Electronic Color Processing Devices, Systems and Methods
An electronic color recognition and enhancement device, system, and method aiding a user in recognition of color based patterns. The electronic color recognition and enhancement device, system, and method generally include a user device, including a processor, a visual input component, and a visual output component adapted to capture or record visual information and modify the contrast and/or color of a portion of the visual information to allow the user to recognize certain colors and/or patterns that otherwise may be difficult to recognize.
1 . A method for modifying visual information, comprising:
establishing an input color as one of a default color and a selected color entered by a user into an interface;
receiving, by a user device, visual information with features having at least the input color;
recognizing, by the user device, the input color within the visual information;
modifying, by the user device, the input color based on a setting, resulting in modified visual information having an output color replacing the input color, the output color being based on the setting; and
displaying, by the user device, the modified visual information to the user.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the recognizing step includes recognizing the input color of a plurality of objects of the visual information.
3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising digitizing the visual information.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the modifying step includes at least one of changing the input color and excluding the input color of the visual information.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the setting includes specifying, for the input color, a specified range of wavelengths of the input color that will be subject to the step of modifying.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the setting includes a user profile stored in a memory and having a preset input for the input color.
7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the preset input includes at least one of recognizing the input color during a time of day, a season of a year, and a weather condition.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the default color is one of red and green.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the modifying step includes changing an input color of red to an output color of blue.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the modifying step includes changing an input color of green to an output color of yellow.
11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the visual information is at least one of an image captured by the user device, a video captured by the user device, an image received by the user device via a network, and a video received by the user device via the network.
12 . A device for enhancing visual information, comprising:
a visual input component adapted to receive visual information;
a processor in communication with the visual input component, the processor adapted to:
establish an input color as one of a default color and a selected color entered by a user into an interface;
receive, by a user device, visual information with features having at least the input color;
recognize, by the user device, the input color within the visual information;
modify, by the user device, the input color based on a setting, resulting in modified visual information having an output color replacing the input color, the output color being based on the setting; and
display, by the user device, the modified visual information to the user.
13 . The device of claim 12 , wherein the processor is adapted to recognize the input color of a plurality of objects of the visual information.
14 . The device of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further adapted to digitize the visual information.
15 . The device of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further adapted to exclude the input color of the visual information.
16 . The device of claim 12 , wherein the setting includes specifying, for the input color, a specified range of wavelengths of the input color that will be subject to the step of modifying.
17 . The device of claim 16 , wherein the preset input includes at least one of recognizing the input color during a time of day, a season of a year, and a weather condition.
18 . The device of claim 12 , wherein the default input color is one of red and green.
19 . The device of claim 12 , wherein the visual information is at least one of an image captured by the user device, a video captured by the user device, an image received by the user device via a network, and a video received by the user device via the network.