Patent Document ID: 9600908
Application ID: 14792160
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of paint color recommendation for a color paint vendor comprising: receiving, at a processor device, input data representing an initial paint color or pigment selection from a user; receiving, at the processor device, further input data representing one or more of a user's perceptual/cognitive/environmental (P/C/E) context, a user's environmental context associated with an environment in which the selected initial paint color or pigment is to be applied to a surface thereof; training, using a machine learning technique, a sparse regression model to received input data from multiple user's including each user's initial paint color or pigment selection data, a received user profile data, a received user context data, and a received environment measures data to generate a sparse matrix; mapping, using the generated sparse matrix, said user's initial paint color or pigment selection and said received user context data including said received environment measures data to a pigments color space; determining, based on said map, a color pigment or pigment mixture from said pigments color space for recommendation to the user; and communicating data representing said color pigment or pigment mixture recommendation to a device.