The present disclosure provides a heads up display, comprising: a projector, which is configured to project light to a preset region to form a projected image; an environment color acquisition device, which is configured to acquire an environment color of a background region corresponding to the preset region, wherein the background region is an external region observable through the preset region from an observer's position; and a controller, comprising a color control unit, the color control unit being configured to control a color of light projected by the projector according to the environment color, such that a color of the projected image and the environment color are distinguished from each other. Accordingly, the present disclosure further provides a heads up display method and a traveling apparatus. The present disclosure can enable a driver to always see displayed image clearly in various environments.

Imaging systems and methods are disclosed for generating enhanced visual representations of captured data such as infrared image data. For example, the perceived color distance or contrast between colors representing adjacent output levels (e.g., temperature or infrared intensity levels) are enhanced in visual representations of infrared images. According to embodiments, infrared image data values representing a scene may be mapped according to a color palette implemented using complementary colors as adjacent (e.g., successive) base colors or a sequence of colors, that repeats a predetermine set of hues with varying saturation and/or intensity, thereby increasing the color contrast between pixels representing subtle temperature differences in the scene. The color palette can be enlarged by mapping a larger number of distinct output levels to a larger sequence of colors, for example by increasing the bit-depth of the color palette, such that color transitions look smoother and more natural.

Disclosed herein are systems and methods related to a line of fashion accessories available in various colors, spanning across the full gamut of human skin tone shades. Having a fashion accessory available in a range of skin tone shades may allow the fashion accessory to match and/or blend in with the wearer's skin complexion. Further disclosed are systems and methods of collecting data related to the particular makeup foundation a person wears and using the makeup foundation data to determine which skin tone shade the person should select for the fashion accessory.

A method is described including displaying a user's body portion image on an optical display of a device employed by the user. The device may include an image sensor and the body portion image may be sensed by the sensor. The method includes determining whether a position of the body portion image relative to the sensor is acceptable to allow for recording of the body portion image; determining whether a lighting environment associated with the sensor is acceptable to allow for recording of the body portion image; recording the image using the sensor to provide a recorded image having image data; processing the recorded image to determine lighting model data associated with the lighting environment; and determining reflectance and color characteristics associated with the body portion based on the recorded image and the lighting model data. In one embodiment the optical display has an illuminant and when the lighting environment is not acceptable for recording, the method instructs the user to modify the lighting environment so that illumination of the body portion is less than about 2% of the illumination provided by the illuminant, illuminates the body portion with constant white light using the illuminant and determines whether the illuminated body portion is positioned relative to the sensor to allow for recording of the body portion image by displaying an outline of the body portion on the optical display to position the body portion in view of the sensor. Processing of the image in this case may include direct computation to determine the lighting model.

A system and a method for color optimization with a distal server displaying a virtual color image in the form of an image file having individual color values on its website, and with a proximal computer connected to the server and having a display unit, the computer displaying on its display unit the virtual color image of the server by way of an application program, products on the display unit in the most optimum colors possible. The system and method include a reference card having several differently colored translucent reference areas besides a transparent or translucent area or an opening and an application program that starts a routine on the server and/or on the computer.

The present disclosure provides a heads up display, comprising: a projector, which is configured to project light to a preset region to form a projected image; an environment color acquisition device, which is configured to acquire an environment color of a background region corresponding to the preset region, wherein the background region is an external region observable through the preset region from an observer's position; and a controller, comprising a color control unit, the color control unit being configured to control a color of light projected by the projector according to the environment color, such that a color of the projected image and the environment color are distinguished from each other. Accordingly, the present disclosure further provides a heads up display method and a traveling apparatus. The present disclosure can enable a driver to always see displayed image clearly in various environments.

Imaging systems and methods are disclosed for generating enhanced visual representations of captured data such as infrared image data. For example, the perceived color distance or contrast between colors representing adjacent output levels (e.g., temperature or infrared intensity levels) are enhanced in visual representations of infrared images. According to embodiments, infrared image data values representing a scene may be mapped according to a color palette implemented using complementary colors as adjacent (e.g., successive) base colors or a sequence of colors, that repeats a predetermine set of hues with varying saturation and/or intensity, thereby increasing the color contrast between pixels representing subtle temperature differences in the scene. The color palette can be enlarged by mapping a larger number of distinct output levels to a larger sequence of colors, for example by increasing the bit-depth of the color palette, such that color transitions look smoother and more natural.

In order to present in a system with a distal server displaying a virtual color image in the form of an image file comprising individual color values on its website, and with a proximal computer connected to the server and comprising a display unit (D), said computer displaying on its display unit (D) the virtual color image of the server by means of an application program,
products on the display unit (D) in the most optimum colors possible, the following is proposed: [a] a reference card (K) is held in front of the computer, said reference card (K) comprising several differently colored translucent reference areas (T1, T2, T3) besides a transparent or translucent area or an opening (G), [b.1] the application program then starts a routine on the server and/or on the computer, said routine firstly outputting a first shade, for example cyan, with a first of the color values, said first shade being complementary to the color, for example red, of one (T1) of the translucent reference areas (T1, T2, T3) of the reference card (K), [b.2] the reference card (K) having that translucent reference area (T1) whose color is complementary to the first shade displayed on the display unit (D) is then held in front of said first shade, and an identifier is determined and stored for that (T1) of the translucent reference areas (T1, T2, T3) for which the shade of grey resulting from color mixture of the first shade and the translucent reference area (T1) comes closest to a shade of grey displayed on the display unit (D) and falling through the area or the opening (G), [c] the step [b.1] and the step [b.2] are repeated at least once to output a second shade, for example magenta, of a second of the color values, said second shade being complementary to the color, for example green, of another (T2) of the translucent reference areas (T1, T2, T3) of the reference card (K), and to determine and store the identifier of said other (T2) of the translucent reference areas (T1, T2, T3), [d] the identifiers of the reference areas (T1, T2, T3) determined in the preceding steps [b.1], [b.2], [c] and stored on the server and/or on the computer are input in this order into a color correction program started on the server and/or on the computer, and [e] for each image file sent by the server the color correction program is used to adjust the virtual color image for each color value included in the image file by applying the identifiers used as correction values whereby said virtual color image is displayed in colors opti