Image Picker Interface for Multi-Color Light Fixture Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current color picker interfaces are limited in selecting specific colors, particularly for complex images like corporate logos, and cannot handle multiple color selections simultaneously, leading to flat and uninteresting outputs.
Innovation Solution
The image picker interface allows users to select colors from a displayed image by choosing multiple points, which generates a selection grouping that can be assigned to multiple light fixtures, enabling dynamic and vibrant color control across devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a traditional color picker interface is used to select colors from an image, then a single color can be selected at a time, but the output becomes flat and uninteresting and cannot handle multiple color selections simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the image into multiple selectable regions or points, allowing users to select multiple discrete color locations simultaneously. Each selection point can be independently assigned to different light fixtures, enabling complex multi-color lighting designs from a single image without requiring a complex multi-step interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The image picker interface is designed to serve multiple functions: it can select single or multiple colors, assign them to different light fixtures, and generate lighting designs all within one unified tool. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for separate tools for each operation, resolving the contradiction between versatility and complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple light fixtures are assigned different colors from an image, then dynamic and vibrant color control is achieved, but the complexity of managing color assignments increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically copies color information from selected points in the image and assigns them to corresponding light fixtures based on predefined relationships or user-specified mappings. This automated copying process eliminates manual color assignment for each fixture, maintaining ease of operation while enabling complex multi-color control.
Solution Approach 2:
The image picker interface automatically manages the color assignment process by detecting user selections and distributing colors to appropriate light fixtures without requiring manual intervention for each assignment. The system self-adjusts the color distribution based on the selected image regions and fixture configurations, simplifying the operation while maintaining high adaptability.
3Measurement precision
If precise color selection from specific image locations is enabled, then color accuracy improves, but the interface becomes more complex requiring multiple selection points
Solution Approach 1:
The patent adds a spatial dimension to color selection by allowing users to click or select multiple points across the image canvas. Each point's coordinates directly correspond to specific image locations, enabling precise color extraction from exact positions without requiring complex color picking tools or multiple interface layers.
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AI summary
An image picker interface can include a display configured to show a first image, where the first image comprises a plurality of colors. The image picker interface can also include an image color control application communicably coupled to the display. The image color control application can detect at least one user selection on the display, where the at least one user selection on the display corresponds to at least one portion of the image. The image color control application can generate at least one generated selection on the display based on the at least one user selection, where the at least one generated selection corresponds to at least one additional portion of the image, where the at least one user selection and the at least one generated selection comprise a selection grouping. Each light fixture outputs a color that corresponds to a selection of the image.