US 10,950,006 B2 · Environmentally contextualized pattern generation

Abstract

Various systems and methods for generating environmentally contextualized patterns are disclosed. The system and method generates the environmentally contextualized pattern from a set of images representing an environment. The color palette of the dominant colors from the representational images is processed to remove the gray hues, set the remaining highest and lowest value hues to a particular contrast, and then determine a split complement from the lowest value hue. An algorithm, such as a reaction-diffusion algorithm, is then utilized to generate a pattern incorporating the aforementioned hues. The pattern generated by the algorithm provides a high degree of visual contrast with the environment that the images represent, allowing an individual wearing the pattern to be readily visually identifiable against the environment.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method for generating an environmentally contextual pattern from a color palette representing an environment, the method comprising:

removing each gray hue from the color palette representing the environment to generate a modified color palette;
setting a highest lightness value hue of the modified color palette and a lowest lightness value hue of the modified color palette to a predetermined contrast to generate a modified highest lightness value hue and a modified lowest lightness value hue;
determining a split complement hue of the modified lowest lightness value hue;
generating the environmentally contextual pattern, wherein the generated environmentally contextual pattern comprises the split complement hue of the modified lowest lightness value hue occupying x % of the environmentally contextual pattern, the modified highest lightness value hue occupying y % of the environmentally contextual pattern, and the modified lowest lightness value hue occupying z % of the environmentally contextual pattern, wherein x>y>z;
and
applying the environmentally contextual pattern to at least one of the following:
an article of clothing to improve visibility of a wearer of the article of clothing within the environment;
and
a piece of equipment to improve visibility of the piece of equipment within the environment.

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A computer system for generating an environmentally contextualized pattern from a color palette representing an environment, the computer system comprising:

a processor;
and
a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computer system to:
remove each gray hue from the color palette representing the environment to generate a modified color palette;
set a highest lightness value hue of the modified color palette and a lowest lightness value hue of the modified color palette to a predetermined contrast to generate a modified highest lightness value hue and a modified lowest lightness value hue;
determine a split complement hue of the modified lowest lightness value hue;
and
generate the environmentally contextualized pattern, wherein the environmentally contextualized pattern comprises the split complement hue of the modified lowest lightness value hue occupying x % of the environmentally contextualized pattern, the modified highest lightness value hue occupying y % of the environmentally contextualized pattern, and the modified lowest lightness value hue occupying z % of the environmentally contextualized pattern, wherein x>y>z;
and
apply the environmentally contextualized pattern to at least one of the following:
an article of clothing to improve visibility of a wearer of the article of clothing within the environment;
and
a piece of equipment to improve visibility of the piece of equipment within the environment.

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