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Objective-based color selection system

Patent 5508718 Issued on April 16, 1996. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject April 25, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Application

No. 231912 filed on 04/25/1994

US Classes:

345/601Using look up table

Examiners

Primary: Weldon, Ulysses

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 0546773 EP. 06/12/1993
  • 52-80043 JP. 07/12/1977

International Class

G09G 005/04

Abstract

A computerized color selection system which selects colors based on a user's designation of color impact objectives which specify how colors affect those who view the colors rather than specifying the colors themselves. A user selects a combination of color impact objectives from among plural such color impact objectives, such as audience, occasion, style and tone. In correspondence to each color impact objective, a relevance relation is defined. The relevance relation specifies, for its corresponding color impact objective, relevance values which indicate the degree to which different colors meet the color impact objective. Relevance relations associated with the user's selection of color impact objectives are selected, and the selected relevance relations are inspected to identify the maximum relevance value from all the selected relevance relations. The color which corresponds to the maximum relevance value is then selected as the color which best fits the user's selection of color impact objectives.

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