IP Library Granted Patent US 8,169,447
Granted Patent B2
US 8,169,447 · App. 11/752,119 · Granted May 1, 2012

Automatic color display conversion

Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,169,447
App. No.
11/752,119
Granted
May 1, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A color computer output is dynamically converted into a monochrome computer output based on a stored profile. The stored profile may be for a piece of hardware (e.g., a monochrome printer), or a user (e.g., a color-blind user).

Claims (34)

1. A computer implemented method comprising:

a processor detecting a computer output from a computer, wherein the computer output includes multi-colored graphics;

retrieving a profile that describes whether the computer output needs to be in a monochrome format;

the processor converting the computer output to the monochrome format;

the processor receiving a signal indicating that the computer output is to be viewed by a color-blind user, and

the processor, in response to receiving the signal indicating that the computer output is to be viewed by the color-blind user, adjusting the monochrome format of the computer output by using a monochrome fill effect that has been predetermined as being optimal for the color-blind user.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein a monochrome output device receives the computer output.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the monochrome format comprises a visual pattern that is unused by the multi-colored graphics.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the visual pattern is selected from a group consisting of checks and stripes.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

coupling the computer to a projector, wherein the projector comprises a light sensor that measures ambient light; and

in response to the light sensor detecting a light level that exceeds a pre-determined level, converting the computer output to the monochrome output for projection by the projector.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

coupling the computer to a projector, wherein the projector comprises a distance sensor that measures a distance from the projector to a projection screen; and

in response to the distance sensor detecting that a distance from the projector to the projection screen exceeds a predetermined distance, converting the computer output to the monochrome output.

7. A system comprising:

a processor;

a data bus coupled to the processor;

a memory coupled to the data bus; and

a computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for:

detecting a computer output from a computer, wherein the computer output includes multi-colored graphics;

retrieving a profile that describes whether the computer output needs to be in a monochrome format;

identifying an end-receiver of the computer output as a governmental entity whose patrons are subject to a governmental regulation, wherein the governmental regulation describes required shadings and fill effects for figures that are filed with the governmental entity; and

in response to identifying the computer output as figures that are to be filed with the governmental entity, automatically converting the computer output from multi-colored to the monochrome format combined with the required shadings and fill effects for figures that are filed with the governmental entity.

8. The system of claim 7 , further comprising a monochrome printer output device that receives the computer output.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the monochrome format comprises a visual pattern that is unused by the multi-colored graphics.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the visual pattern is selected from a group consisting of checked vertical bars and striped vertical bars.

11. A non-transitory storage medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:

detecting a computer output from a computer, wherein the computer output includes multi-colored graphics;

retrieving a profile that describes whether the computer output needs to be in a monochrome format;

identifying an end-receiver of the computer output as a governmental entity whose patrons are subject to a governmental regulation, wherein the governmental regulation describes required shadings and fill effects for figures that are filed with the governmental entity; and

in response to identifying the computer output as figures that are to be filed with the governmental entity, automatically converting the computer output from multi-colored to the monochrome format combined with the required shadings and fill effects for figures that are filed with the governmental entity.

12. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the computer executable instructions are deployable to a client computer from a server at a remote location.

13. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the computer executable instructions are provided by a service provider to a customer on an on-demand basis.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2007
From: BHOGAL, KULVIR SINGH; PETERSON, ROBERT ROSS
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
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Continuity (1)
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