Color Sample Book with Digital Chart Overlay
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional color sample books struggle to accurately position color samples on a color chart, making it difficult to identify intermediate colors and their coloration, especially when colors with similar hues are listed together.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a color sample book and a server that transmits data to display a color chart, where the positions of all listed colors are defined, and colors not in the book are masked, allowing users to visualize the positions of listed colors and estimate intermediate colors by displaying a website with a color chart that uses the Nakagawa Original Color System, enabling correct color designation and harmonization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If all colors on a complete color chart are displayed, then the user can see all possible color positions, but the color sample book cannot be carried or stored conveniently
Solution Approach 1:
The color sample book is divided into multiple individual cards, each displaying a limited set of color samples. This segmentation allows the complete color chart information to be distributed across many small, manageable units that can be easily stored and carried, while still providing access to the full color spectrum when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a two-dimensional physical color sample book to a three-dimensional digital representation by projecting the color chart onto a terminal display. This dimensional change allows the complete color chart to be displayed in a compact digital format that can be accessed on demand without requiring physical space for all color samples.
2Area of stationary object
If multiple color samples with similar hues are listed on the same card, then the card can be kept compact, but it becomes difficult to grasp where each color is positioned on the color chart
Solution Approach 1:
The terminal display acts as an intermediary between the compact color sample card and the complete color chart. When a user captures an image of a card with the terminal, the terminal displays the selected color samples along with their positions on the complete color chart, providing spatial context without requiring the physical card to be large.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses digital projection to transition from the two-dimensional card surface to a three-dimensional digital display that can show the complete color chart context. This allows color samples that are compactly arranged on the card to be displayed with their full spatial relationships visible on the terminal screen.
3Device complexity
If intermediate colors are not displayed on the color sample book, then the book remains compact and manageable, but users cannot grasp how many intermediate colors exist or their coloration
Solution Approach 1:
The system prepares and stores the complete color chart data in advance on the server. When a user captures a card with the terminal, the terminal retrieves and displays the relevant portion of the pre-prepared color chart, including all intermediate colors and their positions. This preliminary preparation allows intermediate color information to be provided on demand without increasing the physical size of the color sample book.
Data Source
AI summary
A server transmits data for displaying a website including a color chart, to a terminal that captures an image of a symbol in which a URL is encrypted displayed on a color sample book provided with a plurality of cards for displaying color samples, wherein on the color chart, positions of colors more than all listed colors in the color sample book are defined, all the listed colors are visually listed, and colors other than all the listed colors are not displayed or are masked and displayed.