Method and apparatus for assembling a photographic album
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1. A method of assembling a photographic album containing a plurality of photographs, said method comprising the steps of:
- creating an electronic database of pictures wherein each picture represents one photograph of the plurality of photographs;
creating an electronic database of available album mats wherein each album mat represents a particular available configuration for a page of the album;
sequentially viewing each picture in the electronic database of pictures;
placing each sequentially viewed picture in an electronic selected file or an electronic discarded file;
sequentially viewing each of the pictures in the electronic selected file;
selecting desired pictures for pages of the album from the electronic selected file;
selecting from the electronic database of album mats the album mats which are to be used for pages in the album to accommodate the selected pictures; and
viewing images of the selected pictures with the selected album mats to form representations of pages of the album.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for arranging photographic images in a photographic album utilizing a database of photographs and a database of available album mats where each mat represents a particular available configuration for a page of the album. A video monitor displays the photographs in the database and selected album mats. The selected photographs are arranged on the selected album mats to establish pages for the album. The album pages can then be viewed on the video monitor.
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1. A method of assembling a photographic album containing a plurality of photographs, said method comprising the steps of:
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creating an electronic database of pictures wherein each picture represents one photograph of the plurality of photographs; creating an electronic database of available album mats wherein each album mat represents a particular available configuration for a page of the album; sequentially viewing each picture in the electronic database of pictures; placing each sequentially viewed picture in an electronic selected file or an electronic discarded file; sequentially viewing each of the pictures in the electronic selected file; selecting desired pictures for pages of the album from the electronic selected file; selecting from the electronic database of album mats the album mats which are to be used for pages in the album to accommodate the selected pictures; and viewing images of the selected pictures with the selected album mats to form representations of pages of the album. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An interactive method of creating pages of a photographic album from an electronic database of images and available album mats, each of the album mats being representative of an available page configuration for the album, including the steps of:
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sequentially viewing images in the electronic database; selecting desired images for the album, as the images are sequentially viewed; selecting album mats from the electronic database to accommodate the selected desired images with each selected album mat corresponding to a page of the album; locating the desired images selected from the electronic data base relative to album mats selected from the electronic database to form representations of pages of the album; and viewing images of the selected album mats with the desired images selected from the electronic database located in the images of the selected album mats for pages of the album. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of assembling a photographic album having a plurality of pages from a plurality of photographs and a plurality of album mats, said method comprising the steps of:
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creating an electronic database of pictures, each of which corresponds to one of the photographs; creating an electronic database of album mats wherein each album mat represents a particular available configuration for a page of the album; sequentially viewing each picture in said database of pictures; placing each sequentially viewed picture in an electronic selected file or an electronic discarded file; sequentially viewing each of the pictures in the selected file; selecting desired pictures for pages of the album from the selected file; selecting from the electronic database of album mats the album mats which are to be used for pages in the album to accommodate the pictures selected for pages of the album; selecting locations on the selected album mats for the selected pictures; viewing images of the selected pictures proportioned for the selected locations on the selected album mats with the selected pictures in the selected locations on the selected album mats; and storing in an electronic file the selected pictures, the selected album mats, and the locations on the selected album mats of the selected pictures for pages of the album. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An interactive method of creating pages of a photographic album from an electronic database of images and available album mats, each of the album mats in the electronic database being representative of an available page configuration for the album, said method including the steps of:
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sequentially viewing the images in said electronic database; selecting images from the electronic database for pages of the album; selecting album mats from the electronic database to accommodate the selected images; locating the selected images on the selected album mats to establish representations of pages of the album; storing in an electronic file the selected images, the album mats required to accommodate the selected images, and the location of the selected images on the selected album mat for pages of the album, and viewing images which represent pages of the album and which include the selected images proportioned for the selected locations in the selected album mats. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method of assembling a photographic album having a plurality of photographs associated with album mats, said method comprising the steps of:
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creating an electronic database containing data representative of a plurality of album mats having different configurations, each album mat of the plurality of album mats representing an available page configuration for the album; creating an electronic database containing data representative of pictures with each of the pictures corresponding to one of the photographs; sequentially viewing images of album mats which represent available configurations for pages of the album from the electronic database of album mats on a display along with images of pictures from the electronic database of pictures with the images of the pictures in relationships with the images of the album mats which are at least partially determined by the configurations of the images of the album mats; and selecting an arrangement of images of pictures from the electronic database of pictures and images of album mats from the electronic database of album mats for pages of the album. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A method of assembling a photographic album having a plurality of pages with pictures arranged in a selected relationship with album mats, said method comprising the steps of:
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creating an electronic database of album mats having a plurality of locations for pictures, each of the album mats represents an available configuration for a page of the album; viewing on a display screen images of album mats from the database of album mats; viewing pictures during performance of said step of viewing images of album mats from the electronic database of album mats; during performance of said steps of viewing images of album mats from the database of album mats and viewing pictures, selecting an arrangement of pictures and album mats for pages of the album; and thereafter, constructing a photographic album having pages with the selected arrangement of pictures and album mats.
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57. A method of assembling a photographic album having a plurality of pages of album mats on which photographs are positioned, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of album mats with each of the album mats having one of a plurality of different configurations available for pages of the album, the plurality of album mats having defined locations for receiving photographs; creating an electronic database of representations of album mats with each of the representations of the album mats having a configuration corresponding to one of the plurality of different configurations available for pages of the album so that the database contains at least one representation of each of the plurality of different configurations of album mats available for pages of the album, the representations of album mats having representations of the defined locations where photographs are received by the album mats; creating an electronic database of representations of photographs; and sequentially viewing the representations of photographs and the representations of the album mats available for pages of the album, said step of sequentially viewing the representations of album mats available for pages of the album includes varying the overall size of at least some of the representations of photographs to correspond to the size of representations of defined locations where photographs are received by the album mats, sequentially positioning the representations of photographs at the representations of defined locations where photographs are received by the album mats while sequentially viewing representations of the album mats to thereby form representations of pages of the album, and selecting photographs to be positioned at the defined locations on the album mats for pages of the album. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59)
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60. A method of assembling a photographic album having a plurality of pages of album mats having openings through which photographs are visible, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of album mats with each of the album mats having one of a plurality of different configurations available for pages of the album, the plurality of album mats having openings through which photographs are to be viewed; creating an electronic database of representations of album mats with each of the representations of the album mats having a configuration corresponding to one of the plurality of different configurations available for pages of the album so that the database contains at least one representation of each of the plurality of different configurations of album mats available for pages of the album, the representations of album mats having representations of the openings through which photographs are to be viewed; creating an electronic database of representations of photographs; and sequentially viewing the representations of photographs and the representations of the album mats available for pages of the album, said step of sequentially viewing the representations of photographs and the representations of album mats available for pages of the album includes varying the overall size of at least some of the representations of photographs to correspond to the size of representations of at least some of the openings through which photographs are to be viewed, sequentially positioning the representations of photographs at the representations of openings through which photographs are to be viewed while sequentially viewing representations of the album mats to thereby form representations of pages of the album, and selecting photographs to be viewed at the openings in the album mats for pages of the album. - View Dependent Claims (61)
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62. A method of assembling a photographic album having a plurality of pages of photographs associated with album mats, said method comprising the steps of:
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creating an electronic database of album mats having different configurations, each album mat representing an available page configuration for the album; creating an electronic database of pictures with each of the pictures corresponding to one of the photographs; sequentially viewing images of album mats from the electronic database of album mats on a display; sequentially viewing images of pictures from the electronic database of pictures on a display; and selecting an arrangement of images of pictures from the electronic database of pictures and images of album mats from the electronic database of album mats for pages of the album. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64)
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