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US 2007/0182755 A1Published application
Technique for enabling color blind persons to distinguish between various colors
AssigneeTenebraex Corporation
InventorsPeter Jones, Dennis Purcell
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Abstract
Systems and methods for processing data representative of a full color image. Such systems may comprise the steps of assisting a color blind person to indicate portions of an image which to their color-deficient vision are indistinguishable, and altering the image to cause those portions to become distinguishable and identifiable.
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A method for processing an image, comprising
- selecting a color from the image,
- analyzing the color to determine hue components,
- adding a pattern to the color, wherein the pattern is unique to the color, and
- applying the pattern consistently to portions of the image having the color,
- whereby the pattern is distinguishable to a viewer.
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A system configured to process an image to be presented on a color display to a user, comprising
- a data memory having stored therein a color space defined by colors associated with the image, and data representative of the colors,
- a first processor adapted to analyze a first color to determine hue components.
- a second processor adapted to modify the data representative of the first color by adding a pattern to the first color, wherein the pattern is unique to the first color, and applying the pattern consistently to portions of the image having the color, whereby the pattern is distinguishable to a viewer.
A method for processing an image comprising:
- identifying a set of hue components associated with the image,
- assigning unique angles to respective hue components of the set,
- selecting a color from the image,
- determining a first hue component from the set based on the color,
- identifying a first assigned angle based on the first hue component, and
- adding a pattern to the color, wherein the pattern includes a first set of stripes disposed at the first assigned angle.
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A system configured to process an image to be presented on a color display to a user, comprising
- a data memory having stored therein a color space defined by colors associated with the image, and data representative of the colors,
- a first processor adapted to identify a set of hue components associated with the color image data and assign unique angles to respective hue components of the set,
- a second processor adapted to determine a first hue component from the set based on a first color and identify a first assigned angle based on the first hue component, and
- a third processor adapted to modify the color image data associated with the first color by adding a pattern to the first color, wherein the pattern includes a first set of stripes disposed at the first assigned angle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.