Patent ID: 8885236
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for adjusting the color of a document using a natural language color control system, the method comprising: receiving a document in an initial color space from an image input device; mapping the document into a working color space; receiving a natural language command from a user to adjust one or more colors of at least a portion of the document, wherein the natural language command the user specified one or more colors and an associated adjustment in natural language; parsing the natural language command into (1) a description of a color property to be modified, (2) a magnitude of color modification, and (3) a direction of modification; converting the parsed natural language command into a transform in the working color space; applying the transform to the one or more selected colors of the at least a portion of the document in the working color space; adjusting the one or more selected colors of the document based upon the application of the transform in the working color space; and sending the document having the adjusted one or more selected colors to an appropriate output device.