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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8089491 | Dynamic theme color palette generation There is provided a method of changing a theme for a user interface of a computer system comprising receiving an identification of an image with which to define a color palette of a theme for rendering elements of a user interface on a color display of the computer ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8054317 | Methods and systems for comparing and discovering and organizing color themes and word tag associations Methods and systems for comparing and organizing color themes and word tag associations. One embodiment comprises a method for determining associated color themes based on an identified color theme by determining the distance between the identified color theme and e... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8049766 | Automatic color adjustment of a template design The present invention generates a color template design to format a presentation. According to one aspect, a plurality of template designs are provided on a visual display. A selection of one of the plurality of template designs is received from a user. A plurality ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8009177 | User interfaces for managing image colors A computer-implemented method includes displaying multiple color bins in a user interface, each color bin representing a segment of a color spectrum, each color bin having a representative color that resides in the associated color spectrum segment, wherein each col... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7884833 | Dynamic theme color palette generation There is provided a method of changing a theme for a user interface of a computer system comprising receiving an identification of an image with which to define a color palette of a theme for rendering elements of a user interface on a color display of the computer ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7852348 | System and method for enhancing the visual effect of a video display A system and method for enhancing the visual effect of a video display. Such a system includes a video display that displays moving images and a light source connected to the video display for providing a light effect that softens visual boundaries of the video disp... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7847805 | Display apparatus, display method, program and recording medium A display apparatus, which makes one pixel displayable in four colors, that is, three primary colors and a white color, and inputs and displays chrominance signals corresponding to a mixing ratio of the four colors, includes a color correction instrument which perfo... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7843464 | Automatic color adjustment of template design The present invention generates a color template design to format a presentation. According to one aspect, a plurality of template designs are provided on a visual display. A selection of one of the plurality of template designs is received from a user. A plurality ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7768525 | Dynamic paint pickup A color attribute picked up from a pickup surface of a graphics design application document may be used to contaminate a paint data store. An injection color attribute may be re-injected into the paint data store. The resulting contaminated and re-injected paint dat... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7746353 | Border frame color picker An embodiment of the invention provides an apparatus and method of selecting a color for a border frame. The apparatus and method permit a selector to be placed on an object image and select a color for the border frame, based on a location of the selector on the ob... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7737990 | Colorization process and system and user interface for setting colorization information To implement a colorization process which generates color data from monochrome data to print a receipt or other sales document, a user interface is provided. Such interface includes components for setting text color, background color and background style, respective... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7714874 | Color management method and apparatus thereof Disclosed are a color management method, an apparatus thereof and a color management computer program for executing the method that enable a user to conveniently and easily select and/or change colors desired by the user in diverse ways. The color management method ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7710436 | Automatic color adjustment of a template design The present invention generates a color template design. According to one aspect, a source image is selected. Colors of a selected template design are adjusted automatically based on placement of a cursor on a source image that is separate from the template design. ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7710435 | Method and apparatus for generating visual effects A visual effect generating module for changing visual effects of a selected image block within an image area is disclosed. The visual effect generating module includes a color changing module for receiving and changing pixel values of a plurality of pixels within th... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7705856 | Coloring support system, coloring support program, and storage medium as well as coloring support method A coloring support system suitable for realizing coloring that matches colors imaged by a user is provided. A coloring support apparatus 100 inputs document data forming a document and acquires, on the basis of the document data inputted, color informa... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7646392 | Dynamic theme color palette generation There is provided a method of changing a theme for a user interface of a computer system comprising receiving an identification of an image with which to define a color palette of a theme for rendering elements of a user interface on a color display of the computer ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7586498 | Color temperature conversion method, medium, and apparatus for pixel brightness-based color correction A color temperature conversion method, medium, and apparatus converting an image from one of a plurality of basic color temperatures provided by an image display device to another color temperature other than the plurality of basic color temperatures. Also, the conv... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7538776 | Automatic color adjustment of a template design The present invention generates a color template design. According to one aspect, a source image is selected. Colors of a selected template design are adjusted automatically using color data collected from the selected source image. A histogram may be generated for ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7508399 | Method for composing messages in a mobile terminal A wireless terminal includes memory for storing a plurality of backgrounds, and a display for displaying data visible to a user. The terminal further includes a user interface configured to receive user selection of a background from the plurality of backgrounds, re... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7502033 | Artists' color display system An assortment of color elements is grouped within a plurality of color families which are organized in accordance with a circular color chart (FIG. 10A) and a columnar chart (FIG. 11-A). Except for the neutral-gray color family, a pair of boundary-hues... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7500189 | Method and system for generating colors using constrained color properties Generally, the present invention provides embodiments of systems and methods for extrapolating formats to create pleasing format templates. In an exemplary embodiment, a method for creating a color template for a document comprises receiving at least one color for t... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7486300 | Color palette providing cross-platform consistency A method and system to provide a color palette which facilitates user selection of web-safe colors. In laying out the color palette, the extent of achromatic colors located within the color palette is determined. The achromatic colors are then arranged in one group ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7450135 | Display device for detecting abnormal image signal and method thereof A method and a display device for detecting an abnormal video signal by periodically checking R,G,B signals. The method includes selecting an R,G,B signal and setting a region of the selected signals to be checked; detecting a minimum pixel level value in the region... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7425965 | Colour calibration A method of color calibration, the method comprising for a user's display device: a. displaying a set of color regions each region having a sligtly different color; b. receiving an input from a user, the input indicating which color region is considered by the user ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7417642 | Image display device and image display method An image display device which displays a multiband image acquired by a multiband camera capable of capturing two or more bands comprises a parameter input/output and image outputting screen configured to represent each band itself or an image of the band, a band-RGB... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7410475 | Graphical user interface for automated dialysis system A method, system and apparatus for performing peritoneal dialysis are provided. To this end, in part, a dialysis system is provided. The dialysis system includes a display device and a web browser and web server embedded in the dialysis system. The browser and the s... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408673 | Mixed color groups Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implemented for creating and manipulating groups of color swatches that represent the results obtained by mixing multiple inks, such as multiple spot inks or spot inks and process inks. A mixed color group ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405737 | Method for specifying paint color from computer graphics picture A paint color is specified from a computer graphics picture by displaying a computer graphics picture suitable for the impression of a desired paint color on a display unit, obtaining color information on displayed colors in two or more designated regions on the dis... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7405715 | LED light apparatus with instantly adjustable color intensity An instantly controllable LED light apparatus provides an LED array (34) formed of red, green and blue LEDs in a regular arrangement. The apparatus also provides a unitary power supply/controller (4) disposed within a unitary housing (20) that i... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403206 | Picking TV safe colors Validating a color that is selected in an authoring environment for display in a destination media environment includes selecting a color for an application, converting the values of the color to those in a fundamental color space, and converting the values from the... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7397484 | Method for displaying an image A method of displaying an image including receiving a plurality of corresponding to an image data, wherein each of the plurality of frames includes a plurality of color sub-frames; sequentially displaying the color sub-frames corresponding to a first frame in a firs... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7388590 | Method and system for using a color scheme to communicate information related to the integration of hardware and software in a computing device A method and system for using a color scheme to communicate information associated with an event and related to the integration of software and hardware of a computing device creates a seamless user experience. A hardware element of the computing device is illuminat... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7379074 | Semantically applying formatting to a presentation model The present invention includes a graphics software program that automatically generates a color scheme for graphics. In embodiments of the present invention, the graphics software program receives a selection of a color transformation and a semantic model describing... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7372470 | System and method for transmitting and displaying messages in a mobile terminal A method and system for transmitting and displaying messages in a mobile terminal using short messaging service (SMS) is disclosed. An SMS message having a primary format information is encoded with a secondary format information, wherein the primary and secondary f... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7366346 | Color descriptor data structure A color descriptor data structure corresponding to a color device, the color descriptor data structure including a reference color data set corresponding to a reference boundary descriptor representing reference colors of the color device based on measured colors fr... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365754 | System and method for applying color management on captured images A system and method for image acquisition enables selective automated application of color management to color image data generated by an image-capturing device by the device driver for the device. In the image acquisition system, each image-capturing device has pro... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362336 | Four color digital cinema system with extended color gamut and copy protection A color display system including a display device for four or more visible color primaries and a processor for controlling the four or more color primaries to selectively render portions of an image or image sequence such that visually equivalent colors displayed in... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356181 | Embedded gamut mapping algorithm A color management module which accepts input color image data and transforms the input color image data into output color image data based on information contained in at least one color profile, wherein the color management module includes an interface to an extern... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355745 | Document-to-printer color gamut matching A document-to-printer color gamut matching system enables comparison of at least two color maps in a manner that allows selection of the printer that will result in the best print output. Information related to the document to be printed and information describing t... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349571 | Image processing apparatus and pattern extraction apparatus A control unit selects a first labeling for a color image in a small number of colors so that the labeling is performed by clustering a color palette, and selects a second labeling for a color image in a large number of colors so that the labeling is performed by an... | 03/25/2008 |
