System and method for making a personal photographic collection
First Claim
1. A still image recording medium configured to comprise:
- a plurality of personal photographic images recorded at spaced locations on the recording medium, each said personal plurality of photographic images having been captured by a different camera of a plurality of cameras to have a different field of view, each said different field of view including an individual common to all of the plurality of photographic images engaged in an activity related to the field of view;
a plurality of environ images interleaved between selected ones of the plurality of personal photographic images, said plurality of environ images having fields of view captured prior to the capturing of any one of the plurality of personal photographic images, said plurality of environ images selected to display weather conditions similar to weather conditions existing at the time of capturing the photographic images, said fields of view of the plurality of environ images lacking any individual included in the fields of view of the plurality of personal photographic images; and
a plurality of text segments associated with selected ones of the plurality of personal photographic images, having text determined by the individual common to the fields of view of the plurality of personal photographic images.
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Abstract
A personal photographic collection system involving activities of a customer at an amusement park, which includes personal images captured by a plurality of cameras, environ images separately captured and interleaved between the personal segments, and text. The organization of certain images of the personal photographic collection is determined by a customer who registers identification and information data prior to activating the cameras. Upon completion of the image capturing, the personal photographic images, the text and environ images are assembled, processed, and duplicated for delivery to the subscriber. The environ images are selected to display weather conditions existing at the time of capturing the personal photographic images.
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7 Claims
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1. A still image recording medium configured to comprise:
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a plurality of personal photographic images recorded at spaced locations on the recording medium, each said personal plurality of photographic images having been captured by a different camera of a plurality of cameras to have a different field of view, each said different field of view including an individual common to all of the plurality of photographic images engaged in an activity related to the field of view;
a plurality of environ images interleaved between selected ones of the plurality of personal photographic images, said plurality of environ images having fields of view captured prior to the capturing of any one of the plurality of personal photographic images, said plurality of environ images selected to display weather conditions similar to weather conditions existing at the time of capturing the photographic images, said fields of view of the plurality of environ images lacking any individual included in the fields of view of the plurality of personal photographic images; and
a plurality of text segments associated with selected ones of the plurality of personal photographic images, having text determined by the individual common to the fields of view of the plurality of personal photographic images. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A system for gathering a collection of personal photographic images on a recording medium, said collection having a plurality of personal photographic images, each including a customer in a field of view, a plurality of environ images, each including a field of view lacking the customer, and a plurality of text segments, each including text in a field of view, said system comprising:
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a registration unit responsive to inputs of a customer to store distinctive data, said distinctive data including customer identification and data for selecting the plurality of environ and text segments;
a photographic image collection subsystem including a plurality of cameras and customer detectors, each of the plurality of cameras positioned geographically spaced from one another and oriented to capture, when activated, one of the plurality of personal images, each of the plurality of customer detectors being associated with one of the plurality of cameras and responsive to the distinctive data to generate an activation signal and a customer identification signal;
an environ image storage module storing a plurality of environ images;
a text generator;
a personal storage module;
a master controller governed by the registration module to store one of the plurality of personal photographic images along with customer identification into the personal storage module in response to the activation and identification signal;
an assembly and processing module responsive to the master controller to assemble stored environ images, stored personal images, and generated text in accordance with the activities of the customer subsequent to the entry of information in the registration unit; and
a personal production unit for permanently recording the plurality of personal photographic images on the recording medium. - View Dependent Claims (4)
weather selection means for selecting one of said set of environ images in accordance with weather conditions existing at the time of said selection.
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5. A method of producing a plurality of personal photographic image collections concomitantly, wherein each of the personal photographic image collections include a plurality of personal photographic images, a plurality of environ images, and text, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing in a registration unit the identity of a plurality of individual customers together with text and environ images of separately recorded fields of view selected by each of the plurality of individual customers;
triggering concomitantly a plurality of cameras to capture images of the plurality of individual customers at geographically diverse locations;
transmitting each of the captured images of the plurality of individual customers to a personal storage unit to store personal photographic images of a plurality of different customers;
repeating the steps of triggering and transmitting to store a plurality of personal photographic images of the same individual customers and different individual customers;
selecting environ segments displaying weather conditions corresponding to weather conditions existing at the time of recording associated personal segments;
interleaving text and selected environ images between the plurality of personal segments, having the same identification data, to form for each customer a personal photographic collection having assembled personal, environ and text images upon completion of recording of personal images of one identified customer; and
duplicating concomitantly on each of a plurality of recording mediums the assembled interleaved personal images of respective individual customer to provide a photographic image collection to each of the plurality of individual customers. - View Dependent Claims (6)
placing a camera at each of a plurality of geographically diverse locations and oriented to capture a selected field of view; and
positioning identification detectors at locations adjacent each of a selected fields of view to indicate activation by a particular customer.
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7. A method of producing a plurality of still photographic images collections from a video based recording system used to produce a personal video, wherein the personal photographic video includes a plurality of personal video segments, a plurality of environ segment, and text, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing in a registration unit the identity of a plurality of individual subscribers together with text and environ segments of prerecorded video fields of view selected by each of the plurality of individual customers;
triggering concomitantly a plurality of the video cameras to record the activities of the plurality of individual customers at each of the geographically diverse locations;
transmitting each of the recorded activities of the plurality of individual customers to a personal storage unit to store personal video segments of a plurality of different customers;
repeating the steps of triggering and transmitting to store a plurality of personal segments of the same individual subscribers and different individual customers;
selecting a plurality of personal photographic still images from the plurality personal segments of one identified customer;
duplicating concomitantly the plurality of selected personal photographic still images of the one identified customer on a of photo compact disc, the selected still images to provide a personal still image collection for the one identified customer.
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