Color Conversion Information Generation for E-Commerce
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Solution Overview
Problem
In electronic commerce, users face challenges in accurately evaluating the colors of products displayed on screens without observing the actual products, leading to potential color discrepancies and increased product returns due to differences in lighting environments.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for generating color conversion information by providing users with color sample information, acquiring images of these samples in their specific lighting environments, and calculating color conversion information to accurately represent product colors as seen in the user's environment, using known color characteristic information and imaging data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users evaluate product colors on display screens without observing actual products, then shopping convenience is improved, but color accuracy deteriorates due to lighting environment differences
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a color conversion information generation system as an intermediary between the product display and the user's viewing environment. The system captures images of color samples in the user's specific lighting environment and generates conversion data that mediates between standard product colors and environment-specific colors, thereby resolving the contradiction between convenient online shopping and accurate color evaluation
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of color representation by generating environment-specific color conversion information. Instead of using fixed standard colors, the system adjusts color parameters based on the user's lighting conditions, device characteristics, and environmental factors, allowing accurate color evaluation while maintaining shopping convenience
2Measurement precision
If color conversion information is generated for each user's lighting environment, then color accuracy is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses color samples with known color characteristic information as reference copies. By capturing images of these standard color samples in the user's environment and comparing them with reference values, the system generates conversion information without requiring complex calibration equipment, thus improving color accuracy while limiting system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal color conversion system that can be applied across different users, devices, and lighting conditions. The color sample-based approach provides a multi-functional solution that works for various display devices and lighting environments without requiring device-specific customization, balancing color accuracy with system simplicity
3Measurement precision
If color samples with known color characteristic information are used for calibration, then color conversion accuracy is improved, but information processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential color characteristic information from color samples needed for conversion accuracy. By focusing on key color parameters rather than processing complete spectral data or comprehensive environmental information, the system achieves accurate color conversion while minimizing information processing requirements
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AI summary
A method for generating color conversion information including providing a user with color sample information for determining a color sample of which color characteristic information is known, receiving, from the user, an image including the color sample determined by the color sample information in a lighting environment, and generating color conversion information which corresponds to the lighting environment and is correlated with the user, based on the image and the color characteristic information of the color sample determined by the color sample information. The color conversion information converts between color information and color characteristic information, the color information is information which corresponds to a lighting environment and indicates colors of an object in the lighting environment, and the color characteristic information indicates color characteristics of the object.