Method and apparatus for associating the color of an object with an event

A non-transitory computer readable product, comprising:

• computer readable code configured to cause one or more computers to:
• receive a predetermined color range having a plurality of continuous color values
• associate a first URL with the predetermined color range,
• receive from a pointing device the designation of the location of an object of interest in one or more succeeding video frames,
• define a color boundary for the object of interest by determining edges of plural pixels defining the object of interest, where the edges are not visible,
• determine a color value of the designated location of the object of interest in the one or more succeeding video frames, and
• link to the first URL when the determined color value is within the predetermined color range and within the defined color boundary, but not link to the first URL when the determined color value is not within the predetermined color range and not within the defined color boundary.

A system for making a URL link/no-link determination based on the color value of an object of interest in one or more succeeding video frames, comprising:

• one or more computers configured to:
• receive a predetermined color range having a plurality of continuous color values
• associate a first URL event with the predetermined color range;
• receive from a pointing device the designation of the location of an object of interest in the one or more succeeding video frames,
• define a color boundary for the object of interest by determining edges of plural pixels defining the object of interest, where the edges are not visible,
• determine a color value of the designated location of the object of interest in the one or more succeeding video frames;
• and
• link to the first URL when the determined color value is within the predetermined color range and within the defined color boundary, but not linking to the first URL when the determined color value is not within the predetermined color range and not within the defined color boundary.

Apparatus configured to link a pointing device designation to an event, comprising:

• an input configured to receive a pointing device designation of an object of interest in at least one video frame in a sequence of video frames;
• and
• one or more computers coupled to said input and configured to:
• store a plurality of predetermined color ranges, each color range comprising a continuous plurality of color values,
• store an association of an event with the stored plurality of predetermined color ranges;
• receive from said input the designated object of interest;
• define a color boundary for the object of interest by determining edges of plural pixels defining the object of interest, where the edges are not visible;
• compare plural color values of (i) each pixel of the received designated object of interest within the defined color boundary with (ii) the stored plurality of predetermined color ranges;
• and
• link to the event when the plural color values of the received designated object of interest are respectively within the stored plurality of predetermined color ranges.