Automatically adapt user interface color scheme for digital images and video
A method for selecting a dominant color among a set of digital content. The dominant color is used to set the visual aspects of a user interface through which the user views the digital content, enabling a visually appealing application, rather than one reliant on neutral and possibly uncomplimentary colors.
1. A method performed by a data processor for generating a display color on a user interface, the method comprising:
determining, by the data processor, a set of dominant colors for a plurality of digital images from a set of digital content;
determining, by the data processor, a display color from the set of dominant colors,
wherein the display color is a high contrast color of an average of the set of dominant colors, the high contrast color comprising a complement of the average of the set of dominant colors; and
displaying, by the data processor, a user interface element, having the display color, over digital content.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the set of dominant colors comprises selecting a partition from a plurality of partitions of a color map, the partition satisfying a condition for a number of digital images with dominant colors in the partition.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the condition is that the partition comprises dominant colors from a highest number of the digital images.
4. The method of claim 2 , wherein selecting the partition comprises:
determining the dominant colors for each of the digital images;
locating the dominant colors on the color map;
segmenting the color map into the plurality of partitions; and
identifying the partition from among the plurality of partitions as a partition having a highest number of digital images contributing the dominant colors.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the display color is a background color of the user interface element.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising using the average of the set of dominant colors as a color for text of the user interface element.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the digital images used to determine the display color are a subset of a set of digital content; and
the subset comprises a set of stored digital images currently displayed in the user interface.
8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor of a digital device, cause the digital device to:
display a plurality of digital images on a display; and
generate a foreground user interface element configured for display on a background of one or more of the digital images, the foreground user interface element having a display color selected by:
selecting a partition from a plurality of partitions of a color map, the partition selected for having a highest number of the digital images with dominant colors in the partition; and
selecting a contrasting color of an average of the dominant colors as the display color.
9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the contrasting color comprises a complement of the average of the dominant colors in the partition.
10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the display color is a background color of the foreground user interface element.
11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further cause the digital device to use the average of the dominant colors as a color for text of the foreground user interface element.
12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein selecting the partition comprises:
determining the dominant colors for each of the digital images;
locating the dominant colors on the color map;
segmenting the color map into the plurality of partitions; and
identifying the partition from among the plurality of partitions as a partition having the highest number of the digital images contributing the dominant colors.
13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein:
the digital images used to determine the display color are a subset of a larger collection of stored digital images; and
the subset is a set of digital images currently being displayed in a user interface.
14. A computing apparatus comprising:
data processing means; and
storage means including means for configuring the data processing means to:
plot dominant colors of a plurality of digital images on a color map;
cluster the dominant colors;
partition the color map into equal sized regions based at least in part on a position of a largest cluster of the dominant colors; and
use a display color derived from the dominant colors of a particular one of the equal sized regions for a user interface element that overlays one or more of the digital images.
15. The computing apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the particular one of the equal sized regions comprises a region having dominant colors contributed from a highest number of the digital images.
16. The computing apparatus of claim 14 , the display color comprising a complement of an average of the dominant colors in a region of the color map, the region selected for having a highest number of the dominant colors from among the equal sized regions.
17. The computing apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the color map is partitioned into eight equal sized regions.
18. The computing apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the display color is a background color of the user interface element.
19. The computing apparatus of claim 14 , further comprising means for configuring the data processing means to use an average of the dominant colors as a color for text of the user interface element.