Personalized photo album
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1. A method of generating a photographic album, comprising:
- providing a plurality of digitally encoded images;
automatically determining, by a processor, at least one characteristic of at least one of the provided images from an analysis of the visual data in the at least one image;
selecting a plurality of the provided images; and
arranging the selected images so as to generate an album, wherein at least one of the selecting or the arranging is performed automatically, by the processor, responsive to the at least one characteristic.
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Abstract
A method of generating an album, comprising: providing a plurality of digitally encoded images, automatically arranging at least some of the images to fit a format of an album and printing a photograph album using the determined arrangement. Preferably, each page of the album is a single sheet of photographic paper.
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1. A method of generating a photographic album, comprising:
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providing a plurality of digitally encoded images;
automatically determining, by a processor, at least one characteristic of at least one of the provided images from an analysis of the visual data in the at least one image;
selecting a plurality of the provided images; and
arranging the selected images so as to generate an album, wherein at least one of the selecting or the arranging is performed automatically, by the processor, responsive to the at least one characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
providing the album to a customer;
receiving comments on the album from the customer; and
repeating at least the selecting or responsive to the received comments.
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34. A method according to claim 33, wherein providing the album to the customer comprises providing an electronic copy of the album.
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35. A method according to claim 33, wherein the album comprises a plurality of individual pages and providing the album to the customer comprises allowing interactive access to individual pages of the album.
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36. A method according to claim 1, comprising printing at least one image of said album on photographic paper.
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37. A method according to claim 36, wherein printing comprises printing labels on at least one page of said album.
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38. A method according to claim 36, wherein printing comprises printing a background around at least one image on at least one page of said album.
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39. A method according to claim 38, wherein said background comprises one of said images.
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40. A method according to claim 38, wherein at least two different backgrounds are printed for at least two different pages of said album.
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41. A method according to claim 1, comprising printing the generated album on a plurality of papers responsive to the arrangement and binding the papers together.
- 18. A method according to clam 1, comprising providing at least one parameter of a desired album and wherein at least the selecting or arranging of the images is performed responsive to the at least one parameter of the desired album.
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42. A method of generating a photographic album, comprising:
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providing a plurality of digitally encoded images;
providing an external format of a multi-page album;
selecting at least one of the provided images; and
automatically arranging the selected images, by a processor, in accordance with the external format of the album. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A method of generating a photographic album, comprising:
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providing a plurality of digitally encoded images;
providing an external format of an album which includes at least one page with holes;
selecting at least one of the provided images; and
automatically arranging the selected images, by a processor, in accordance with the external format of the album.
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53. A method of generating a photographic album, comprising:
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providing a plurality of digitally encoded images;
providing an external format of an album which includes at least one non-rectangular page;
selecting at least one of the provided images; and
automatically arranging the selected images, by a processor, in accordance with the external format of the album.
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54. A method of generating a photographic album, comprising:
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providing a plurality of digitally encoded images;
selecting at least one of the provided images; and
automatically arranging he selected images on at least one page responsive to a criteria other than a time of acquisition, by a processor, so as to generate an album. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56)
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57. Apparatus for generating an album comprising:
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a network connector, adapted to receive data from a computer network;
an image store, which receives and stores a plurality of digitally encoded images from the network; and
an image arranger which automatically generates an arrangement of at least some of the received images on a plurality of pages, forming a multi page album upon activation by a user. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59)
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60. Apparatus for generating an album comprising:
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a network connector, adapted to receive data from a computer network;
an image store, which receives and stores a plurality of digitally encoded images from said network;
an image analyzer, which analyses the visual data of at least some of said images; and
an image arranger which automatically generates an arrangement of images, for an album, for at least some of said plurality of images, responsive to said analysis. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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