Methods for reifying images to convey non-textual information to viewers
AssigneeLawrance Joseph L'Heureux
InventorLawrance Joseph L'Heureux
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Abstract
An interactive computer program for augmenting an image to include reified emotion information. The program implements the steps of: displaying an unreified image; prompting a user to identify an emotion associated with the image; prompting the user to select a color corresponding to the identified emotion; prompting the user to select a location within the image for applying the selected color; applying the selected color to the selected location within the image; and displaying the reified image.
Claims20
An interactive computer program stored in a non-transitory medium for augmenting an image including an object to include reified emotion information associated with the object, the computer program, when executed by a computer processor having access to a computer memory, configured to implement the steps of:
- displaying an unreified image comprising an object for viewing by a user;
- prompting the user to identify an emotion associated with the object within the image;
- retrieving, using the computer processor, an emotion-to-color matrix from the computer memory;
- displaying the matrix to the user;
- prompting the user to select, from the matrix, a color corresponding to the identified emotion;
- prompting the user to select a location associated with the object for applying the selected color;
- superimposing, using the computer processor, the selected color onto the selected location;
- converting, using the computer processor, the unreified image to a reified image which illustrates the selected color superimposed onto the selected location;
- and
- displaying the reified image for viewing by the user.
A system for reifying images, comprising:
- an input/output module for facilitating user interaction with the system;
- a display module for displaying unreified and reified images;
- a memory module for storing unreified images comprising an object against a background, reified images, a color table, and a location map;
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- a processing module including an image editor and an interactive reification module configured to perform the steps of:
- displaying an unreified image including its associated object;
- prompting a user to identify an emotion associated with the object within the image;
- retrieving the color table from the memory module;
- displaying the color table;
- prompting the user to select, from the color table, a color corresponding to the identified emotion;
- prompting the user to select a location relative to the object for applying the selected color;
- superimposing the selected color over the selected location within the image;
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- displaying the reified image including the color superimposed onto the selected location relative to the object.
A method for reifying an image including an object implemented by a computer program stored in a non-transitory medium and executed by a computer processor having access to a computer memory, the method comprising:
- identifying an emotion associated with the object in the image;
- retrieving an emotion-to-color map from the computer memory;
- displaying the emotion-to-color map;
- selecting, from the emotion-to-color map, a color associated with the identified emotion;
- selecting a location within the image at which the color is to be displayed;
- reifying, using the computer processor, the image to include the selected color superimposed over the selected location;
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- displaying the reified image including the selected color at the selected location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.