Photocollage generation and modification
First Claim
1. A method of constructing a photocollage comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a version of a plurality of images;
storing the digital images in a database;
determining a set of parameters that pertain to the digital images such that each of the digital images contains at least one of the parameters;
sorting the images according to the parameters;
employing the parameters to automatically construct a first cut version of the photocollage from the stored images by generating a plurality of hardcopy pages of stored images;
returning the first cut version and a set of stickers to a user; and
altering the pages with the set of stickers and each of the stickers can be placed over one of the images so that a revised version of the photocollage which replicates the altered pages can be created.
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Abstract
A method and system for employing image recognition techniques to produce a photocollage from a plurality of images wherein the system obtains a digital record for each of the plurality of images, assigns each of the digital records a unique identifier and stories the digital records in a database; automatically sorts the digital records using at least one date type to categorize each of the digital records according at least one predetermined criteria; and generates a first draft of a photocollage from the digital records. The method and system provides for alterations of the first draft using either a sticker selected from a plurality of stickers which each have a unique identifier within a data base or a digital file format that allows drag and drop features of both the photocollage and alternative images to be placed within the photocollage. The system employs data types selected from pixel data; metadata; product order information; processing goal information; or customer profile to automatically sort data typically by culling or grouping to categorize according to either an event, a person, or chronologically.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of constructing a photocollage comprising the steps of:
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obtaining a version of a plurality of images;
storing the digital images in a database;
determining a set of parameters that pertain to the digital images such that each of the digital images contains at least one of the parameters;
sorting the images according to the parameters;
employing the parameters to automatically construct a first cut version of the photocollage from the stored images by generating a plurality of hardcopy pages of stored images;
returning the first cut version and a set of stickers to a user; and
altering the pages with the set of stickers and each of the stickers can be placed over one of the images so that a revised version of the photocollage which replicates the altered pages can be created. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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