Automated color selection method and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9152311-B2
Application number	US-201514621057-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 12, 2015
Priority date	Jul 22, 2009
Publication date	Oct 6, 2015
Grant date	Oct 6, 2015

Abstract

An automated method and apparatus for providing color selection capability to a user wherein a first display is generated on a display apparatus of an array of color family groups disposed in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. Upon selection of a particular color family group, a second display is generated comprising an enlarged display of a particular selected color family group and a reduced size miniature version of the array of color family groups. A third display may further be generated in response to selection of a color chip on the second display during which generation a color chip selected on the second display is caused to appear in an enlarged form in the third display.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
generating, with a terminal, a first display on a display apparatus of the terminal, the first display having an array of color families displayed in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns and the first display enabling selection of a particular color family for display on the display apparatus;
generating, with the terminal, a second display on the display apparatus, the second display having an enlarged display of the particular selected color family in response to the selection on the first display of the particular color family for display, a reduced-size version of the array of color families, and a link enabling return to the first display;
generating, with the terminal, a third display on the display apparatus in response to selection of a particular color chip on the second display, the third display having an enlarged display of the particular color chip.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first, second, and third displays are web page display screens displayed on the display apparatus within a web browser of the terminal.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising receiving, with the terminal, data for the web page display screens from a web server over the Internet.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the third display includes at least one of a color name and a color number associated with the particular color chip for use by a consumer when purchasing paint.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein touching the particular color chip with a cursor on the second display causes the particular color chip to be surrounded by a highlighting border or frame.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the terminal includes a touch screen.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating, with the terminal, a fourth display showing a paint color associated with the particular color chip displayed in an image of a MOM.

8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a processor for:
generating, with a terminal, a first display on a display apparatus of the terminal, the first display having an array of color families displayed in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns and the first display enabling selection of a particular color family for display on the display apparatus;
generating, with the terminal, a second display on the display apparatus, the second display having an enlarged display of the particular selected color family in response to the selection on the first display of the particular color family for display, a reduced-size version of the array of color families, and a link enabling return to the first display;
generating, with the terminal, a third display on the display apparatus in response to selection of a particular color chip on the second display, the third display having an enlarged display of the particular color chip.

9. The computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the first, second, and third displays are web page display screens displayed on the display apparatus within a web browser of the terminal.

10. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , storing further instructions executable by the processor for receiving, with the terminal, data for the web page display screens from a web server over the Internet.

11. The computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the third display includes at least one of a color name and a color number associated with the particular color chip for use by a consumer when purchasing paint.

12. The computer readable storage medium of claim 8 storing further instructions executable by the processor for generating, with the terminal, a fourth display showing a paint color associated with the particular color chip displayed in an image of a room.

13. A system comprising:
a terminal having a display apparatus and configured to generate a first display, a second display, and a third display on the display apparatus,
the first display having an array of color families displayed in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns and enabling selection of a particular color family for display on the display apparatus,
the second display having an enlarged display of the particular selected color family in response to the selection on the first display of the particular color family for display, a reduced-size version of the array of color families, and a link enabling return to the first display, and
the third display having an enlarged display of the particular color chip in response to selection of a particular color chip on the second display.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the first, second, and third displays are web page display screens displayed on the display apparatus within a web browser of the terminal.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the terminal receives data for the web page display screens from a web server over the Internet.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the third display includes at least one of a color name and a color number associated with the particular color chip for use by a consumer when purchasing paint.

17. The system of claim 13 , wherein touching the particular color chip with a cursor on the second display causes the particular color chip to be surrounded by a highlighting border or frame.

18. The system of claim 13 , wherein the terminal includes a touch screen.

19. The system of claim 13 wherein the terminal is configured to display a fourth display on the display apparatus, the fourth display showing a paint color associated with the particular color chip displayed in an image of a room.

20. A system comprising:
a web server configured to provide data to a terminal for generating a first display, a second display, and a third display on a display apparatus of the terminal,
the first display having an array of color families displayed in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns and enabling selection of a particular color family for display on the display apparatus,
the second display having an enlarged display of the particular selected color family in response to the selection on the first display of the particular color family for display, a reduced-size version of the array of color families, and a link enabling return to the first display, and
the third display having an enlarged display of the particular color chip in response to selection of a particular color chip on the second display.

21. The system of claim 20 , wherein the first, second, and third displays are web page display screens displayed on the display apparatus within a web browser of the terminal.

22. The system of claim 21 , wherein the web server sends the data for the web page display screens to the terminal over the Internet.

23. The system of claim 20 , wherein the third display includes at least one of a color name and a color number associated with the particular color chip for use by a consumer when purchasing paint.

24. The system of claim 20 wherein web server is configured to provide data to the terminal for generating a fourth display on the display apparatus, the fourth display showing a paint color associated with the particular color chip displayed in an image of a room.

Assignees

• Behr Process Corp

Inventors

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

Classifications

• G06T11/10

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

• G06Q30/0603

  Catalogue creation or management · CPC title

• G06F3/0481 Primary

  based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance · CPC title

• G06F3/04845 Primary

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

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title