Digital Image Segmentation for Accurate Paint Color Visualization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current paint color display systems struggle to accurately depict how a surface will appear when painted, as they often confuse extraneous objects with the surface to be painted, leading to unsatisfactory results for users.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that allows users to identify and segment areas in a digital image, enabling them to select a paint color for specific surfaces while keeping other areas unchanged, using image processing techniques for accurate visualization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If software tools are used to display paint color on digital photographs, then users can visualize color options, but the system cannot distinguish between surfaces to be painted and extraneous objects, leading to unsatisfactory results
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the digital image into multiple regions or segments, allowing the system to distinguish between different surfaces. By segmenting the image, the system can identify which areas are paintable surfaces and which are extraneous objects, enabling precise color application only where needed while maintaining the original appearance of other areas.
2Quantity of substance
If small paint color samples are used for comparison, then physical color samples can be displayed, but the samples are difficult to compare to all colors present in the surrounding environment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a digital copy of the entire environment (room, furniture, surroundings) and applies color samples to the relevant surfaces within this digital replica. This allows users to see how paint colors appear in the full context of the environment rather than comparing small physical samples against a limited background, enabling accurate visualization of color performance in the actual space.
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AI summary
A computer implemented method that includes enabling, using a processor, a user to identify a first area of a digital image, wherein the first area will be colored with a first color. The method also includes segmenting, using the processor, the digital image into a first segment that represents the first area and a second segment that represents a second area of the digital image, wherein an original color of the second area will remain unchanged. The method further includes enabling, using the processor, the user to select the first color, wherein the first color corresponds a first coating color, and displaying, using the processor, the digital image with the first segment colored with the first color.