Visible Surface Color Balance Calculation for Interior Spaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional interior design methods lack a systematic approach to quantify the surface area ratio of colors across an entire interior space, making it difficult to objectively evaluate and adjust color balance during and after the design phase.
Innovation Solution
A color balance calculation system that acquires interior data, calculates the exposed surface areas of base and placed objects, and determines the ratio of different color families based on these areas to reflect human perception more accurately.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If color choices are made based on experience and intuition without quantifying surface area ratios, then design flexibility is maintained, but objective evaluation of color balance becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces subjective human judgment (experience and intuition) with an automated calculation system that objectively computes color balance. The system substitutes manual assessment with computational processing of interior data, including base surface areas and placed object surface areas, to determine precise color family ratios without requiring human intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The calculation system performs self-service by automatically acquiring interior data, computing surface areas of base surfaces and placed objects, and determining color balance ratios without external intervention. The system independently processes interior component information and generates color balance evaluations autonomously.
2Measurement precision
If all surface areas including contact areas are calculated, then calculation simplicity is maintained, but accuracy of visible color balance is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and excludes non-visible portions from the calculation by subtracting contact areas between placed objects and base surfaces. The system identifies portions of base surfaces that are obscured by placed objects and removes these areas from the visible surface area calculation, ensuring only actually visible surfaces contribute to color balance determination.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the base surface area into visible and non-visible portions by separating the total base surface area by the contact area of placed objects. This segmentation allows the system to calculate only the exposed visible portions of base surfaces that contribute to the observed color balance.
3Measurement precision
If color balance is calculated without considering visible exposure, then computational speed is maintained, but perceptual accuracy of color balance is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by differentiating between visible and non-visible portions of surfaces. Instead of treating all surfaces uniformly, the system assigns different weights or inclusion statuses to base surface areas and placed object surface areas based on their visibility. This local differentiation ensures that only surfaces actually visible in the interior space contribute to the color balance calculation.
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AI summary
A color balance calculation system includes an acquisition unit and a calculation unit that calculates a color balance. The calculation unit calculates the sum of areas of a first system color, the sum of areas of a second system color, and the sum of areas of an accent color on the basis of a base exposed area that is visible on a base surface, the color of the base surface, an object exposed area that is visible on each placed object, and the color of each placed object. The calculation unit calculates the ratio of the sum of the areas of the first system color to the sum of the areas of the second system color to the sum of the areas of the accent color as a color balance.