured to provide an application to a remote computing device. The application displays a project image including a photo of a paintable structure and a hot spot located at a predefined location within the project image and configured to draw attention by at least one of blinking, pulsing, and enlarging. The application displays a first link and a second link in response to a cursor being controlled to touch or roll over the hot spot. The application displays at least one of a color name and a color number associated with a paint color at the predefined location of the hot spot in response to receiving input selecting the first link, and displays a color summary including a list of paint colors used in the project image in response to receiving input selecting the second link.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a server configured to provide an application to a remote computing device having a display, the application being configured to (i) display a project image including a photo of a paintable structure, the project image including a hot spot located at a predefined location within the project image and configured to draw attention by at least one of blinking, pulsing, and enlarging, (ii) receive input to control a cursor displayed on the display, (iii) display a first link and a second link in response to the cursor of the remote computing device being controlled to at least one of touch and roll over the hot spot, (iv) display at least one of a color name and a color number associated with a paint color at the predefined location of the hot spot within the project image in response to receiving input selecting the first link, and (v) display a color summary including a list of a plurality of paint colors used in the project image in response to receiving input selecting the second link.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the application is further configured to receive input selecting at least one paint color from the plurality of paint colors, to add the at least one selected paint color to a list of color samples associated with a user of the application, and to order a color sample of a particular paint color selected from the list of color samples.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the application is further configured to receive input selecting at least one paint color from the plurality of paint colors, to add the at least one selected paint color to a list of color samples associated with a user of the application, to receive input selecting a particular paint color from the list of color samples for viewing within a color selection and coordination application configured to display coordinating colors for the particular paint color, and to load the color selection and coordination application.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the application is further configured to receive input selecting at least one paint color from the plurality of paint colors, to add the at least one selected paint color to a list of color samples associated with a user of the application, and to store the list of color samples associated with the user on the server for subsequent retrieval by the user.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the paintable structure of the project image is an exterior of a house.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the paintable structure of the project image is an interior room of a house.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the application is further configured to display a plurality of color sheen chips on the display of the remote computing device, each color sheen chip representing a paint sheen, to enlarge a particular color sheen chip of the plurality of color sheen chips on the display in response to the cursor of the remote computing device being controlled to hover over the particular color sheen chip on the display, and to pivot the particular color sheen chip on the display about a central axis of the particular color sheen chip in response to the cursor of the remote computing device being controlled to move back and forth over the particular color sheen chip to enhance displayed characteristics of the paint sheen associated with the particular color sheen chip.

8. A method comprising:
providing, with a server, an application to a remote computing device having a display, the application being configured to (i) display a project image including a photo of a paintable structure, the project image including a hot spot located at a predefined location within the project image and configured to draw attention by at least one of blinking, pulsing, and enlarging, (ii) receive input to control a cursor displayed on the display, (iii) display a first link and a second link in response to the cursor of the remote computing device being controlled to at least one of touch and roll over the hot spot, (iv) display at least one of a color name and a color number associated with a paint color at the predefined location of the hot spot within the project image in response to receiving input selecting the first link, and (v) display a color summary including a list of a plurality of paint colors used in the project image in response to receiving input selecting the second link.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the application is further configured to receive input selecting at least one paint color from the plurality of paint colors, to add the at least one selected paint color to a list of color samples associated with a user of the application, and to order a color sample of a particular paint color selected from the list of color samples.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the application is further configured to receive input selecting at least one paint color from the plurality of paint colors, to add the at least one selected paint color to a list of color samples associated with a user of the application, to receive input selecting a particular paint color from the list of color samples for viewing within a color selection and coordination application configured to display coordinating colors for the particular paint color, and to load the color selection and coordination application.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the application is further configured to receive input selecting at least one paint color from the plurality of paint colors, to add the at least one selected paint color to a list of color samples associated with a user of the application, and to store the list of color samples associated with the user on the server for subsequent retrieval by the user.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the paintable structure of the project image is an exterior of a house.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the paintable structure of the project image is an interior room of a house.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the application is further configured to display a plurality of color sheen chips on the display of the remote computing device, each color sheen chip representing a paint sheen, to enlarge a particular color sheen chip of the plurality of color sheen chips on the display in response to the cursor of the remote computing device being controlled to hover over the particular color sheen chip on the display, and to pivot the particular color sheen chip on the display about a central axis of the particular color sheen chip in response to the cursor of the remote computing device being controlled to move back and forth over the particular color sheen chip to enhance displayed characteristics of the paint sheen associated with the particular color sheen chip.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor of a computing device having a display, the instructions including:
displaying, on the display, a project image including a photo of a paintable structure, the project image including a hot spot located at a predefined location within the project image and configured to draw attention by at least one of blinking, pulsing, and enlarging on the display;
receiving input to control a cursor displayed on the display;
displaying, on the display, a first link and a second link in response to the cursor of the computing device being controlled to at least one of touch and roll over the hot spot;
displaying, on the display, at least one of a color name and a color number associated with a paint color at the predefined location of the hot spot within the project image in response to receiving input selecting the first link; and

Assignees

• Behr Process Corp

Inventors

• Buzyn John
• Irizarry Bernadette
• Milsom Douglas
• Reynolds Damien
• Une Donna
• Webb Marc

Classifications

• G06T11/10 Primary

  Texturing; Colouring; Generation of textures or colours (retouching, inpainting or scratch removal G06T5/77) · CPC title

• G06T13/80

  Two-dimensional [2D] animation, e.g. using sprites · CPC title

• G06F3/0482 Primary

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06Q30/0621

  by configuring or customising goods or services · CPC title

• G06F3/04845

  for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour · CPC title