Methods for reifying images to convey non-textual information to viewers

摘要

An interactive computer program for augmenting an image to include reified emotion information. The program implements the steps of: displaying an unreified image; prompting a user to identify an emotion associated with the image; prompting the user to select a color corresponding to the identified emotion; prompting the user to select a location within the image for applying the selected color; applying the selected color to the selected location within the image; and displaying the reified image.

主权项

1. An interactive computer program stored in a non-transitory medium for augmenting an image including an object to include reified emotion information associated with the object, the computer program, when executed by a computer processor having access to a computer memory, configured to implement the steps of:
displaying an unreified image comprising an object for viewing by a user; prompting the user to identify an emotion associated with the object within the image; retrieving, using the computer processor, an emotion-to-color matrix from the computer memory; displaying the matrix to the user; prompting the user to select, from the matrix, a color corresponding to the identified emotion; prompting the user to select a location associated with the object for applying the selected color; superimposing, using the computer processor, the selected color onto the selected location; converting, using the computer processor, the unreified image to a reified image which illustrates the selected color superimposed onto the selected location; and displaying the reified image for viewing by the user.