Digital art systems and methods
Disclosed here are methods, devices, paradigms and structures for creating, displaying and facilitating the selection of art, design and décor. A digital art device (“device”) facilitates creating and displaying a digital art in accordance with the relationship to a viewer. The device can include sensors such as cameras, gyroscopes, audio processor, photometer, eye-tracking sensors, etc., to identify various types of human interaction, and the environment around the device. The device displays, adapts, or transforms the digital art according to the observed human interaction and/or surroundings of the device. Tools will allow developers to create new applications for displaying and creating digital art to be viewed on the device. Developers can access underlying décor discovery and visualization tools to process color, style and other décor-related attributes. The capabilities of the device and the décor discovery and visualization tools can be exposed as new functions in the applications created for the device.
1. A digital art device, comprising:
a processor;
an image generation module to generate a first graphical user interface (GUI) on a digital art device that enables a first user to:
create a first digital art on the digital art device,
associate the first digital art with a set of events, and
associate the first digital art with a set of actions that are triggered on an occurrence of one or more of the set of events, wherein each action from the set of actions modifies the first digital art or a state of the digital art device;
a display module to display a digital art, the digital art including a plurality of actions that transform the digital art to generate a second digital art, the plurality of actions triggered based on one or more events;
a plurality of sensors to generate sensor data including data regarding one or more attributes of the digital art device;
an event generation module to generate the one or more events based on the sensor data; and
an image processing module to process the digital art based on one or more of the actions triggered by the one or more events to generate the second digital art.
2. The digital art device of claim 1 , wherein the sensor data includes orientation data that indicates an orientation of the digital art device in the setting.
3. The digital art device of claim 2 , wherein the event generation module is configured to generate an orientation event of the one or more events, the orientation event identifying a change in the orientation of the digital art device based on the orientation data, and wherein the image processing module triggers a first action of the actions corresponding to the orientation event to transform the digital art to the second digital art.
4. The digital art device of claim 3 , wherein the image processing module is configured to alter, as part of the first action, a state of the digital art in response to the orientation event to generate the second digital art.
5. The digital art device of claim 4 , wherein the image processing module is configured to alter the state of the digital art by changing an orientation of one or more objects displayed in the digital art.
6. The digital art device of claim 1 , wherein the image generation module is further configured to generate a media file that includes a real-time digital recording of a plurality of actions performed by the first user in generating the first digital art.
7. The digital art device of claim 1 , wherein the image processing module is further configured to play a media file that includes a real-time digital recording of a plurality of actions performed by the first user in generating the digital art.
8. The digital art device of claim 1 further comprising:
a frame that surrounds one or more of a plurality of sides of the digital art device,
wherein the frame is made of an electronic display material.
9. The digital art device of claim 8 , wherein the electronic display material includes at least one of a light emitting diode (LED), an electronic paper, a bio luminescence material or a chemical luminescence material.
10. The digital art device of claim 8 , wherein the image processing module is further configured to change a color of the frame to match one or more colors of a plurality of décor accessories in the setting.
11. The digital art device of claim 8 , wherein the image processing module is further configured to change a color of the frame to match one or more colors of the digital art.
12. The digital art device of claim 8 , wherein the image processing module is further configured to change a color of the frame to a color specified by the first user.
13. The digital art device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more events and the actions performed on the digital art based on the one or more events are defined by at least one of a digital art provider who created the digital art or a user associated with the digital art device.
14. The digital art device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensors includes one or more cameras.
15. The digital art device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensors includes a photometer.
16. The digital art device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensors includes a gyroscope.
17. The digital art device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensors includes a microphone.
18. The digital art device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensors includes a thermometer.
19. A method, comprising:
generating a first graphical user interface (GUI) on a digital art device that enables a user associated with the digital art device to:
create a digital art on the digital art device,
associate the digital art with a plurality of events, and
associate the digital art with a plurality of actions that are triggered on an occurrence of one or more of the events, wherein each of the actions modify a state of the digital art device or transform the digital art to generate a second digital art, the digital art device installed in a setting;
displaying the digital art on the digital art device;
receiving sensor data from a plurality of sensors associated with the digital art device, the sensor data including data regarding a plurality of attributes of the digital art device;
determining an occurrence of a first event of the one or more events based on the sensor data; and
executing a first action of the actions corresponding to the first event, the first action transforming the digital art to a second digital art or altering a state of the digital art device as defined by the first action.
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein executing the first action to alter the state of the digital art device includes switching the digital art device to a low power state.
21. The method of claim 19 , wherein receiving sensor data from the sensors includes:
receiving data indicating an orientation of the digital art device, and
generating the first event indicating a change in the orientation of the digital art device from a first orientation to a second orientation.
22. The method of claim 21 , wherein executing the first action includes altering the digital art to generate the second digital art corresponding to the second orientation.
23. The method of claim 22 , wherein altering the digital art to generate the second digital art includes processing the digital art using a gravitational physics technique to change a state of one or more contents of the digital art.
24. The method of claim 19 further comprising:
presenting a recording application that is configured to:
record, in real-time, a plurality of actions performed by a first user in creating the digital art, and
generate a media file to store the plurality of actions.
25. The method of claim 19 further comprising:
presenting a player application that is configured to play a media file containing a recording of a plurality of actions performed by a first user in creating the digital art, wherein the media file, when played, causes the digital art device to display the creation of the digital art in a sequence the plurality of actions were performed by the first user in creating the digital art.
26. The method of claim 19 further comprising:
determining, by the digital art device, that a second digital art device is added to a multi-screen display system the digital art device is a part of, the multi-screen display system including a plurality of digital art devices, wherein at least a set of the digital art devices is configured to display distinct portions of the digital art; and
sending an instruction to the second digital art device to display a third digital art, the third digital art being related to the digital art displayed in the digital art device.
27. The method of claim 19 further comprising:
determining, by the digital art device, that the digital art device is part of a multi-screen display system having a plurality of digital art devices;
identifying a set of the digital art devices to share the digital art with; and
sending an instruction to the set of the digital art devices to display distinct portions of the digital art, the set of the digital art devices arranged in a specified pattern, wherein, when the distinct portions are viewed together, appear as the digital art.
28. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions, comprising:
instructions for generating a first graphical user interface (GUI) on a digital art device that enables a user to create a digital art, wherein the digital art is associated with a plurality of events and a plurality of actions that are triggered on an occurrence of the plurality of events, wherein each of the actions modify the digital art or a state of the digital art device;
instructions for displaying the digital art on the digital art device;
instructions for receiving, from a plurality of sensors associated with the digital art device, sensor data including a plurality of attributes of the digital art device;
instructions for generating a first event of the events based on the sensor data; and
instructions for executing a first action of the actions corresponding to the first event.
29. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 28 , wherein the instructions for altering the state of the digital art device includes switching the digital art device to a low power state.
30. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 28 , wherein the instructions for receiving sensor data from the sensors includes:
instructions for receiving data indicating an orientation of the digital art device, and
instructions for generating the first event indicating a change in the orientation of the digital art device from a first orientation to a second orientation.
31. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 30 , wherein the instructions for executing the first action includes instructions for altering the digital art to generate a second digital art corresponding to the second orientation.
32. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 31 , wherein altering the digital art to generate the second digital art includes processing the digital art using a gravitational physics technique to change a state of one or more contents of the digital art.