Patent Document ID: 9785649
Application ID: 14475401
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method for determining color names for a color image based at least in part on hue, the computer-implemented method comprising: under control of a hardware computing device configured with specific computer executable instructions, obtaining color data corresponding to a color image; generating a hue distribution from the color data, wherein the hue distribution comprises a plurality of distinct hue values each associated with a hue weight; modifying the hue distribution based, at least in part, on merging two or more hue values in the hue distribution in accordance with respective hue weights associated with the two or more hue values and in accordance with a hue distance, wherein the hue distance is defined as the shortest arc or smallest angle between the two or more hue values on a corresponding color circle; determining a representative hue based, at least in part, on the modified hue distribution; identifying one or more color values from the color data, wherein the identified one or more color values are attributable to the representative hue; determining a representative color from the identified one or more color values; identifying one or more color names corresponding to the representative color; and associating the one or more color names with the color image.