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US 10,311,509 B2Granted
Data-driven color coordinator
AssigneeBehr Process Corporation
InventorsMary Rose Rice, Damien Reynolds, Marc Webb
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Abstract
A color selection and coordination system including a database of predetermined color relationships implementing a data-driven color model. A starting color is associated with a first color in the color database. One or more predefined color palettes associated with the first color may be retrieved, each palette including one or more coordinating colors, the coordinating colors being predetermined based on the first color and a color coordination algorithm.
Claims20
An in-store kiosk comprising:
- a touch screen including an input device and a display device;
- a computing device communicatively coupled to the touch screen, the computing device having access to a database that includes a plurality of paint colors;
- wherein the computing device is configured to receive a starting paint color selected from the plurality of paint colors via the input device of the touch screen, to determine a plurality of coordinating paint colors for the starting paint color based on data received from the database, to display on the display device of the touch screen a color palette including the starting paint color and the plurality of coordinating paint colors, to store the color palette with user identification information on a server communicatively coupled to the computing device for subsequent retrieval using the user identification information, to display on the display device of the touch screen inspirational content including at least one inspirational color palette with a plurality of preselected paint colors from the plurality of paint colors, and to receive a selection selected from the plurality of preselected paint colors via the input device of the touch screen.
A method comprising:
- receiving, with a computing device of an in-store kiosk, a starting paint color selected from a plurality of paint colors via an input device of a touch screen of the in-store kiosk, the computing device having access to a database that includes the plurality of paint colors;
- determining, with the computing device, a plurality of coordinating paint colors for the starting paint color based on data received from the database;
- displaying, with a display device of the touch screen, a color palette including the starting paint color and the plurality of coordinating paint colors;
- storing, with the computing device, the color palette with user identification information on a server communicatively coupled to the computing device for subsequent retrieval using the user identification information;
- displaying, with the display device of the touch screen, inspirational content including at least one inspirational color palette with a plurality of preselected paint colors from the plurality of paint colors;
- and
- receiving, with the computing device of the in-store kiosk, a selection selected from the plurality of preselected paint colors via the input device of the touch screen of the in-store kiosk.
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A system comprising:
- a touch screen including an input device and a display device;
- a computing device communicatively coupled to the touch screen, the computing device having access to a database that includes a plurality of paint colors;
- wherein the computing device is configured to receive a starting paint color selected from the plurality of paint colors via the input device of the touch screen, to determine a plurality of coordinating paint colors for the starting paint color based on data received from the database, to display on the display device of the touch screen a color palette including the starting paint color and the plurality of coordinating paint colors, to store the color palette with user identification information on a server communicatively coupled to the computing device for subsequent retrieval using the user identification information, to display on the display device of the touch screen a tutorial option that includes at least one video demonstration with how-to instructions for a painting project, to receive a selection for a video demonstration selected from the at least one video demonstration via the input device of the touch screen, and to play the selected video demonstration on the display device of the touch screen.
A method comprising:
- receiving, with a computing device communicatively coupled to a touch screen, a starting paint color selected from a plurality of paint colors via an input device of the touch screen, the computing device having access to a database that includes the plurality of paint colors;
- determining, with the computing device, a plurality of coordinating paint colors for the starting paint color based on data received from the database;
- displaying, with a display device of the touch screen, a color palette including the starting paint color and the plurality of coordinating paint colors;
- storing, with the computing device, the color palette with user identification information on a server communicatively coupled to the computing device for subsequent retrieval using the user identification information;
- displaying, with the display device of the touch screen, a tutorial option that includes at least one video demonstration with how-to instructions for a painting project;
- receiving, with the computing device, a selection for a video demonstration selected from the at least one video demonstration via the input device of the touch screen;
- and
- playing, on the display device of the touch screen, the selected video demonstration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.