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US 2003/0151611 A1Published application
Color selection and visualization system and methods of making and using same
OwnerKenneth A. Turpin, Zachary T. Wickes +4inventors
InventorsKenneth A. Turpin, Zachary T. Wickes, Carmen C. Marin, Christopher P. Mullen, Yu Zhu, Irene Vavrukh
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Abstract
The present invention relates, in general, to a standardized color selection apparatus and methods of making and using same and, more particularly, to a standardization selection apparatus that is capable of selecting one or more areas of an electronic image and/or one or more pixel colors of an electronic image for further use and processing.
Claims33
A specifier program, comprising:
- a user interface for receiving information about a desired color for a colorable product;
- and
- means for generating a color code indicative of the desired color and for providing the color code to a consumer.
A visual color space model, comprising:
- a database of selectable colors;
- a color selector displaying the database of selectable colors as a three-dimensional representation;
- and
- means for receiving input from a consumer to permit selection by the consumer of at least one of the selectable colors displayed by the color selector.
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A visual color space model, comprising:
- at least two databases each comprising a selectable set of colors;
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- a color selector for displaying each of the databases in three-dimensional representation and for receiving input from a user selecting at least one of the displayed selectable colors.
A method, comprising the steps of:
- receiving information regarding a desired color for a colorable product;
- and
- generating a color code indicative of the desired color;
- and
- providing the color code to a consumer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.